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The Importance of Hospital and Health System Planning in

WEBHere are three things leaders should consider as part of their health system planning efforts: Conduct scenario planning: Scenario planning allows executives to look …

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Healthcare Strategic Planning: Forget the 5 Pillars

WEBStuder asks on p. 54 of Hardwiring Excellence. “The goals set under each Pillar – Service, Quality, Finance, People, and Growth – are desired targets.”. The problem is, most …

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Healthcare Consulting Services

WEBOur deep expertise lies in strategy, provider manpower planning, mergers and acquisitions, service line planning, debt feasibility, facility planning, forecasting, emerging payment …

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Health System Strategy: The Affiliation Option

WEBAffiliation should always be considered an option in health system strategy – provided the process is deliberate rather than desperate. Here’s how one small system kept control of …

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Health Equity Strategy: 6 Things to Know About New CMS Rules

WEBFirst, a definition is in order. To CMS, health equity means that “everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, …

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Mobile Integrated Healthcare: A Valuable Tool for Healthcare …

WEBIn 2016, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (“NAEMT”) and other partnering organizations updated their vision statement that …

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Can a New CMS Model Move Healthcare Transformation AHEAD

WEBThe model incentivizes hospitals to move patients to lower-cost outpatient settings, where there is less visibility into costs and health outcomes. A strong majority …

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Healthcare Executive Coaching

WEBOur healthcare executive coaching practice is led by Joann Anderson, a 45-year industry veteran who has navigated practically every leadership role in both for-profit and not-for …

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Healthcare Management Careers • Ascendient

WEBAt Ascendient, you’ll have the opportunity to use innovative, out-of-the box thinking with our proprietary predictive modeling tools to help organizations simulate actual healthcare …

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Total Cost of Care: Lessons from the Maryland Model

WEBAs we’ve written previously, CMS is currently accepting state applications for a new total cost of care model that represents a sweeping vision for healthcare …

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Public Health Strategic Planning: the Ascendient Guide

WEBAt Ascendient, when we’re engaged for public health strategic planning, we typically analyze six to twelve key trends affecting our clients, including demographic shifts, …

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Health-Related Social Needs: Get Ready for CMS Mandates

WEBhousing instability. transportation needs. utility difficulties. interpersonal safety. CMS is calling these five factors Health-Related Social Needs, or HRSNs. The …

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Public Health Strategic Planning: Don’t Skimp on the SWOT

WEBPublic Health Strategic Planning: Don’t Skimp on the SWOT. Posted onFebruary 28, 2022October 26, 2023 Brian Ackerman,February 28, 2022. Strategic …

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Public Health Workforce Strategies: the Ascendient Guide

WEBFrom 2017 to 2021, the proportion of public health employees focused on communicable diseases tripled, going from 8% to 24%, while almost every other category of work …

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The Maryland Model (Part 2): Understanding How Maryland's

WEBThe waiver allows the State to manage its healthcare costs through the evolution and implementation of the State’s unique payment model, as we discussed in …

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Healthcare Marketing: Why "Cookies" Are Off the Menu

WEBA comprehensive review of 2021 United States internet browser market share and browser cookie policies revealed that over 98% of mobile browsers currently block …

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The Ascendient Guide to Rural Emergency Hospitals

WEBFor Rural Emergency Hospitals, a staff member trained in emergency medicine must be on-call at all times and available on-site within 30 minutes (or 60 minutes in frontier areas). …

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Critical Access Hospitals: 5 Troubling Financial Signals for 2022

WEBAccording to Syntellis, in April 2022 U.S. hospitals and health systems saw labor expense per adjusted discharge up 15%, total expense per adjusted discharge up …

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