Pinnacle's Blog & Publications

  • Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting wishes you a relaxing Thanksgiving with friends and family!

    Posted On: November 21, 2012
    Though a single day is set aside, the thankfulness is year-round. The Pinnacle Team is grateful for your friendship and business. Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting wishes you a relaxing Thanksgiving with friends and family!
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  • Join Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Tomorrow at CHSM’s ‘Back to the Future’ Series – Healthcare Co-Ops: Then and Now

    Posted On: September 13, 2012

    CHSM ‘Back to the Future’ Series
    Healthcare Co-Ops: Then and Now, 9-14-12
    What will it take to succeed in the era of reform? What can we learn from the past?

    The new Colorado Health Insurance Co-Op recently received $69 million in federal funding to establish what’s being called a new kind of health plan—by the people and for the people.  The Co-Op promises sharply competitive pricing and benefits, an obsession with customer service, a commitment to underserved rural areas, policyholder ownership and board seats for consumers.

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  • Join Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting at CHSM’s – Healthcare Innovation: Lessons from the Trenches

    Posted On: June 4, 2012
    Faced with a rapidly changing healthcare market, Dr. Vasu Rangadass founded Net.Orange in 2006 to create a virtually integrated care delivery platform that would transform the business of healthcare amid the challenges of mandated industry reform. Coordination of patient care and integration of services across multidisciplinary teams enables hospitals, physician practices, community providers, employers and support teams to effectively manage patients and information. Learn about the journey that took this timely new idea from concept to adoption by an industry that is mindful of compliance, must meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and can be resistant to change. This promises to be a fascinating event!
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  • Drew Hoffman of Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting is now a CHFP!

    Posted On: May 16, 2012
    The Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Team would like to congratulate Drew Hoffman, Senior Analyst, for successfully completing the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Certified Financial Professional (CHFP) Exam. The CHFP certification is designed for mid-level healthcare professionals with a minimum of three to five years of management experience in U.S. healthcare provider operations. CHFP certification demonstrates qualifications to senior management, co-workers, and the industry—highlighting commitment to the profession and to maintaining up-to-date skills and knowledge.
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  • Pinnacle’s Pick: Becker’s Hospital Review – 200 Statistics on Physician Compensation

    Posted On: May 11, 2012
    The Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program dramatically reduces the complexity of determining fair market value for physician compensation. It builds internal capacity and gives hospitals more control over the process by providing proprietary tools and powerful information to help make defensible decisions about physician relationships. Over 200 hospitals and healthcare organizations have found that the Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program empowers users to make smart and supportable decisions with regard to physician compensation and fair market value matters. The Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program’s key benefits include: Hospitals using the Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program immediately possess greater knowledge on which to base physician contracting decisions, the reliability of a proven physician fair market value analytical methodology and improved capacity to manage / document compensation and other contractual terms. Furthermore, Physician Fair Market Value (FMV) Program support includes: training, ongoing coaching, technical support and focused consulting (if necessary).
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  • HCCA is Excited for the Upcoming Compliance Institute and so is Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting!

    Posted On: April 27, 2012
    HCCA is excited for the upcoming Compliance Institute and so is Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting and the Physician FMV Team! Come visit us at booth 511 to learn more about our services and enter to win either a free Physician FMV License or the award winning Nook Color!
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  • Physician FMV Program – 2012 New Additions

    Posted On: April 26, 2012
    Physician FMV Program - 2012 New Additions. With over 200 hospitals and health systems - and growing, the Physician FMV Program strives to create innovative and beneficial services for our licensed Program members.
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  • Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Looks Forward to Seeing You at the Upcoming Colorado HFMA Annual Conference – April 18-20th, 2012

    Posted On: April 18, 2012

     

    We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming  Colorado HFMA – Annual Conference  

    April 18-20th, 2012 

    Be sure to stop by and visit Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting at our exhibit booth!

    This year’s Annual Conference focuses on the changes taking place in healthcare. Speakers will address such issues as Leadership, Healthcare Reform, Revenue Cycle, and Accounting. Last but not least, an interactive Point/Counter Point discussion on Healthcare Reform from both political sides of the issue should generate some ...

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  • Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Sponsors Health Care in Your Future Summit

    Posted On: March 29, 2012

     

    Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting was excited to sponsor Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce yesterday at the Health Care in Your Future Summit. Over 280 people were in attendance to discuss developments in health care, the outlook for the health care industry in the Fort Collins region and actions that could strengthen the health care sector.

     If you missed yesterday’s event, presentations can be found online and will continue to be added at:  http://bit.ly/FCChamberHealthCare

     

    Yesterday’s Agenda Included:

    What’s the Problem with Health Care and How ...

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  • Join Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting at CHSM’s Upcoming Event!

    Posted On: March 7, 2012

    Colorado’s New Health Benefit Exchange with Patty Fontneau

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) authorized states to set up health benefit exchanges to enable individuals and small businesses to purchase health insurance coverage by 2014. Colorado is leading the way in setting up this new marketplace, providing purchasers with quality choices, comparative information about plans and tax credits, consumer protections, ...Continue Reading >


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