List three ways the DNP provides leadership in helping a healthcare entity optimize reimbursement from insurers.
Choose two preferred financial and patient care outcomes from the following list and describe two ways to achieve each of them: reduction in overall hospital admissions, reduction in average length of stay, reduction in avoidable hospital readmissions, reduction in high-tech imaging services, reduction in CMS-paid amount per beneficiary.
Discuss three of the major value-based programs from CMS. Define the programs and the criteria to be successful within each of these programs.
Can the kind of care proposed in an IDS be provided in a system that has a primary focus on either provider or corporate incomes and profit accumulation?
Why is it financially important for hospitals to institute effective discharge planning programs?