Kaiser Poll has interesting numbers on the ACA

02/28/2017

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council The latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll conducted February 13-19 has some fascinating key findings. The findings include: • Attitudes towards the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have shifted with a larger share of 48 percent reporting a favorable opinion towards the law than reporting unfavorable (42 percent). This is the … Read More

KPN Health – Generate Revenue by Optimizing Risk

02/28/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by KPN Health. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. By Brandy Killion, SVP, Clinical Performance, KPN Health, Inc. Healthcare in the U.S. is plunging toward another year of uncertainty, revenue compression and ever-increasing mandates for quality measurement. Hospitals have become increasingly focused … Read More

DFW Business Group on Health – War of the Back Pain

02/27/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by the DFW Business Group on Health. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. By Donita Doubet, program manager for the Innovative Quality Healthcare Collaboration of the Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health Back pain is a primary reason for lost time from … Read More

Children at Risk – Two million Texas children have limited access to food

02/24/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by Children at Risk. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. Nearly two million Texas children are considered “food insecure,” meaning they have limited access to food and do not know where their next meal will come from. With numbers like these, it … Read More

Anti-bullying rally set for Saturday in Dallas

02/22/2017

You don’t want to miss the Anti-Bullying Rally set for this Saturday, February 25 at the Cummings Recreation Center in Dallas. Hosted by the Anti-Bullying Teen Rough-Ing Foundation, the organization is an area nonprofit created to provide awareness about bullying and the resources available in the community for at-risk children. The complimentary event is from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. … Read More

AIDS Arms becomes Prism Health North Texas

02/21/2017

The Oak Cliff-based healthcare nonprofit AIDS Arms Inc. announced in February it has rebranded to Prism Health North Texas. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love serves on the organization’s board of directors. AIDS Arms opened in 1986 to provide healthcare and other services during the AIDS epidemic crisis. The new Prism Health North Texas name reflects the broader spectrum … Read More

DFWHC to serve as supporter of Healthcare Dealmakers Conference

02/21/2017

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) will serve as a supporter of the Healthcare Dealmakers Conference set for May 17-18 at the Four Seasons Resort in Las Colinas. Titled “Innovate and Accelerate,” the 10th Annual conference is considered the premier forum for healthcare providers and their capital sources and advisors to discuss the challenges of deal making in the marketplace. The … Read More

Guiding principles for a bipartisan bill

02/15/2017

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council We continue to hear sporadic news from Washington, D.C. regarding the Affordable Care Act. “Repeal and Replace,” “Repeal and Restore,” “Repeal and Repair,” “Don’t End but Mend” – the slogans are many. Hopefully, our country’s leadership will garner bipartisan support to craft a fair and equitable bill to help all American … Read More

DFWHC’s Winter Interlocutor is now available

02/13/2017

The winter edition of the DFW Hospital Council’s Interlocutor is now available. Click on the graphic below to read about the latest on the upcoming Employee of the Year Luncheon, the debut of the new DFWHC, Foundation and GroupOne websites, and a Foundation paper on emergency department disparities published in the recent TPHA Journal. Hard copies will be mailed to … Read More

Experts discuss the future of healthcare at UT Dallas event

02/06/2017

Great discussion this morning on “Healthcare Policy in the Trump Administration” in the Davidson Auditorium at The University of Texas Dallas, hosted by the school’s Naveen Jindal School of Management. A full house turned out for the informative seminar, highlighted by a panel discussion including Dr. Michael Burgess of the Texas U.S. House of Representatives; Dr. Stephen Mansfield, president/CEO of … Read More