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Webinar: Clinical Integration 101
With CMS’s goal to achieve 50 percent alternative Medicare payment models by the close of 2018, health systems are increasingly focusing on clinical integration. However, most hospitals and systems […]
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Preparing for Emerging Delivery Models: PHO Development to Facilitate Value-Based Care Delivery
Physician-Hospital Organizations (PHOs) are experiencing a resurgence, as hospitals and health systems grapple with ACOs, Bundled Payments, narrow networks and direct contracting in the wake of healthcare reform. During this […]
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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 […]
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Push Coordinated Cancer Care through Co-Management
One of health reform’s goals is to change the way health care is delivered in America. Rather than treating patients in silos, health reform initiatives encourage providers to work together. Cancer care is an […]
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Six Considerations in ACO Strategy
Thanks to the removal of downside risk in the October 2011 final regulations for the Medicare Shared Savings program, many hospital executives are again considering their strategy related to Value-Based […]
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ACOs: The Risk of Late Entry
Hospitals that decide to delay entry into Value-Based Care Organization (ACO) market take a great short-term risk: a competitor may develop relationships with many of the freestanding primary care physicians […]
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Final ACO Rules: Better But Not Good Enough?
Now that the final regulations regarding Medicare Value-Based Care organizations have been published, will interest levels return to pre-March levels? Before addressing that question, let’s review the ACO regulations and […]
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Transitioning to ACOs: Six Strategies To Implement NOW
“But what should I be doing NOW?” Several CEOs have asked us that question, as they struggle with how to make an effective transition from a market that incents volume […]