title: Linking operating margin to payer contracting.
abstract: Hospital performance is driven by the revenue generated through paver contracts--and hospitals must demand the contracts they need in order to meet their margin.
authors.affiliation: ACS Health Care Solutions, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002202:Capital Financing; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D017008:Negotiating; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States