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Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/statistics & numerical data , Group Purchasing/statistics & numerical data , Purchasing, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Cost Savings , Data Collection , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/economics , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Group Purchasing/economics , Group Purchasing/trends , Health Facility Merger/statistics & numerical data , Hospital Costs , Humans , Purchasing, Hospital/economics , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , United StatesABSTRACT
While purchasing giants Premier and VHA jockey for market share, signs show they're looking for competition in all the wrong places. Some of their own members, having merged into powerful regional systems, say they've built up the buying muscle capable of getting better deals from suppliers.
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Group Purchasing/trends , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , Contract Services , Cost Savings/methods , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated , Economic Competition/trends , Group Purchasing/economics , Health Care Coalitions , Health Care Sector , Multi-Institutional Systems , Purchasing, Hospital/economics , United StatesSubject(s)
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures/trends , Practice Management, Medical/trends , Data Collection , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/economics , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Health Care Sector , Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures/economics , Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures/statistics & numerical data , Information Systems , Investments , Ownership , Practice Management, Medical/economics , Practice Management, Medical/statistics & numerical data , Purchasing, Hospital/economics , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , United StatesSubject(s)
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Health Facility Merger/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/trends , Health Facility Merger/trends , Marketing of Health Services/organization & administration , Marketing of Health Services/trends , Organizational Affiliation , Planning Techniques , Practice Management, Medical/standards , Practice Management, Medical/trends , Purchasing, Hospital/organization & administration , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , United StatesSubject(s)
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Hospital-Physician Relations , Primary Health Care/organization & administration , Purchasing, Hospital/economics , Decision Making, Organizational , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/standards , Diffusion of Innovation , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Family Practice/economics , Family Practice/trends , Organizational Innovation , Practice Management, Medical/trends , Primary Health Care/standards , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , United StatesABSTRACT
It's put-up-or-shut-up time for healthcare providers in 1996. Two years ago, everyone talked about fixing the healthcare system. Not much happened. Last year, providers and politicians concentrated on squeezing medical costs. According to some of Modern Healthcare's key beat reports, this year it's back to the basics of running a business.
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Delivery of Health Care/trends , Antitrust Laws/trends , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/trends , Facility Design and Construction/trends , Financial Management, Hospital/trends , Forecasting , Group Practice/trends , Hospital Information Systems/trends , Hospitals, Proprietary/trends , Hospitals, Religious/trends , Labor Unions/trends , Managed Care Programs/trends , Multi-Institutional Systems/trends , Nursing Homes/trends , Purchasing, Hospital/trends , United StatesABSTRACT
Like tremors before an earthquake hits, managed care and projected cuts in Medicare and Medicaid are shaking up New York even before they arrive. Many of the city's largest hospitals hope to cushion the shock waves from lost referrals for inpatient care by buying primary care providers, though it's likely many of these efforts will be too little, too late. But a handful of New York's providers have been prepping for managed care's growth, allowing them to address it more on their terms. Mount Sinai Medical Center is so confident its advance work will succeed that it actually is adding a few beds, not closing them. John Rowe, M.D., president of the medical center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, spoke recently with H&HN staff writer Jim Montague about Mount Sinai's strategies.
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Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Health Maintenance Organizations/organization & administration , Hospitals, Teaching/organization & administration , Connecticut , Contract Services , Hospital Restructuring/trends , Hospitals, Urban/organization & administration , New Jersey , New York City , Organizational Affiliation/trends , Practice Management, Medical , Purchasing, Hospital/trendsABSTRACT
Like a torrent cutting its way to the main riverbed, investor capital is moving relentlessly into the physician practice business. It rolls on without any concern for the traditions that created the deep revenue pools of hospitals, specialists, and insurance companies--except for an irrepressible need to drain them.