Incentive compensation management (ICM) programs are one of the most critical factors in determining the success of financial institutions. After all, a financial institution is, at its roots, a sales and services organization. Learn more.

Hospital leaders need to access accurate and reliable data and analytics in order to identify opportunities to improve financial and clinical performance.

Organizations need to use more complex analytics to assess their position and performance in a broader context for population health management. Read this article to learn how best to quantify your value position in a transforming healthcare industry.

In this guest blog, Daniel Groom, Senior Vice President of Finance, shares his team’s experiences, offering six best practices for a smooth and effective implementation of customer profitability analysis.

implementation of effective cost improvement strategies will continue to be a top priority for organizations, but in this era of healthcare reform, it has become even more critical for hospitals and health systems.

Read this article to develop a framework that clearly outlines responsible parties for oversight of cost initiatives, as well as specific improvement teams and their objectives.

(Part 2 of a 3-part blog series) In this follow-up blog, I explore how to better identify individual customer value—first by measuring the contribution of each customer to overall institution profitability, and then by assessing the full scope of each customer’s influence.

Study finds growing sophistication in measurement and control—and more need. But some basics keep on rolling

Healthcare leaders can leverage a Results Management Office to drive accountability, transparency, responsibility, and results.

This article in the June issue of hfm magazine describes a systemwide assessment performed by one health system in preparation for comprehensive strategic cost transformation.

On the one hand, the prevalence of stagnant net interest margins across the industry suggests that community institutions would be desperate to get an accurate picture of exactly where...

Key insights into BCU's approach to profitability reporting, and interesting ways to visualize and better understand performance.