tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1656498 2009-04-30T08:44:00-07:00 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65923345 2009-04-30T08:44:00-07:00 2009-04-30T08:44:00-07:00 Jay Tolchinsky There is no single answer to this question. The combination of trade journals, e-mail blasts, webinars, podcasts, local seminar attendance and national conference participation is a good start.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/04/how-can-you-stay-current-on-a-changing-financial-landscape-shaped-by-incentive-payments-for-hospital.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65923235 2009-04-23T08:38:00-07:00 2009-04-23T08:38:00-07:00 Jay Tolchinsky Across the board reductions of expense line items such as Education and Travel have been de rigueur for financial teams for years.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/04/since-budget-reductions-are-being-made-across-the-sector-in-response-to-the-trying-economic-times-is.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-63112155 2009-03-04T07:32:00-08:00 2009-03-04T07:32:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky The optimism of a recent appointment announced was exceeded by the balloon bursting with a sudden withdrawal.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/03/will-the-lack-of-a-visible-name-in-leadership-at-the-department-of-health-and-human-services-mean-de.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-63112041 2009-02-25T07:26:00-08:00 2009-02-25T07:26:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky Billions of dollars are headed to healthcare in the form of awards for electronic investments in physician offices and hospitals.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/02/the-economic-stimulus-package-is-upon-us-what-does-it-really-mean-to-healthcare.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61009162 2009-01-14T07:00:00-08:00 2009-01-14T07:00:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky The federal agencies have long spoken of enforcing breaches, but only one is on record to date.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/01/information-governance-will-breaches-be-enforced.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61009028 2009-01-08T07:49:00-08:00 2009-01-08T07:49:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology was established in 2004. A truly unfunded mandate, there was an Executive Order that limited the federal funding for this...http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2009/01/healthcare-it-where-will-the-funding-come-from-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59823760 2008-12-17T12:33:00-08:00 2008-12-17T12:33:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky Change of some sort, but certainly a flurry of activity. Think back to the Jackson Hole Study Group headed by Hilary Clinton in her husband’s first term.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2008/12/the-obama-administration-appears-to-be-serious-about-healthcare-reform-what-can-you-predict.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59822200 2008-12-10T12:31:15-08:00 2008-12-10T12:31:15-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky We’re seeing clients across North America dust off their HIPAA policies/procedures and related state regulations with renewed interest.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2008/12/with-all-the-main-stream-media-and-press-coverage-of-security-and-privacy-breaches-what-should-healt.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58686104 2008-11-25T07:00:00-08:00 2008-11-25T07:00:00-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky Both candidates, and their parties, have different and divergent views for the reshaping of healthcare. Simply stated, one is for big government and one is for market forces.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2008/11/how-will-healthcare-look-beginning-january-20-2009-with-either-new-administration.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58685868 2008-11-18T12:04:23-08:00 2008-11-18T12:04:23-08:00 Jay Tolchinsky Recent studies touted that one-third of hospitals are in the red, one-third are living off investment income, and one-third of facilities are in the black.http://beaconpartners.typepad.com/asktheexperts/2008/11/the-economy-in-the-fall-of-2008-what-does-that-mean-for-health-care.html