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Webinar: Succeeding in Value-Based Care – Building a Sustainable CIN
This hour-long webinar focuses on the legal definition of a clinically integrated network, how to build a successful CIN, and how to achieve early wins. We’ll discuss: What clinical integration is and how the Federal Trade Commission defines it; The strategic value of clinical integration and why it’s important for hospitals and providers; How to…
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Webinar: Leadership Engagement With an Emphasis on Advisory Councils
Physician engagement is a hot topic in healthcare today. For Clinically integrated networks (CINs), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), health systems, hospitals, or employed physician networks, it’s the key ingredient for success, because it’s directly linked to achieving favorable outcomes. There are several different paths you can take to build physician engagement in your network. What…
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The 16 Core Competencies Your ACO Needs to Succeed
Here are the 16 ACO core competencies providers need to succeed under Value-Based Care. Provider organizations need 16 core competencies to succeed under Value-Based Care. Some of these competencies can’t be developed by the provider organization alone. They require a payer organization as a strategic partner. Others may not be relevant for both Medicare…
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The Key to Population Health Management for Hospitals: Concentrate on Super Utilizers
The most logical place to begin Population Health Management in any setting is by honing in on an organization’s sickest patients. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), five percent of the population accounts for roughly half of all healthcare costs. These “super utilizers”, or “frequent flyers”, are admitted to the hospital…
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Primary Care Strategy: Will Your ACO Fail Because You Lack One?
Preparing for the Value-Based Care Organization (ACO) model is becoming a reality for hospitals and health systems across the country, and addressing how to react to the upcoming changes is floating to the top of senior executive agendas. This movement is gaining momentum as executives recognize that the current fee-for-service model of reimbursement is unsustainable…
