The Impact of Healthcare Reform & Process Improvement

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2012 High Performance Virtual Summit

This year's summit on “Creating Real Change” gives you the opportunity to learn from leaders in healthcare and industries who will share their experiences and perspective on improvement and transformation with an emphasis on what really works.

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New White Paper

Enterprise Risk Management: Proof or Promise?

There is overwhelming consensus among financial services executives that the current risk environment has become significantly more complex, dynamic, and difficult to navigate. Some new mandates are expensive and cut into margins and profitability, so there is a real motivation to not only comply but to more effectively manage the response and cost.

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New Article

AMN Healthcare: Providers Re-engineering Healthcare for Greater Efficiency

With healthcare reimbursement becoming tighter and patients expecting more from their providers, hospitals and other health systems are seeking ways to change processes and become more efficient.

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Reform After The Reform White Paper: How Payers Will Be Impacted by the New Healthcare Reform Law and What to Do Now

Nearly every industry has had to cope with a major change: higher mileage and increased safety standards in the auto industry; credit card reform for banks; increased use of the web for retailers; Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for public companies, to name just a few. It’s undeniable that these changes had a big impact on business.

Yet the recently passed health insurance reform law could be unprecedented in terms of scope because it will affect every aspect of every business involved as a payer in the system, from underwriting to enrollment, from contracting to compliance.

Some in the health insurance industry might be paralyzed when faced with the nature and scale of these reforms. But industry leaders know that there are methods and tools out there that can help them not only cope with changes but also emerge stronger and better positioned to have a competitive advantage in the future.

This white paper will help you get started along this journey, recapping some of the biggest changes followed by a discussion of ideas about what you can start doing today to prepare.

In this white paper you will learn:

Key points of health insurance reform
5 big changes you can expect
Actions you can take today that will make you more agile, and able to respond quickly and efficiently to whatever comes along
Healthcare reform bill timeline (2010 – 2018)

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