A call to action
In a changing healthcare landscape, risk managers need to prove their value to protect the role for the future, Gregg Timmons, president of the California Society for Healthcare Risk Management tells HRMR.
Preventive strategies
As healthcare reform places an increasing focus on population health, HRMR asks how this will affect the risk profile of healthcare providers and what its implications will be for patients.
The state of compliance
Tasked with managing regulatory risk, chief compliance officers often have to fight for a place at the table when key financial and operational decisions are to be made. HRMR considers the findings of PwC’s latest brief.
Mitigating the risks of errors and omissions
Medical providers have invested time and money to ensure they are compliant with the evolving billing regulations, but increasing audits make E&O claims more likely. Gareth Tungatt of Ascent Underwriting has some solutions.
Reducing the risk of suicide
Awareness of potential problems and a strategy aimed at helping patients cope will assist in reducing the risk of self-harm, as Michelle Foster Earle, president of OmniSure Consulting Group, describes.
Covering all the bases
What’s it like to be a risk manager at a hospital where Ebola patients are being treated? HRMR spoke to Dave Poppert, risk manager at Nebraska Medicine, about the center’s specialized approach.
The legal view
In our second feature on the risk management implications of Ebola virus disease, HRMR speaks to Jeffrey Tanenbaum, a member of law firm Nixon Peabody’s labor & employment practice, about the legal issues raised by the threat of the disease.
Capacity and creativity
Coverys Custom Accounts is Coverys’ response to the impact of the Affordable Care Act on healthcare providers, as Joe Zorola, chief underwriting officer, describes.
Keeping the peace
Disruptive and violent patients are a perennial problem in healthcare. Several experts in the field offer HRMR their advice on how to deal with the practical—and legal—implications of the problem.
View from the finance chair
What does the current risk and insurance landscape look like to healthcare CFOs? Brian Lovdahl, CFO for Baldwin Area Medical Center, shared his views with HRMR.
