The Golden Hour for Rural Hospitals is Running Out

05/15/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council I grew up in rural Virginia. My hometown had less than 1,000 residents and we were thankful for our rural hospital. Rural hospitals today are generally classified into four categories, including Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Sole Community Hospital (SCH), Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Rural Referral Center (RRC). With fiscal cliffs and … Read More

DFWHC to host May 28 Speed Networking

05/14/2015

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) has scheduled its second Speed Networking event of 2015 for Thursday, May 28 in the Reverchon Room at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. These popular breakfast events are a great opportunity for healthcare executives to meet and greet in a timed format. The events are complimentary to all DFWHC hospital and associate members. Only … Read More

Legal Barriers to Good Care Coordination

05/07/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO DFW Hospital Council In today’s healthcare profession, we focus on population health, improved care and better value. We call this the “Triple Aim” of improving the patient experience. Hospitals and medical providers have been accused of operating within “silos,” meaning essentially people who don’t share information or cohesively work together. Today, we are attempting … Read More

What does Trade Legislation have to do with Medicare?

04/22/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council The healthcare landscape is changing as we move towards coordinated patient care with a “triple aim” of better health, better care and better value. To encourage transformation, it is important for laws and regulations to keep pace. All governmental agencies need to work collectively to support this healthcare transformation. The … Read More

The Face of the Texas Uninsured

04/07/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council Numbers do not lie. A study of eight states that chose to expand Medicaid, including Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia, was released yesterday and the financial benefits were undeniable. The Manatt Health Solutions and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report concluded those eight states enjoyed a … Read More

Ten Days and Counting

04/03/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council While the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), the Senate adjourned at 3:30 a.m. March 27 without taking action. Congress will return in 10 days on April 13 and providers are counting each day. It will be an uncomfortable spring break as we … Read More

McClellan named Woman’s Hospital of Texas’ CEO

04/01/2015

HCA Gulf Coast Division announced yesterday that Ashley McClellan was named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Woman’s Hospital of Texas in Houston. Ashley has served as the CEO of Medical Center of Lewisville in HCA’s North Texas Division since 2011. She is a present board member of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC). Ashley began her career with HCA in … Read More

Senate adjourns without repealing SGR

03/27/2015

In a follow-up to the article posted this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate, it appears the Senate adjourned at 3:30 a.m. Friday without taking action. They will not return for two weeks due to Easter Break. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love said the Senate should … Read More

Love comments on SGR agreement

03/27/2015

In an article in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love provided his opinion on the U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan agreement yesterday to approve legislation that will repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate. “While the bill may not be perfect, it does permanently put into place appropriate physician reimbursement which hospitals fully support,” Love said. The … Read More

Employee of the Year Luncheon set for May 1

03/13/2015

Mark your calendars! The DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 19th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon has been set for Friday, May 1, 2015 in the main ballroom of the Irving Convention Center. A celebration of North Texas hospital employees, the luncheon is an opportunity to salute the North Texas hospital workforce, a crucial group of employees making a difference in … Read More