ERDMAN Alert: May 19, 2020: Primary Care and Covid-19: Facts, Trends & Opportunities; The Current State of U.S. Primary Care in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has primary care clinicians anxious about two major factors – survival and what’s coming after the initial pandemic wave eases. What can clinicians and health systems do to ensure their most critical services are supported?
ERDMAN Alert: May 5, 2020: Nursing Homes, Senior Living Care Facilities get CDC Attention
We know the elder population is extremely vulnerable to this pandemic. As we move forward, facility-based senior and long-term care programs have an opportunity for innovation and growth in how a facility operates and how the physical environment contributes to resident and staff safety.
ERDMAN Alert: April 6, 2020: Surge Allows Hospitals To Use Other Facilities
We are committed to sharing important regulatory information impacting hospital, clinic, and senior care operations resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Stay healthy!
ERDMAN Alert: March 31, 2020: CARES Act
We are indebted to all healthcare professionals throughout the United States. ERDMAN remains committed to providing valuable information during these challenging times. The recently passed CARES Act includes provisions to assist healthcare organizations and providers expand technical and physical capabilities to meet the burgeoning demand.
ERDMAN Alert: February 2020 Healthcare Policy Watchlist
While it’s typical for federal legislative activity in the U.S. Congress to slow down during election years, other state & federal agencies remain busy in the health policy and rule-making arena. Here are February’s “watchlist” items for health system leaders and partners.
ERDMAN Alert: New Government Spending Report shows Providers Slipping in Key Sectors
The latest government spending report released by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) illustrates the enormity and complexity of the healthcare industry. Read more to discover some surprising changes regarding where health dollars have been spent.
ERDMAN Alert: Regulatory Recap: What to Watch and What it Means for Healthcare Strategists and Planners
From policy to patient experience, we monitor the latest healthcare news and trends, incorporating insights into strategic healthcare planning, design, and environments of care. Here is a look at what to watch as we move forward into 2020.
ERDMAN Alert: Proposed Eased Restrictions on Physician-Owned Hospitals…
Physician groups, health systems, and hospitals must be attentive to the proposed House legislation… …which would repeal the ban on physician-owned hospitals imposed by Sect. 6001 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
ERDMAN Alert: Florida Repeals Certificate of Need Laws
The news from Florida highlights the trend that CON law repeal is poised to gain traction. Health systems in Florida and beyond will need to consider these changes and adapt their planning processes…
ERDMAN Alert: Telehealth Rule Forces Providers to Re-Think Care Management, Facility Plans
For facility planners and strategists, the impact of telehealth extends well beyond its inclusion in Medicare Advantage plans next year…
ERDMAN Alert: CMMI Proposed Change to Primary Care Payment Model – Strategic Implications for Systems of Health
The new model will encourage the use of technologies, including digital and telehealth, and enhance the payment model for ambulance emergency services…
ERDMAN Alert: Integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Care Management
Integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Care Management: Considerations for Health Strategists
ERDMAN ALERT: The Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute: What to Expect
The Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute: Key considerations for becoming a System of Health as payment models evolve and regulatory restraints are modified.
ERDMAN ALERT: Certificates of Need: Implications for Hospital and Health System Planning
As hospitals and heath systems transition to Systems of Health, what should planners and leaders do to evolve their strategies given the current realities and future uncertainty of CON laws?
ERDMAN ALERT: SITE-NEUTRAL PAYMENT POLICY WILL IMPACT
STRATEGIC GROWTH PLANS
Site neutral payments by Medicare for hospital outpatient services become effective January 1, 2019. This represents a major policy change that will impact strategic growth and facility plans for every hospital and health system.
ERDMAN ALERT: ERDMAN Receives DBIA National Award of Merit
ERDMAN awarded a DBIA National Award of Merit for the Family Health Pavilion at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg
ERDMAN ALERT: NEW HHS SECRETARY AZAR
New HHS Secretary Focus Means Opportunity and Challenges to Provider Organizations
ERDMAN E-NEWS: SEPTEMBER 2017
President Trump Signs Executive Order that Unwinds Infrastructure Rules
ERDMAN E-NEWS: JUNE 2017
The Implications of the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act for Hospitals and Health Systems
ARTICLES
OPTIMIZING HEALTHCARE STRATEGIES DURING POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY
Given the pandemic’s acceleration of certain healthcare trends, health systems and hospitals will require more focused strategic planning on several fronts. Considering the value that data can offer as part of a strategic assessment, healthcare leaders can take effective action focused on key areas, ranging from reducing operating costs to being equipped with the needed information to respond to changing market conditions.
BATTLING PANDEMICS THROUGH MEDICAL GAS DESIGN
COVID-19 reshaped lives across the world. While there are many lessons still being learned, we have identified medical gas systems as being a critical component in combatting a pandemic. To best design healthcare environments for pandemic readiness with effective medical gas systems, there needs to be a collaborative effort among those who design them, plus those who use and maintain them.
DESIGNING SPACES FOR PEDIATRICS AND THE NEEDS OF KEY USER GROUPS
Pediatric design aims to achieve child wellness by addressing and enhancing the needs of everyday life in the medical environments we create. To best optimize the pediatric experience for all user groups, there are six key methods to follow. It is additionally important to use Integrative Thinking in our designs to successfully meet the needs of children, plus those of their families and care providers.
CONVERTING HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES INTO SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES
Hospitality has been hit hard by the pandemic. Nevertheless, it presents opportunity for the senior living industry. Such properties share similar features that make a hotel facility a viable investment to transform into a senior living community. In doing so, there are five main factors to consider.
THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE-SYSTEMS OF HEALTH: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
Hospitals have been the centerpiece of health services in every community. However, the future of most hospitals is uncertain. Declining demand for inpatient care is countered by explosive demand for services in outpatient and home settings. As hospitals consider their market conditions, competition, resources, and appetite for risk, the evolution into one of the three destinations is likely.
ANTIVIRUS DESIGN: INTERIOR SOLUTIONS IN HEALTHCARE SPACES
Since the onset of COVID-19, people’s care routines have been disrupted and rapid changes in healthcare have been taking place. As members of the A/E/C community, ERDMAN is uncovering new ways to reinvent the built environment for virus-resistant designs to foster patient health and safety.
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
As the senior population is growing, so is the interest in Medicare Advantage programs. And as Medicare enrollment continues, seniors are making decisions which will affect the overall quality of their healthcare services; what they pay, the doctors they see, and the services they use. Not only is Medicare Advantage a popular option among seniors due to the plethora of available options, but it is also profitable for plan sponsors.
LONELINESS AND SENIOR HEALTH: A STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT
Loneliness and social isolation are prevalent and growing challenges in society. This is especially true today as the pandemic has drawn attention to both issues. A purposeful approach is needed to diagnose and treat loneliness. Specifically, programs that explicitly address senior loneliness could have a valuable impact in the care of our aging populations.
FOUR WAYS TO RETROFIT YOUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FOR INFECTION CONTROL
The past several months have offered significant learning opportunities on how to best respond to COVID-19. ERDMAN, in collaboration with Charter Senior Living, has identified several best practices to follow that can help you retrofit your senior living community for infection control.
ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES IN POST-COVID-19 HEALTHCARE
Today, healthcare providers across the U.S. are responding to pent up demand and, where allowed, performing elective surgeries amid the pandemic. In the midst of the challenges, health systems and physician groups are responding to five trends that have shaped orthopedic care in the U.S. in recent years…
LEVERAGING THE EVOLVING RETAIL LANDSCAPE TO MEET STRATEGIC HEALTHCARE OBJECTIVES
The evolving retail landscape reflects how healthcare systems can consider changes in the retail environment as an advantage to best serve their patients during these unprecedented times and beyond.
PRIMARY CARE & RETAIL CLINICS
There is renewed focus on the role of primary care and preventive health in U.S. healthcare. This article explores changes to and trends in primary care delivery and why competing in primary care requires hospitals, health systems, and physician organizations to take a fresh look at their strategic positioning in a broader context.
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This article sheds light onto the challenges involved in assessing thermal comfort in healthcare facilities and illustrates with an example the assessment of the thermal comfort of nurses in a hospital ward.
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UPDATE: Funding Opportunities For Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities & Medical Practices
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Finding Happiness On a Budget: How to Attract Middle-Income Older Adults to a 55+ Community
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PODCASTS, PRESENTATIONS & WEBINARS
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System of Health Series: Healthcare Environments: Four Domains Create Remarkable Consumer Experience
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System of Health Series: Clinical Innovations: The Basis for How and Where Healthcare is Delivered and By Whom
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Healthcare Consumerism Part II: Convenient Care Models – Leading Practices and Secret Sauce Analysis
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Healthcare Consumerism Part III: Convenient Care Models – Technologies, Strategies and Future Considerations
