title: Major trends affecting hospital payment.
abstract: Healthcare financial leaders should focus on initiatives that will help them increase their organization's margins in 2008, such as: Payment policing and standardization of contract requirements. Contract performance modeling. Shift in volume and cost risk to hospitals. Consumer-directed health plans, price transparency, and pay for performance. Health plan consolidation. Value-driven health care.
authors: St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, USA. mjdcruz@stvincent.org
authors: Martin J
authors: MJ
authors: D'Cruz
authors: Terri L
authors: TL
authors: Welter
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States