JHC Contracting Professional of the Year
Christopher Fontana, JHC’s Contracting Professional of the Year, builds trust with his health system’s clinicians in the journey toward cost reduction and product improvement By…
Articles by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Ideas that Make Cents
Thirty ideas on how to save money in your medical practices It’s the quintessential healthcare balancing act: Improving the quality of care while decreasing costs….
January 2016
Click Here to Read the current issue (w link to PDF download) The Long and Winding Road to Interoperability The Benefits of…
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CHI Franciscan, CityMD plan to partner to open urgent care centers CHI Franciscan Health (Tacoma, WA) plans to partner with urgent-care chain CityMD (New York,…
Quick Bytes
Device of choice According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, more young adults own smartphones than laptop or desktop computers. Compared with…
Concierge Medicine: Proceed with Caution
American College of Physicians issues recommendations for doctors, and avenues for further research on ‘direct patient contracting practices’ Medical practices that charge patients a retainer…
Value analysis: An evolving profession
Thirty-three certified value analysis healthcare professionals – the inaugural class of CVAHPs – were recognized this fall at the 12th Annual Education Conference & Supplier…
HIDA Health Reform
Medicaid annual report: More home care, more managed care By Linda Rouse O’Neill Medicaid Basics Medicaid is a health insurance program for the poor. Medicaid…
The Long and Winding Road to Interoperability
“Care continuum” has a nice ring to it. But the term doesn’t mean much unless acute-care and non-acute-care providers coordinate their patient-care activities. And that’s…
A Practice Administrator Speaks
Award-winner Alan Beason talks about the challenges and opportunities today’s practices face, and how distributor sales reps can help. Since joining Cardiovascular Consultants LLP in…