As 2009 unfolds, our nation and our industry are in a position never seen before.  Health care is a huge and growing part of GDP, but uneven access and high costs practically beg for change.  Under any conceivable scenario, we believe that greater value and will be demanded at every stage of health care delivery. 

It seems likely that the pricing of hospital services will likely be scrutinized by purchasers and the public.  Pricing that is "reasonable and customary" or triangulated from peers and formulated to optimize income are likely to be seen as part of the problem.  We believe that prices that are based on reality of what it costs are the right way to go, but most hospitals have some work to do before their costing is good enough to base prices on.  The weakest link in most hospitals is the cost standards.

Perhaps this is the reason we have begun to see increasing interest in refining cost accounting approaches and standards.  We have continued to evolve and refine our cost accounting services to meet the needs of all hospitals, no matter where they are in the spectrum of cost accounting sophistication.  Read more about our costing services in our Hospital Costing section.