KPN Health – The Importance of Big Data in Healthcare

11/28/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by KPN Health, Inc. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. Blog by Don Navarro, Chairman, KPN Health and David Hultsman, Chief Technology Strategist, KPN Health Big Data is not a new concept. It is a better marketing “word” to describe the increasingly … Read More

Hall Render – Take heed Texas healthcare employers

11/21/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by Hall Render. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that establishes, among other things, when time spent by an employee is compensable. Because the Texas Payday Law defers to the FLSA on … Read More

A letter from ELEVATE340B to hospital members

09/20/2017

Below is a letter from Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council partner ELEVATE340B to Hospital Members. Dear DFWHC Member, ELEVATE340B partnered with the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council earlier this summer and as a result of that partnership, we’d like to formally introduce our firm and our service. ELEVATE340B was founded with pharmacists and 340B coordinators in mind. Over the course of hundreds … Read More

UTD to host Oct. 4 seminar on rising costs of healthcare

09/07/2017

The University of Texas Dallas will host the seminar “How Employers are Responding to the Rising Costs of Healthcare” on Wednesday, October 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management Davidson Auditorium in Richardson. Guest panelists will include Mark Haerr, administrative vice president of operations and compliance at Dallas Area Rapid Transit … Read More

Speakers announced for DFWHC/Hall Render Aug. 31 event

08/22/2017

David French and Amy Garrigues, attorneys with Hall Render whose area of expertise is health law and risk management, were announced today as the speakers of the August 31 educational event “False Claims Act Litigation and Internal Investigation Matters” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary session is the third of four … Read More

Just 10 days until DFWHC event “False Claims Act Litigation”

08/21/2017

Just 10 days until event No. 3 in the “Hot Topic Educational Series” the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) has been hosting this summer in association with Hall Render. On Thursday, August 31, DFWHC will present “False Claims Act Litigation and Internal Investigation Matters” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary breakfast session … Read More

Service line-specific clinical integration programs

08/16/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by the Coker Group. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. As hospitals prepare to operate successfully under value-based reimbursements such as bundled payments, they need to consider re-tooling some of their higher profile service lines. Orthopedics and cardiac care service lines are … Read More

340B Drug Pricing Program – what is it?

08/15/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by ELEVATE340B. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was established in the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992. It provides discounted prices on covered outpatient drugs to eligible covered entities. The intention of the program is to … Read More

Speaker announced for July 26 DFWHC/Hall Render event

07/11/2017

Michael Lee Kim, an attorney with Hall Render whose area of expertise is immigration, was announced today as the speaker of the July 26 educational event “Foreign Physician Recruitment and Green Card Options for Foreign Healthcare Employees” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary session is the first of four events DFWHC … Read More

Hall Render “Hot Topic” series set to begin July 26

07/06/2017

We can’t think of a better way to spend the hot summer months than to attend the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) first-ever “Hot Topic Healthcare Educational Series.” Simply put, four complimentary breakfast events from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. hosted in association with the national experts of DFWHC Year-Round Sponsor Hall Render. The topics were approved by DFWHC President/CEO W. … Read More