News Release July 21, 2015 For more information contact: Chelsey Fleck CHI St. Alexius Health Marketing 701-530-7054 U.S. News & World Report Names CHI St. Alexius Health Best Hospital in North Dakota for Third Consecutive Year CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized as the best hospital in North Dakota for 2015-16 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 26th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients. According to interim Chief Executive Officer Joseph Messmer, this is not the first time CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized from U.S. News & World Report or other ranking agencies. “CHI St. Alexius Health has a 130 year commitment to providing exceptional patient-centered care in western and central North Dakota. The expertise and commitment of our physicians and associates to our mission continues to earn our organization national recognition. I truly appreciate all the work that goes into earning such a distinction!” For 2015-16, U.S. News evaluated hospitals in 16 adult specialties and ranked the top 50 in most of the specialties. Less than three percent of the nearly 5,000 hospitals that were analyzed for Best Hospitals 2015-16 were nationally ranked in even one specialty. “A Best Hospital has demonstrated expertise in treating the most challenging patients,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “A hospital that emerged from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of.” In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals that perform nearly at the level of their nationally ranked peers in one or more specialties, as well as hospitals that excel in multiple common procedures and conditions. U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition or extra risk because of age or multiple health problems. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, adequacy of nurse staffing and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties. The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. U.S. News used the same data, as well as the new Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings, first published in May, to produce the state and metro rankings.
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News Release July 21, 2015
For more information contact: Chelsey Fleck
CHI St. Alexius Health Marketing 701-530-7054
U.S. News & World Report Names CHI St. Alexius Health Best Hospital in North Dakota for Third Consecutive Year
CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized as the best hospital in North Dakota for 2015-16 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 26th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients. According to interim Chief Executive Officer Joseph Messmer, this is not the first time CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized from U.S. News & World Report or other ranking agencies. “CHI St. Alexius Health has a 130 year commitment to providing exceptional patient-centered care in western and central North Dakota. The expertise and commitment of our physicians and associates to our mission continues to earn our organization national recognition. I truly appreciate all the work that goes into earning such a distinction!” For 2015-16, U.S. News evaluated hospitals in 16 adult specialties and ranked the top 50 in most of the specialties. Less than three percent of the nearly 5,000 hospitals that were analyzed for Best Hospitals 2015-16 were nationally ranked in even one specialty. “A Best Hospital has demonstrated expertise in treating the most challenging patients,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “A hospital that emerged from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of.” In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals that perform nearly at the level of their nationally ranked peers in one or more specialties, as well as hospitals that excel in multiple common procedures and conditions. U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition or extra risk because of age or multiple health problems. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, adequacy of nurse staffing and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.
The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. U.S. News used the same data, as well as the new Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings, first published in May, to produce the state and metro rankings.
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ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/flex/cah-webinarsIn ongoing efforts to foster the growth and sustainment of rural collaborative healthcare systems across the state, the Flex Program supports North Dakota CAH staff access to financial and operational improvement education. The following webinar playback links and materials are open to all staff and board members serving North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals.
2014 Eide Bailly Critical Access Hospital Webinar Series1. Nurturing and Developing Relationships in the Health Care ArenaRelationships in health care are becoming more important than ever to protect a hospital’s position in the marketplace. The transition from a volume-based reimbursement model to population health reimbursement marks a dramatic shift, one that requires leaders to rethink their traditional way of operating and develop new community partnerships. Will your organization be able to adapt to these fundamental changes? Are you prepared to develop the new relationships necessary to survive?Target Audience: This session is designed for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, CIOs or CAH Board Members
2. The Future of Physician CompensationWith the consumerism and health reform initiatives demanding better care coordination on every aspect of care, it is more and more essential to involve physicians beyond their professional role to the overall care management of the patient experience on their journey to desired/achievable health status. How can we provide appropriate incentives to physicians to gain their cooperation? How will your current physician compensation design/strategies need to change?Target Audience: This session is designed for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, CIOs, physicians, or CAH Board Members
3. Getting Ready: Operational Efficiency Impact on ReimbursementNot only are reimbursement dollars shrinking, but their calculations are becoming more and more complicated. One of those emerging complications is the role your facility’s operational efficiencies will play in future reimbursement from both CMS and insurance plans in the public marketplace. In this session, we will discuss the current theories on tying efficiency to reimbursement, the methods to benchmark how your facility operates by department, and methods to assess where i mprovements will have the greatest opportunities to positively impact your reimbursement.Target Audience: This session is designed for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, CIOs, department leaders, or CAH Board Members
4. Hot Topics in Chargemasters for CAHsThe chargemaster is the heart of your organization’s financial health, and can determine your compliance, efficiency and appropriate reimbursement. This session addresses the most common problems we find when reviewing chargemasters and helps you understand what it takes to have clean claims and improved efficiencies. This session will also address the latest updates in the chargemaster arena.Target Audience: This session is designed for CEOs, CFOs, revenue cycle managers, business office managers
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5. 340B Drug Pricing Program: Will You Survive an Audit?The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is becoming more aggressive in its compliance with the 340B drug pricing program. With their recent publication outlining the different improvements to the audit process, their goal is to increase the number of audits and to make them more effective. As HRSA publically releases their audit findings, hospitals that do not properly address non-compliance concerns will put their 340B program at risk.Target Audience: This session is designed for CAHs participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program
6. Improving the Financials of your Rural Health ClinicFor many rural health clinics, reimbursement dollars in total are decreasing while expenses continue to rise. This is putting increased pressure on leaders to increase revenues, reduce costs and improve efficiencies through improvements in scheduling and process flow. What can you do to combat this trend and ensure the viability of your clinics? This session shows you the bottom line impact of key areas to your clinic and offers strategies for improvement.Target Audience: This session is designed for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, CIOs, business office managers or clinic managers
2014 North Dakota Flex Program-Sponsored Eide Bailly CAH Finance WebinarsTranslating Critical Access Hospital FinanceHealthcare finance is complicated. This statement is true for even experienced financial professionals. Departmental leaders in Critical Access Hospitals are called upon to provide technical as well as financial leadership in their departments. Unfortunately, they are often not provided the tools necessary to understand reimbursement theory and provide financial leadership in their departments. This session will provide a basic level understanding of how healthcare finance and reimbursement works.Target Audience: This session is designed for CAH board members and department leaders
Managing Productivity in the Critical Access HospitalManaging productivity in the healthcare setting is an ongoing challenge. Obtaining meaningful benchmarks can be challenging and cost prohibitive. This session is designed for all departmental leaders and will focus on how to manage the productivity of your organization using both internally and externally developed benchmarks. We will explore the need to analyze processes when implementing change versus just working harder.Target Audience: This session is designed for CAH board members and department leaders
Please contact Angie Lockwood, 701.777.5381 or [email protected] to receive more information.
The rankings are freely available at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals and will appear in the U.S. News “Best Hospitals 2016” guidebook, available in August from the U.S. News Store.
CHI St. Alexius Health is a 306-bed, full-service healthcare system offering a comprehensive line of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including: a Level II Emergency and Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, durable medical equipment services and ancillary services throughout western and central North Dakota. Since its founding in 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized with numerous accreditations and awards including: The Joint Commission, Blue Cross Blue Shield Centers of Excellence Awards and ranked the Best Hospital in North Dakota by U.S. News & World Report. In 2012, CHI St. Alexius Health proudly became a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, one of a group of organizations that share, with Mayo Clinic, a common commitment to improving the delivery of health care. In 2014, St. Alexius became a direct affiliation of Catholic Health Initiatives.
