As our researchers engage with hospital and health system leaders in Covid-19 hotspots across the country, we’ve assembled an early checklist of table-stakes strategies your organization should implement now to proactively manage patient demand and staff and resource shortages.

Are you creating a slide presentation? Writing a report? Asking for an increase in budget? Follow these 10 principlesto ensure your audience understands your message, the logic behind it, and what you want them to do next.

When it comes to work, everyone has different preferences and habits. But working from home can easily disrupt anyone’s daily routine. We’ve rounded up tips to boost productivity and create a more positive work-from-home experience.

Over a third of adults report that Covid-19 has negatively impacted their ability to receive medical care. This resource outlines five actions health systems and frontline staff can take to support patients with chronic diseases throughout the epidemic.

2014 brings the "full implementation" of the Affordable Care Act. But what does that mean? This Daily Briefing primer breaks it down.

Drawing on best practices—as well as lessons from across our own organization—Advisory Board experts created this infographic to help you determine whether or not you really need a meeting, and how to maximize everyone's time if you do.

Get 11 best practices for hosting a virtual meeting or retreat.

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Budget sequestration has triggered about $1 trillion in across-the-board cuts to the federal budget, including a 2% reduction to Medicare reimbursement rates.

Hospitals across the country are facing a growing threat to treating Covid-19 patients: the global ventilator shortage. Advisory Board has created two must-have cheat sheets for any hospital that is worried about ventilator allocation.

The CDC shared strategies to optimize the use of PPE supplies in health care settings when there is limited supply. This document summarizes the 'need-to-know' information from that guidance.

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Access resources from Advisory Board, CDC, and others about how to safely manage and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Our researchers have engaged with emergency preparedness veterans and health systems leaders in Covid-19 hotspots across the country to learn about which frameworks and guidelines are best serving their needs. We’ve created a cheat sheet of guides, outlining the components of each, to jumpstart and direct your planning efforts.

Many health systems are anticipating, if not already managing, a surge of Covid-19 patients. This quick guide includes an overview to alternative treatment sites for Covid-19 and non Covid-19 patient cohorts, as well as non-traditional cohorts.

Throughout the United States' response to the Covid-19 epidemic, Advisory Board has been on the phone with the nation's most influential hospital and health system executives. Below is a roundup of all of the interviews we've conducted to date.

President Trump has announced that the government will no longer make "cost-sharing reduction" payments to insurers. Watch this video to learn what it means for health insurance exchanges, private insurers, and the price of premiums.

There are a number of candidates seeking the Democratic party nomination in 2020, and the Daily Briefing has rounded up where each candidate stands on key health care issues.

Anyone working in health care long enough knows that the pace of technological advancement in health care is only getting faster—so what you know today may not be what's needed tomorrow. Let us help you get smart on some of these new innovations quickly.

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, frontline clinicians are relying on leaders to cut through noise and reliably communicate need-to-know information. Here are five tools you can use to build a personal e-communication bundle you can turn to each time you need to share an important update.

Been awhile since your last statistics class? It can be difficult to judge the quality of studies, the significance of data, or the importance of new findings when you don't know the basics. Download our cheat sheets to get a quick, one-page refresher on some of the foundational components of evidence-based medicine.

A tracker on where states stand ahead of a Friday deadline to declare whether they will run their own health insurance exchange, partner with the federal government or allow the federal government to do it for them.

Hackers are holding hospitals for ransom. Here's your four-step plan to stop them.

Download our summaries to learn how Healthgrades calculates its patient experience ratings and selects patient experience award winners.

The Affordable Care Act authorized the creation of health insurance exchanges that sell plans for individuals and small businesses and establish common rules regarding the design and prices of the coverage options.

Advisory Board webconferences are the best place to hear about our latest strategies and best practices straight from our experts. If you missed some of our most popular presentations, you can download the slide decks now.

Here we’ve assembled a running list of strategies US health systems and hospitals are using to disinfect, reuse, and create their own PPE.

Download this infographic to learn where germs are rampant on airplanes, in both some obvious (the seatback pocket) and less obvious (the armrest of an aisle seat) locations.

Advisory Board webconferences are the best place to hear about our latest strategies and best practices straight from our experts. If you missed some of our most popular presentations, you can download the slide decks now.

Advisory Board webconferences are the best place to hear about our latest strategies and best practices straight from our experts. If you missed some of our most popular presentations, you can download the slide decks now.

Advisory Board webconferences are the best place to hear about our latest strategies and best practices straight from our experts. If you missed some of our most popular presentations, you can download the slide decks now.

The Supreme Court by the end of June is expected to release its decision in King v. Burwell, the much-watched case that could reshape the Affordable Care Act.

The unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 crisis has made it difficult for clinical leaders to stay up-to-date on rapidly changing best practices. Advisory Board researchers have compiled a list of key resources on everything from clinical indicators to discharge protocols from teams at the forefront of the epidemic.

The "meaningful use" program has paid out more than $23 billion in Medicare and Medicaid incentives to hospitals and providers. But what is it—and how are each of its three stages different?

As part of the Affordable Care Act's broader effort to ensure health insurance coverage for all U.S. residents, the federal government will pay to expand Medicaid eligibility in every U.S. state beginning in 2013.

The Daily Briefing editorial team has been tracking each state's position on the Medicaid expansion since the Supreme Court's ruling on the law made the provision optional. In this latest iteration of our Medicaid map, we've determined each state's position based on legislative or executive actions toward expansion.

The Daily Briefing and American Health Line editorial teams have been tracking each state's position on the Medicaid expansion since the Supreme Court's ruling on the law made the provision optional. In this latest iteration of our Medicaid map, we've determined each state's position based on legislative or executive actions toward expansion.

The medical device excise tax has become one of the most controversial provisions of the ACA and has pitted devicemakers, hospital groups, and lawmakers against one another. Here's the Daily Briefing's review of the tax's requirements and how the new GOP Congress could affect its future.

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Here's our ongoing look at early enrollment data through the Affordable Care Act's new insurance exchanges.

It's been about a year since the Affordable Care Act's exchanges opened for business. Since then, some states saw a nearly 70% reduction in uninsurance, while others saw slight increases.

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View our set of interactive maps to see the progress each state’s government agencies, hospitals, physicians, and commercial payers have made to advance accountable payment models and care pilots.

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Need a refresher on some of the most important organizations and methodologies associated with health care quality? Download our cheat sheets to get quick, 1-page briefings on evidence-based practice, HCAHPS, the joint commission, and quality measures.

As U.S. health systems have weathered the first weeks of the crisis, many are bolstering support for staff as they face increasing patient volumes and dwindling supplies. We've pulled together a starter list of where organizations are investing today to support staff on the front line of the Covid-19 epidemic.

One of the most controversial provisions of the ACA, the mandate requires most businesses with 50 or more employees to offer birth control in their employer-sponsored health plans.

Lawmakers are seriously considering abolishing Medicare's much-maligned physician payment formula, rather than passing yet another short-term "doc fix" to stave off the payment cuts. The move would be a significant departure from years past; since 2002, Congress has voted 14 times to override the payment formula and keep doctors' pay stable.

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Here's the Daily Briefing's review of what Monday's Supreme Court ruling on contraceptive coverage means for employers, and what else employers are required to provide to their workers under the Affordable Care Act.

This Daily Briefing primer breaks down the differences between for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, including differences in regulations and tax obligations.

The Daily Briefing has been reporting on the developments of the Ebola outbreak for months, and the Advisory Board's experts have created myriad resources for hospitals to help them prepare for the potential cases and reassure their communities about the disease. Here's an overview of our top coverage and resources.