A healthcare revolution is on the horizon. We know that change in healthcare is driven by change in payment. Though payment today still is largely based on volume—especially volume of high-tech procedures, we’re seeing a shift to payment that incentivizes the least costly, most effective care. As a result of payment shifts, healthcare delivery is… Read More

For those who have been following our work and research during much of the past decade, you have heard us continue to express our concern for the transition to site-neutral payment and the associated impact on many of our community hospital clients.  In our Devastation of Site-Neutral Payment video blog, we quantified that impact on… Read More

Long considered a key component of a future healthcare delivery system, virtual care adoption has accelerated across the country as healthcare systems find new, safer ways to continue providing services to their patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Before the pandemic, the move to virtual care saw great success in some markets yet floundered in others…. Read More

Long considered a key component of a future healthcare delivery system, virtual care adoption has accelerated across the country as healthcare systems find new, safer ways to continue providing services to their patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Before the pandemic, the move to virtual care saw great success in some markets yet floundered in others…. Read More

All too often these days, another rural hospital announces its closure. Even more disheartening than losing the blue “H” sign is that many of these communities lose access to healthcare. According to data from the Sheps Center, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and 60% of these communities have no rural healthcare… Read More

With the world having fundamentally changed over the last 90 days, many healthcare organizations may need an overhaul of their current strategy—but who has time for strategic planning in the midst of a pandemic?  All too often traditional strategic planning involves belabored processes over an extended period of time that ultimately leads to little, if… Read More

As we begin to emerge from the country’s initial response to COVID-19, from every sector comes the question, “What is the new normal”? For healthcare organizations who are at the frontline of this pandemic, it is a pivotal moment to re-examine strategies that will need to adapt for “The New Normal.” Despite the pause in… Read More

Ascendient is pleased to offer to any hospital or health system in the US a free, customized COVID-19 Bed Capacity Assessment. News outlets are sounding the alarm regarding the lack of available hospital beds to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic as it rolls across the US. Releases by both Health Affairs and the Harvard Global Health… Read More

We recognize that what you all are dealing with on the front lines of COVID-19 is much more significant than what we can offer to do. At the same time, we feel a strong obligation to assist you in any way possible. FREE COVID-19 Bed Capacity Assessment Though some states have already relaxed regulations regarding… Read More