Jason Coons MHA, PMP

🌟 Sanford Health Empowers Leaders at All Levels 🌟 In our latest WhatWorks podcast, I had the honor of talking with Linda Kirchhevel from Sanford Health, a leading U.S.-based healthcare organization, about how she and her team have developed a mission-driven leadership framework that resonates with all 46,000 employees across their vast network. Linda shares how Sanford Health, in partnership with FranklinCovey, crafted the "Sanford Leader" model, emphasizing the integration of their core mission and values into everyday leadership practices. This initiative is not just about training courses; it's about creating meaningful connections and fostering a culture of collective growth and learning. At the center of all of this is Sanford’s belief that everybody is a leader. Key highlights include: - The impactful leadership development programs tailored for different leader levels, including a newly launched Senior Leader Academy. - The strategic focus on nurturing nursing leaders, recognizing their critical role in healthcare. - The use of cohort-based learning experiences to build strong, lasting relationships among leaders. Sanford Health's approach illustrates the power of aligning leadership development with organizational values to drive cultural transformation and operational excellence. The results speak for themselves: Employee Net Promoter Score increased by an incredible 13 percentage points. 🎧 Tune in to the podcast (in the comments) to explore how they're making leadership development a cornerstone of their success! How are you empowering leadership at all levels around your mission? #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SystemicHR Josh Bersin Adam Merrill The Josh Bersin Company

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MMIT provides organizations across healthcare with the market insights they need. Take a look at what we captured in the latest update of the Directory of Health Plans. https://ow.ly/tvqw50SAMHc

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Great insights on impact to MA plans.

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Cultivation of an exceptional Strategy function should be an absolute imperative for health systems looking to grow, differentiate, and succeed. Max Timm and I begin to frame the characteristics of leading corporate strategy functions in our most recent Kaufman Hall Strategy Spotlight blog. #healthsystem #strategy #chiefstrategyofficer #hospitals #leadership

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"We pay for service, not value or outcomes." Profound words coming from Kevin Cox, former CHRO of GE, during his recent appearance on our podcast. We had a great conversation surrounding so many facets of healthcare, including Kevin's view on the future. Catch the full conversation via the link below: https://bit.ly/4hm5fpv #BrokenBenefits #CustomerExperience #Healthcare

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In our recent M3 Pulse survey, 5,000+ physicians worldwide weigh in on key strategies for bolstering workforce strength and retaining staff amidst physician shortages. Discover their insights on addressing the healthcare workforce crisis in 2024 and beyond. https://bit.ly/3UQiYKP #HealthcareWorkers #HealthcareProfessionals #MedicalStaff #HealthcareTeam #HealthcareCommunity

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A provider network can be a health system’s greatest asset. On our latest podcast with Becker's Healthcare, #ECGMC partner Malita Scott talks with Kira Carter-Robertson, COO of University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, about getting the most value out of your physician enterprise. #healthcarepodcast #beckers https://lnkd.in/eYYYArrK

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Healthcare workforce issues continue to challenge many hospitals and health systems. My Premier Inc. colleague, Thomas Flynn, MSN RN CWCN CSSBB CPHQ CPPS, recently wrote a fantastic article that outlines the key workforce trends to watch in 2025. Please check it out via the link below! #healthcare #workforce #trends #insights

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Eager to excel in culture for data analytics? Check out this video (https://gag.gl/pyIZs2) featuring Jeff Fuller, MS, FACHE from his latest talk on healthcare analytics and data governance to the Greater Kansas City HIMSS Chapter.

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At the 2024 #HCPLANSummit, Dr. Alice Hm Chen, CHO at Centene Corporation and co-chair of the HCPLAN Executive Forum, joined other HCPLAN and CMS leadership for a fireside chat exploring the future of health care. This down-to-earth discussion covered workforce challenges, specialty care, and the partnerships that strengthen #ValueBasedCare, highlighting the power of collaboration to drive transformation! Discover more about the HCPLAN's current initiatives in these areas and more: 👉 https://bit.ly/hcplan

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Keep our rurals open but if you really want to help get the foreign equity owned GPO that sets the pricing for our hospitals BANNED from our state. Economies of scale are used by Vizient against Oklahoma rural hospitals. If you have 13 tiers, hidden tiers, and tier maxes…that’s not a contract, that a free for all nightmare of a scam we all fell for. Their awful written tiered agreements force our rurals to pay more for the exact same items that our large hospitals pay less for. Example box of gloves a large hospital system in the state will pay 6-8 bucks for a box of 250 exam gloves. That same box for a rural EMT? 24 bucks. There is no price transparency and you are forcing patients who live in rural areas to pay more because of the lack of infrastructure by the corporations serving them to effectively and economically get goods and services to these hospitals. And distributors who whine about the cost of delivering to rural hospitals all while posting BILLIONS in profit every quarter are the first on my 💩 list. Let’s keep our rurals open but let’s make them more profitable so that they can continue to add much needed services and gainfully employ more community members.

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The 2024 CMS hospital star ratings reveal a decline in performance with more hospitals receiving lower ratings, reflecting challenges from the pandemic's peak years, and showing an increased need for adjustments that consider social determinants of health. #HealthcareQuality #HospitalPerformance #ValueBasedCare #CMS https://lnkd.in/eQ6_7S-Q

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The third part of our Care at Home series digs into the benefits of leveraging vendors or building out internal capabilities, and how to get clinician buy-in. Read more here > https://owy.mn/4chC2sA #OWHealth

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How does a $497k chart audit risk turn into a recommended $6.8M recoupment? Impact extrapolation, that is how. The rule now allowing the OIG to recommend larger recoupments are now in effect. This is the first of two audits published today. It isn't too often that the OIG publishes not one, but two, findings reports in a day. Let's dig into the first one. The article linked below is tied to a 2017 and 2018 date of service audit of high risk diagnosis codes by the OIG. Beginning with 2018 dates of service the OIG is able to recommend that dollar impacts reflect the extrapolated error rates from their reviews. This is highly controversial because of financial magnitude and the approach to extrapolation. This marks one of the first ones that I have seen. In this audit the OIG reviewed 240 conditions from the years in question. There are 8 conditions that were reviewed during the audit. They were stroke, heart attack, embolism, sepsis, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer. What jumps out to me in this review is the sepsis category. This is the first time I have seen sepsis as a high risk diagnosis. In fact, sepsis and pressure ulcers are in the other review (which I will post shortly). The story continues to be the same. Acute conditions being captured when they often represent historical conditions. In fact for the cancers, strokes, and heart attacks a whopping 93.3% (168 of 180) were found to not be valid. This is in line with prior reviews. Organizations, both payers and providers, must have processes in place to identify and review these. For the sepsis patients, 30% were rejected. While higher than desired, this is significantly lower than other targeted conditions the OIG historically reviews. The call to action for organizations is simple: 1) Know your data- know what patients you have, what conditions they have, and what you are billing for your patients. 2) Increase scrutiny on high risk conditions- if a patient has a stroke, heart attack, or cancer that is captured by a PCP or captured only once in a calendar year it is worth a second review. 3) Educate providers- it is critical to educate providers on the difference between active conditions and historical conditions. There is often no ill intent by providers rather it is matter of coding appropriateness. Leverage your experts to help them know the rules. Enjoy your Wednesday! https://lnkd.in/eX7tjgyB

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🙌🏻 Good. Also if you need help renegotiating these types of agreements 👋🏻 We have over 1.5 million benchmarks (and growing), I would love to show you exactly how to save money on joint contracts.

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Curious how your health care organization can strategically leverage #GenAI to drive growth? Check out this @Becker’s Healthcare podcast where @Sam Johnson and Dr. @Bill Feraunpack the complexities and benefits of investing in these new technologies.    @ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte #AI #FutureOfHealth #Healthcare #Innovation

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**Recirculating for reach** Curious how your health care organization can strategically leverage #GenAI to drive growth? Check out this @Becker’s Healthcare podcast with Sam Johnson and Dr. Bill Fera as they unpack the complexities and benefits of investing in these new technologies.

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🔍 **Retention Strategies in Healthcare: Addressing Workforce Shortages Post-COVID** 🏥 Retention remains a top priority for healthcare executives as they navigate workforce shortages and complex challenges. Solving this issue is no easy task. We are dedicated to supporting our clients' retention efforts and partnering with them to tackle these workforce challenges head-on. Our commitment is unwavering as we continue to provide innovative solutions tailored to the unique needs of the post-COVID era. By focusing on strategic retention, we help our clients maintain a stable and engaged workforce, ensuring the delivery of quality care. It takes us all working together to create resilient healthcare teams. See blog in comments. #Healthcare #Retention #WorkforceSolutions #Prolink #PostCOVID #HealthcareLeadership #EmployeeEngagement

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🏥 Hospitals’ Push: Treating Patients at Home The healthcare landscape is evolving, and hospitals are increasingly turning to in-home care to improve patient outcomes. What are your thoughts on this industry trend? Caregiving.com CEO Michael Eidsaune shared his thoughts in this post https://lnkd.in/exqhkdP7 #HealthCareInnovation #CaregiverSupport

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