HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Healthcare Reimbursement Monitor You’ll get a monthly 8-10 page reimbursement briefing that covers the gamut -- hospital, home healthcare, long-term care, hospice, ambulatory care, physician payment. Plus as events unfold, you’ll receive e-mailed special news alerts, suppliments, management clinics,what other organizations are doing. . New! Pay for Performance Reporter The Pay for Performance Reporter will provide you with answers to questions you may have, with facts, news, insight and emerging P4P developments. Discover how early adopters achieved physician "buy in," the importance of leverage, how to choose your measures wisely and choose measures that are defensible, and why provider feedback is so important.   DIRECTIONS: Looking Ahead In Healthcare With Directions: Looking Ahead in Healthcare, you'll get a comprehensive monthly report on directions, forecasts, trends in healthcare -- and, all of the facts and statistics are distilled for you to help point you in the right direction. NEW!  Now Available on CD-ROM Consumer-Centric Approaches in Healthcare: How to Drive Patient Satisfaction and Bottom Line Revenues Consumerism in healthcare is giving individuals better access to information, more control over their own health care and allowing them to make informed decisions about their healthcare.   Savvy consumers are looking for the best blend of service, price, and quality. Learn how developing a strong customer-centric culture can have a significant impact on healthcare outcomes and bottom line revenue.   And recognize the critical elements that affect a customer’s experience and your customer satisfaction scores in this 90-minute session. NEW!  Now Available on CD-ROM Lean/Six Sigma Approaches in Healthcare: How to Improve Quality and Substantially Increase Profitability “Six Sigma” and “Lean” are both buzzwords in healthcare today. These highly effective improvement approaches have been successfully implemented across many industries. Today, the application of Lean and Six Sigma techniques at healthcare organizations are achieving astonishing results. Join The Managed Care Information Center to hear how healthcare organizations participating in Lean / Six Sigma programs can experience significantly higher incomes through increased revenues and the lowering of operating costs in this 90-minute audio conference and webinar. NEW!   The Medical Home: Pathway to Patient-Centric Primary Care This report addresses the value and challenges of medical homes from the viewpoints of organizations already trying to establish medical homes for their populations. Covered in this 40-page special report are funding and implementation hurdles, successful methods for identifying members and redesigning office practices to move toward an advanced medical home model. Visit our Hospice, Elderly Health and Wellness sections for more management resources.