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  In many organizations, elective cesarean sections take a back seat in the operating room. Cases are fit into the OR schedule, anesthesia and OR staff are pulled, or the operating room schedule may be delayed. On time starts are often not monitored and delay codes are not tracked.

  How can Labor and Delivery (L&D) departments run more smoothly to improve access and engagement?

  December 6, 2018

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  Facing the daunting challenge of intense competition and the ever-increasing demands of value-based care, hospitals are exploring a wide variety of approaches to improving both quality and efficiency.

  Gain sharing has long been a proven winner in aligning incentives, producing high value, patient friendly services. Indeed, the free-standing surgeon-owned ASC, is the time tested "poster child" of successful gain sharing.

  However, unlike the Stark ‘safe harbor’ regulation that permits ASC gain sharing, building a similar program between surgeons and hospital is more challenging:

  Hospital – Surgeon Gain Sharing Programs: Considerations and Cautions

  November 8, 2018

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  Hospital consolidation has been very robust in the US over the past decade and is expected to accelerate. From 2008 to 2014 there were 750 mergers.[1] Today, 60% of the 5000 hospitals in the US are part of systems[2], yet the results of consolidation are mixed:

  Improve the ROI of hospital system consolidation with a focus on Perioperative Services

  September 26, 2018