Changing the traditional relationship of payers and providers is a key to achieving and sustaining dramatic cost reduction in healthcare. Insurance companies and healthcare providers have traditionally had a vendor/client relationship at best.
Both groups have historically worked to reduce costs but in isolation. That philosophy is outdated and will not provide the innovation necessary [...]

Changing the traditional relationship of payers and providers is a key to achieving and sustaining dramatic cost reduction in healthcare. Insurance companies and healthcare providers have traditionally had a vendor/client relationship at best.
Both groups have historically worked to reduce costs but in isolation. That philosophy is outdated and will not provide the innovation necessary to [...]

It certainly appears that some type of healthcare reform in on the way. The specifics are being worked our by our governmental leaders and who knows what will be delivered. A few things seem to be emerging. A public option in is the works. This will have great implications for both payers and providers. One [...]

I just read an article about engaging physicians for savings in your supply chain. Engagement is a vital behavior for all leaders to understand. Leaders primarily get involved in three types of conversations:

Tell
Test
Co-create. 

Each is appropriate  at certain times. The key distinction lies in the amount the leader involves others in reaching the final decision.
A Tell [...]

Everywhere I turn in the business world, I am hearing people say we are “hunkering down”. That interested me, so I decided to look closer at this term. Here is what I found.

The Oxford English Dictionary describes hunker as: “squat, with the haunches, knees, and ankles acutely bent, so as to bring the hams near the heels, and throw the whole weight upon the fore part of the feet”. Is that really what we need to do? Hunker down?