Stephen Smart

Deficit Reduction and Hospitals

The Power of Your Hospital's Voice

Beginning in fiscal year 2013, a new health reform law imposes financial penalties on hospitals for so-called "excess" readmissions when compared with "expected" levels of readmissions for certain conditions.

The Health System of the Future? A Closer Look at Clinical Integration

The Center for Healthcare Governance Fall Symposium will provide governing boards, CEOs and senior executives with the tools they need to guide their organizations through the challenges of health care reform.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a regulation defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records that proposes overly ambitious requirements and ignores up-front costs, time and logistical challenges.

Reform Supports Health for Life

Bumps on the Road to Reform

A fresh look at workforce challenges

Educational opportunities at the Annual Meeting

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