Practice Financial Management

Practice Financial Management

The only thing constant about the healthcare industry is change.  Unfortunately, this change comes at a cost.  Robbie Connell, CPA and Tax Manager with BKD’s San Antonio office, works with several independently owned physician practices.  She has seen that practice...
10 EEOC Tips for Small Businesses

10 EEOC Tips for Small Businesses

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1964 to eradicate discrimination in employment. The Commission enforces various statutes that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color,...
Game of Thrones…CMS Style

Game of Thrones…CMS Style

The power struggle in HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones has seven kingdoms wrangling over power. While fictional, it is ultimately a story of incentives and how changing them changes behavior – of individuals and of kingdoms. Incentives are powerful drivers of...
Transition to Value Based Payment

Transition to Value Based Payment

We were honored to have John Hawkins, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, and Julie Chicoine, Senior Vice President and General Counsel , of Texas Hospital Association as our speakers at the Austin Healthcare Think Tank in July.  They were a dynamic duo!...