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MACRA Impressions – Fact or Fiction
Now that everyone has sufficiently recovered from submitting 2016 PQRS and Meaningful Use data and thoughts have turned to earnest MACRA preparation and participation, we thought this would be a […]
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Aligned Compensation: Excerpts from “67 Tips for Developing a High-Performing Physician Network”
Physician compensation is the largest cost in the practice. It must be used to align physician behavior with the actions needed to make the system successful. Controlling that evolution over […]
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HFMA’s Final Report on Rethinking Physician Strategies in a World of Value-Based Care
About the HFMA Report on Value-Focused Physician Strategies In February 2014, Healthcare Strategy Group became the sponsor of Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA’s) Value Project Phase 3: Rethinking Physician Strategies […]
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Quality Measures for Primary Care Physicians
With healthcare reform and the move to value-based reimbursement from both governmental and non-governmental payers, health systems across the country have been shifting their employed physician compensation models from purely […]
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Case Study: Improving Hospital Medicare Profitability
Background One of our community hospital clients decided to focus their organization on Medicare profitability after an analysis we did during a physician alignment strategy engagement showed that Medicare revenue […]
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Leveraging Your Employed Physician Group for Payment Reform Success
Reimbursement for healthcare providers is continuing to shift towards increased incentives for quality outcomes and cost management, as insurers (particularly CMS) focus on reducing fee-for-service payments and increasing the amount […]