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J Johnsson

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PubMed1990

Senior membership programs should be cross-marketing tools.

Senior membership programs, a long-time staple in marketing strategies, are undergoing changes. Hospital executives say that to be successful, membership programs must offer more than just free meals and travelogs. Most thriving membership programs have a strong clinical orientation.

Aged↗
PubMed1990

Who's responsible for care in underserved areas?

Providing care to people in underserved areas is a societal--not hospital--issue. That's how hospital executives reacted to our latest CEO poll. And although hospitals should have a voice in finding solutions to this problem, voice in finding solutions to this problem, the ultimate responsibility falls on the federal government.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1990

CEOs play key advocacy role in health policy issues.

CEOs have always played an important role in influencing health policy legislation. But in these times many CEOs view it as an essential part of their jobs. "It's terribly important to educate and sensitize legislators to the indigent care problem and hospital problems in general," says James Mongan, M.D., executive director of the Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Mongan, who has testified several times at the federal level on behalf of the American Hospital Association, believes that advocacy on the part of patients is a legitimate, constructive way to contribute to the public policy debate. "My sense is that there is a certain amount of hunger to talk to the people who are running the hospital facilities." Activity at the state level is also an important legislative arena for CEOs. Lobbying efforts at the state and local level pay dividends, according to executives who are actively involved in shaping state legislation.

American Hospital Association↗
PubMed1990

Direct contracting: hospitals discover its risks and rewards.

Although direct contracting is very complex and somewhat risky, it offers hospitals a chance to increase patient volume and to move away from flat discounting toward more value-oriented reimbursement, say experts. Employers--both large and small--are now beginning to realize that such arrangements have definite advantages.

California↗
PubMed1990

Groups vie for lucrative managed care accreditation business.

The race is on to determine which organization will become the accreditation agency of choice for the managed care industry. At stake is enormous clout at the state and national levels--and a lot of money. Squaring off against the traditional accreditation leader, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, are: the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations, and the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission.

Accreditation↗
PubMed1990

Transfer centers save lives, minimize bad debt.

Tampa (FL) General Hospital is one of a handful of hospitals around the country that has set up transfer centers to resolve inappropriate-transfer problems. Hospital executives say that such centers save lives by coordinating transfers through a central point, and that they have reduced incidents of patients dumping by allowing only medically appropriate transfers.

Emergency Service, Hospital↗