Hospital Review
May 2015 • Vol. 2015 No. 5
Hospital-Insurer
Disputes: Are Things
About To Get Ugly?
By Ayla Ellison
Contract negotiations between providers and payers
are a normal part of business, but there are many new
factors influencing these talks, including price transpar-
ency and the increasing role consumers are playing in
healthcare.
30 Words That
Changed Healthcare
Forever — Or At Least
For This Year
By Ayla Ellison
It's nearly impossible to know what healthcare will
look like within one year, much less 10 or 20 years
down the road. However, it is possible to identify the
words that will influence healthcare this year and —
who knows — maybe forever.
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INDEX
Table of Contents p. 6
Leadership &
Management p. 19
Financial Management
p. 26
Revenue Cycle p. 38
Physician Affairs p. 60
Compensation p. 66
Payer Issues p. 74
Health IT p. 82
CXO Roundtable
Five chief experience officers
recall their best and worst
experiences as customers and
the people who most influenced
their understanding of the
patient experience. p. 14
Why Some
Executives
Take Pay Cuts
Some executives forgo a
percentage of pay as a symbolic
gesture meant to show they are
willing to make a sacrifice just
like everyone else. p. 66
Healthcare Without
Gatekeepers
As more people access
healthcare without physicians,
traditional providers need
to avoid being on the
outside looking in, says
Kenneth Kaufman. p. 114
GREAT
HOSPITALS
in America
100
