Hospital and health system board members are frequently required to interpret the financial “language” of healthcare—in both the financial statements and ratios of their organization and essential industry reports—in order…
iProtean – Value-Based Purchasing
Value-based purchasing—tying payment to outcomes, not volume—has become the cornerstone of CMS efforts to improve quality of care while reducing costs. Value-based purchasing (VBP) has financial rewards for hospitals; it…
iProtean – Health Reform
“The book on U.S. health reform is not yet written. ACA [Accountable Care Act] is a chapter. The market will write others. What’s clear is that the affordability of health…
iProtean – Healthcare Compliance
In a recent article by Peter Katz, Esq., “Medicare Fraud Strike Force: Past, Present and Future,” he noted, “The last four and a half years have seen a meteoric rise…