The US healthcare system is the best, but the worst, at the same time. Doctors are a well-paid occupation, but the quality of services is still falling. Billions of dollars are spent on development annually, but the check is still too large-sized for a particular patient. No one since the middle of the last century…
Today, the prices for medical insurance in the United States are unreasonably high. As a result, if the system is not changed, then the prices for insurance and medicine in general will only grow. One of Barack Obama’s campaign promises was to reform and make healthcare available to all Americans. The draft of this reform…
More than two decades of health system formation provides insight into how these organizations are developing and how they are being governed. A new Center publication, Effective Governance in Systems, discusses essential governance practices and obstacles to avoid in building and supporting good governance in multi-organizational systems with multiple, layered boards. This publication discusses factors contributing…
As health care organizations seek new revenue sources to support the transition from volume- to value-based care, they may be overlooking or underutilizing an existing source of funding. A new Center publication, Boards and Philanthropy: Developing the Next-Curve Revenue Source for Health Care, discusses the important role that philanthropy can play for hospitals and health systems,…
2016 Blue Ribbon Panel Report: Learnings on Governance from Partnerships that Improve Community Health 2015 Effective Governance in Systems The Health System-Physician Relationship Continuum Aligning Executive Compensation with the New Health Care Paradigm Governance of Physician Organizations: An Essential Step to Care Integration SALE 2014 Governance in a Consumer-Centric Health Care Ecosystem SALE Empowering Board Members to Improve…
The level of healthcare in the country is one of the most important factors in the social well-being of the population. The following relates to the advantages and disadvantages of medical care and services in the United States today. Advantages and disadvantages of U.S. medical care and services Advantages Priority for government The development of…
The skills of reform-era chief executives must blend and balance proven capabilities in leadership, strategy development and execution with the capacity to guide their hospitals and health systems through unprecedented transformational change. A carefully constructed, performance-based incentive compensation program, overseen by an engaged and informed board executive compensation committee, can support success in this role….
Understanding the shift to a consumer-centric model of care delivery and the mindset, education, skills and innovative technologies that can help health care organizations thrive in this environment is the focus of the Center’s most recent publication. In Governance in a Consumer-Centric Health Care Ecosystem, author Bipin Thomas, who leads consumer-centric health care innovation for UST…
About the Authors: Fredric J. Entin and Janice A. Anderson are partners in the Health Care Industry team and Katherine S. O’Brien is an associate and member of the Health Care and Energy Industry teams and the Business Reorganizations practice at the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP. The firm has offices across the United States and…
While nonprofit health care boards exist to serve community stakeholders, the nature of their accountabilities and the mechanisms for demonstrating fulfillment of them are not always completely clear or understood by every board member. In The Evolving Accountability of Nonprofit Health System Boards, authors Larry Prybil, Ken Ackerman, Doug Hastings and John King, explore the multiple accountabilities…