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What Hospitalists Need to Know About Healthcare Reimbursement and Denial Prevention

November 19, 2020 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Payment denials and delays are a common occurrence with an estimated 9% of charges ($262 billion) are initially denied. This…

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Posted in: Healthcare Reimbursement, Hospital Medicine, Performance Improvement Filed under: Denial prevention, Hospitalists, Physician Advisors, Revenue Cycle

COVID-19: Telehealth at the forefront of the pandemic

May 14, 2020 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Telehealth has emerged as a powerful resource for healthcare providers and hospitals during the pandemic.  This article, published in The…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare Solutions Filed under: telehealth, telemedicine

Applying Lean Six Sigma Principles to Reduce Denials

January 28, 2020 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Under current fee-for-service payment model, healthcare providers face financial pressures, which are further exacerbated by payment denials and delays. Read…

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Posted in: Healthcare Cost, Lean Six Sigma, Performance Improvement Filed under: Denials

Introduction to Population Management

Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Healthcare delivery focus and financial incentives are shifting from managing discrete patient encounters for acute illness to managing population health…

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Posted in: Population Health, Population Management, Value-Based Care Filed under: Population health, Population management

HM19 Conference Highlights

November 12, 2019 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Watch me and Dr. Kranthi Sitammagari of Atrium Health in Monroe, N.C. offer expert analysis of the plenary session and…

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Posted in: Hospital Medicine, Population Health, Population Management, Value-Based Care Filed under: healthcare cost, HM19, Population health, value-based care

Creating a Culture of Change: Implementing a Successful Healthcare Improvement Project

November 10, 2019 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Previously, I covered 5 rules for planning a winning healthcare improvement project. Now that the planning is done, it is…

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Posted in: Change Management, Healthcare Improvement, Healthcare Solutions

In Search of High-Value Care

September 26, 2019 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

We are responsible for delivering high-value care to our patients that impacts their outcomes and cost of care. To learn…

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Posted in: Change Management, Healthcare Cost, Healthcare Improvement, Healthcare Quality, High-Value Care Filed under: healthcare cost, healthcare improvement, healthcare quality, healthcare solutions, High-Value Care

6 Tips for Implementing Successful Innovative Healthcare Solutions

June 11, 2019 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Over the past 10 years, I led and advised more than 100 small and large-scale innovative healthcare projects that focused…

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Posted in: Healthcare Improvement, Healthcare Innovation Filed under: healthcare solutions, innovative solutions

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: Discharge Before Noon Measure

Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

If you are a hospital administrator or a hospitalist leader, you most likely have an early discharge measure included in…

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Posted in: Healthcare Solutions, Lean Six Sigma, Performance Improvement Filed under: Hospital throughput, length of stay

How to Expertly Solve Your Hospital’s Length of Stay Problem

January 23, 2019 Marina Farah, MD Leave a comment

Do you want to solve your hospital’s length of stay (LOS) problems? Over the past 10 years, I’ve led and…

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Posted in: Healthcare Improvement, Healthcare Solutions, Lean Six Sigma Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, length of stay

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