Our strategy consultant discusses her background in EMS, her burden for rural healthcare … and her love of the outdoors.
Meet the Team: Patricia Dowbiggin
Robert Jones |Why Private Equity Is No Strategy for Struggling Hospitals
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Ascendient Aids County After Hospital Closure (Video)
Robert Jones |When a rural hospital was closed unexpectedly, Ascendient stepped in to find a more sustainable option for local healthcare.
ChatGPT for Hospitals: 3 Burning Questions
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Healthcare Consulting Partnerships: 3 Executive Testimonials
Robert Jones |Three healthcare leaders in a variety of roles discuss Ascendient’s value as a long-term partner.
Physician Alignment: Watch Out for Corporate Competitors
Brian Ackerman |Corporate buyers are snapping up physician practices at a record pace. Here are 4 implications for hospitals’ physician alignment strategy.
Rural Emergency Hospital Questions: Just the FAQs
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Strategic Planning for Hospitals: Why Worry About the Surge
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Healthcare Strategy: 4 Lessons from Amazon Care
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
What the 2023 IPPS Tells Us About CMS Priorities
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
How a Church-Based Clinic Is Making Primary Care More Accessible
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Public Health Strategic Planning: Don’t Skimp on the SWOT
Brian Ackerman |A good SWOT analysis is foundational to public health strategic planning. Here’s a step-by-step guide for doing it right.
Corporations Are Betting Big on Value-Based Care
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
What Hospitals Need to Know About Medicare Advantage Growth
Nikki Murdoch |With CMS targeting 100% accountable care for Medicare enrollees, Medicare Advantage is poised for even faster growth.
Rural Healthcare Strategy Consulting: A CEO Testimonial
Robert Jones |Joann Anderson, a longtime rural healthcare CEO, on the role of values & mission alignment in a consulting relationship.
Hospital at Home: Answering the $30,000 Question
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Why the Deafening Silence Around Medicare Insolvency?
Dawn Carter |Healthcare providers face a 6% reimbursement cut in the event of Medicare insolvency – a scenario that looks increasingly likely.
Hospital Community Benefit: How Do You Measure and Why Should You Care?
Dawn Carter |Hospital community benefit is tough to measure, but it’s worth the effort – both for more equitable healthcare and better hospital finances.
Formalizing Our Commitment to Rural Healthcare
Dawn Carter |The rural healthcare crisis is getting worse, with record hospital closures in 2020. Here’s what Ascendient is doing about it.
Re-Thinking Retail
Erin Nelson |As Amazon and others invest in healthcare delivery, traditional providers need to re-think their approach to consumers.
Reconfiguring Rural Healthcare Access
Dawn Carter |“Saving” hospitals isn’t the lone solution for struggling communities. Instead, think about prioritizing services for rural healthcare access.
Hospital at Home: A Valuable Tool for Transformation
Nikki Murdoch |A PHE waiver gave a huge boost to the Hospital at Home model, which shows great promise for advancing the “healthcare trifecta.”
Ascendient Healthcare Advisors Adds Three Senior-Level Positions
Dawn Carter |Meet the managing consultants joining Ascendient as part of the firm’s largest-ever expansion.
Four Things You Must Know Before the First M&A Conversation
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
The Maryland Model (Part 3): Lessons Learned from Maryland’s Payment Models
Rachel Mandel, MD |Maryland’s experiment with healthcare transformation has been encouraging but not perfect. Here are some of the biggest lessons learned.
The Maryland Model (Part 2): Understanding How Maryland’s Payment Models Work
Rachel Mandel, MD |In the second of our three-part series, we examine how Maryland’s unique payment models work – and what other states can learn.
The Maryland Model (Part 1): Understanding Maryland’s Medicare Waiver
Rachel Mandel, MD |Maryland’s Medicare waiver is getting national attention as CMS rolls out its new AHEAD model. Here are the essentials you need to know.
The Importance of Hospital and Health System Planning in an Uncertain Healthcare Environment
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
The Cardiovascular Services Revolution: How Will This Impact Your Bottom Line?
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Why the Outcome of the Election Doesn’t Matter
Devastation of Site-Neutral Payment: October 2020 Update
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Healthcare’s New Normal: Understanding the Importance and Impact of Virtual Care in a Post-COVID-19 World (Part 2)
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Healthcare’s New Normal: Understanding the Importance and Impact of Virtual Care in a Post-COVID-19 World (Part 1)
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Saving Rural Healthcare Access: Three Core Recommendations
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Six Tips for Rapid Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
The New Normal: How Healthcare Transformation Prepared Healthytown for a Pandemic
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Community Health Assessments [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Ascendient’s Healthytown Model Forecasted Today’s Healthcare Transformation
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
The Importance of Payment and Care Delivery Transformation for the Benefit of Medicare
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Primary Care Done Right – The Five Key Elements to Improving Primary Care
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Healthcare Providers Facing Strong Financial Challenges
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Accounting for Externalities in Strategic Planning [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Microhospitals: Evolving Regulations [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Six Critical Disciplines To Integrate For a Transformed Healthcare Delivery Model
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Will Amazon Healthcare Work? [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Do Microhospitals Fit in HealthyTown? [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Understanding Microhospitals [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Provider Recruitment – Key Community Need Considerations [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.
Medicare Wall [VIDEO]
We asked a leading expert to answer 3 important questions about how hospitals might use AI technologies such as ChatGPT.