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Real Data vs. Media Hype
One Minute with Me: Healthcare Industry Vertical professionals – Let’s look at some actual data associated with our hospital client base, versus using the news media as an indicator of how hospitals may be swamped with patients.

Beyond the COVID-19 Surge
One Minute with Me. My thoughts on how hospitals can prepare to move beyond COVID-19, successfully.

In the Midst of Chaos, There is Opportunity
One Minute with Me. Is your organization able to turn challenges into opportunities for innovation?

Leadership Principles
One Minute with Me. There are two types of leaders: “The Visionary Leader” and “The Practical Leader.” Which one are you?

Financial Impact on Hospitals
Many hospitals are preparing for "the surge" of COVID-19 patients. What does that look like, volume-wise? Here's a health system that has been through the surge, and what volume looks like now. Cutting to the chase ... the "surge" is not revenue recovery. Not even close.

What Hospital Financial Executives are Saying
For our health systems, it's now the clinical front line AND the financial front line. Here's what we're hearing from healthcare financial leaders.

HCIV Update
One Minute with Me. Our Healthcare practice continues to deliver incredible value to our clients.

2019 Crowe Virtual Symposium Opening Keynote | Managing Multiple Enterprises: A Challenge for Health System Finance
Integrated health systems focused on the continuum of care -- from wellness and preventive services to urgent care, inpatient care, outpatient care, hospice, and health plan offerings -- are becoming the standard across the industry. Driven by the changing needs of their communities and patients, health systems are also demonstrating innovation through joint ventures, owned physician groups, Accountable Care Organizations, and more. But how do these organizations stay focused on financial health when they operate multiple enterprises, many with different risk levels? CFOs from leading organizations share their framework for success.

How does seasonality affect your healthcare system’s net revenue?
One Minute with Me. For every health system finance professional who suspected that seasonality had some impact on net revenue but didn’t know how much... you were correct, and the effect is material. Crowe has studied net revenue patterns from more than 1,000 hospitals and has determined some trends that health systems may prepare for proactively—access our quarterly benchmarking report for all the analyses.

Let’s Build a Robot: Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation, or RPA, seems to be all the rage right now, as hospital finance, reimbursement, and revenue cycle departments consider options for lower-cost alternatives for their daily work responsibilities, in particular, those tasks which are more robotic in nature. That is, starting with a repetitive task which may not require deep expertise.

From Concept to Reality: Themes From HFMA Annual Conference
One Minute with Me. Brian Sanderson, national managing principal of Crowe’s healthcare services, highlights three areas of focus from this year’s Healthcare Financial Management Association Annual Conference. Are you ready for what’s next?

Crowe 2017 Healthcare Summit Opening Session
All hospitals are trying to determine what business strategies to start today that will keep them afloat for the next many years. A lot of inpatient business is moving to outpatient, so a lot of our outpatient businesses are growing. And that means that maybe we're converting inpatient space to outpatient space.

The Chaos of Healthcare Reform: What’s Next?
With the pace at which the sector is changing from one of steady growth and change to one moving at dizzying speed, you will want to hear the insights of these thought leaders on navigating these changes and what strategies they are employing to help manage the chaos.