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J Johnsson

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PubMed1991

Looking abroad for changes to the U.S. health care system.

With the U.S. health care system in crisis, policy-makers and analysts in this country are looking seriously at foreign systems for clues to how to restructure our own. And those experts are turning away from the centrally controlled Canadian and British health care systems as models for our own, and looking toward systems such as Germany's and Australia's, which offer greater choice and more diverse health care markets.

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PubMed1991

Jones: Humana plans dramatic turnaround for Michael Reese.

Humana CEO David Jones is convinced that the for-profit corporation can turn around troubled Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago. Not in years, Jones says, but in a matter of months. Despite Reese's problems, stemming from an unfavorable patient mix, high overhead and aging physical plant, Jones is convinced he can turn the hospital around by late 1992. "I know Chicago, and I've wanted to get into Chicago in a big way for a long time," Jones says. "I believe it's going to be a great challenge to us. But I feel it's a fantastic opportunity for Humana."

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PubMed1991

CEOs: managing stress key to success, sanity.

Today's high stress isn't driving large numbers of CEOs from health care, a recent survey conducted by Hospitals seems to indicate. Over 80 percent of those surveyed say they will be in health care five years from now. But a majority of the survey's respondents want greater compensation for the increased stress they're facing on the job. And although executive incentive compensation plans have helped CEOs' pay to keep pace with the increased stress, there's controversy over whether the added stress should affect compensation.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1991

Capital fold-in makes payment forecasting difficult for hospitals.

The public review period for the Health Care Financing Administration's proposed regulation to fold capital payments to hospitals into the prospective payment system isn't over yet. But analysts are already saying HCFA's plan would hamper hospitals' ability to predict Medicare capital revenues. "The ability to make a long-range judgment about the regulation is difficult because we don't know the long-range picture. Even what they've [government officials] laid out for the first year is only an estimate," notes Paul Rettig, executive vice president of the American Hospital Association.

Capital Expenditures↗
PubMed1991

RBRVS: execs defuse touchy med staff issues.

The Medicare program's anticipated implementation of Harvard's resource-based relative value scale to physician reimbursement is creating dual headaches for hospitals, executives say. Although physician payment reform won't come on-line until 1992, some physicians are already moving services off-campus to offset anticipated income losses, experts say. The result: Hospitals face lower revenues and increasing tension as they compete for services with their medical staffs.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1991

Proactive executives: prospering in tough times.

Smart hospitals are not only surviving the current recession, some are even thriving. While economic slumps lead many executives to batten down the hatches and shift into a defensive management mode, experts say the real solution for hospitals lies in innovative, proactive management. In the economically battered Northeast, this strategy is working well for a pediatric hospital in Philadelphia and a large New York City medical center. But it's also working at a broad range of hospitals across the country. What do these very diverse institutions have in common? While each is moving forward to develop strategies and programs suited to its circumstances, all eschew the bunker mentality that comes to mind in tough times. In the words of one CEO, "You go out, decide what has to happen, and then make it happen--despite the fact that there are 8,000 reasons why it shouldn't happen."

Economic Competition↗
PubMed1991

Hospitals tackle image problems at many levels.

A recent study of consumer attitudes shows that the public's perception of hospitals is hazy at best, and experts are warning hospitals to take steps to improve hospitals' image. In the following three articles, we examine the challenges facing hospitals in different arenas. First, we take a look at the consumer survey, which identifies the public's misperceptions about hospitals; then we focus on state hospital associations' ongoing efforts to enhance the image of hospitals by educating local lawmakers and consumers. Finally, we look at the American Hospital Association's ambitious new advocacy program to improve the health care community's ability to get its story across to the public and to policy-makers.

American Hospital Association↗
PubMed1991

Case study: managed care helps hospital contain costs.

Managed care has played an important--if subtle--role in the recent financial turnaround of one Houston hospital. The positive results achieved at the 562-bed Hermann Hospital led officials there to believe that basic managed care concepts can be applied to a hospital setting, though not without an organizational overhaul and a careful consideration of internal politics.

Cost Control↗