When it comes to developing a financial recovery plan for COVID-19, independent hospitals face more of an uphill climb than other hospitals. With 40 percent of hospitals reporting their revenue had been cut in half during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic alone—and 55 percent reporting they had less than six months of days […]
Veralon Views Blog
The Veralon Views blog is an extension of our partnership with leaders who are transforming the healthcare industry. Here, we share expert perspectives from our nationally recognized senior consulting team on issues that are key to the success of your organization.
COVID-19 has shocked the U.S healthcare system – forcing physician and administrative leaders to think critically about how their current service line models can be improved to better serve and treat their patient populations. Many service lines were designed to maximize patient throughput by offering multiple access points without much consideration for efficiency. As a […]
Mark Dubow, Director at Veralon, outlines four actionable steps hospital leadership can take to identify, choose, and resolve sacred cows that may be in the best financial interest for your organization.
Mark Dubow, Director at Veralon, provides three types of sacred cows your organization should consider to achieve a large-scale financial improvement.
Mark Dubow, Director at Veralon, explains what a sacred cow is and why your organization needs to begin closing the financial gap created by them – especially now in this “peri-covid” era.
We’re excited to share a 3-part series on enterprise risk management, where Marian Jennings shares how hospital boards should be evaluating risk and handling uncertainty for their organizations.
Prior to the pandemic, we learned something quite surprising. In a Veralon survey, only 42% of respondents viewed the financial losses on employed physician enterprises as “unacceptable” or a “major priority.” Perhaps “surprising” is too tame a description. We were “shocked.” At the time of our survey, the level of losses typically varied between $150,000-$200,000 […]
Dan Grauman, CEO and Managing Director of Veralon, brings to the table over 35 years of experience in healthcare as he discusses the three most important things to know about hospital M&A in a post-pandemic world.
What do you need to know about hospital physician deals now? How did this pandemic change the landscape? What are the specific valuation considerations in this post COVID environment that you need to be aware of for upcoming deals? Watch the video!
It is the opportune time to build relationships with independent physicians. As always, one answer does not fit all so leadership needs to assess each individual physician and the appropriate models with care and attention. After more than two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation for many independent practices remains shaky. Practices are struggling […]