Cost of Care
Healthcare Cost Containment: August 2017
August 1, 2017
4:10 pm
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Healthcare Cost Containment subscribers can access the individual articles and web exclusives listed below.
Quality Improvement
Reducing Patient Harm Cases Helped N.J. Hospitals Save $641M
By Laura Ramos Hegwer
The New Jersey Hospital Association coordinated learning collaboratives to help hospitals share their best practices for reducing patient harm while saving millions in unnecessary costs.
Clinical Cost Savings
By Betty Hintch
Treating patients in the ICU who cannot benefit from that level of care may reduce positive patient outcomes and satisfaction, as well as introduce unnecessary costs
Population Health
Montefiore Targets the Social Factors That Drive Up Healthcare Costs
By Laura Ramos Hegwer
Montefiore’s care management approach includes embedding primary care and HIV care providers in methadone clinics and integrating behavioral health specialists in primary care practices.
Performance Excellence
Choosing the Right Leader Can Help Organizations Overcome Roadblocks to Results
By Tim Shoger and Jennie Dulac
From our sponsor Kaufman, Hall & Associates
Many organizations are establishing results management offices to guide outcomes, accountability, transparency, and responsibility. These offices serve as the primary oversight structure for driving cost transformation.
Reducing Readmissions
Is There a Business Case for Readmission Reduction Efforts?
By Rich Daly
An analysis found that hospital readmission reduction programs inconsistently provide net savings to health systems. The average net savings per heart failure patient was $972, but the study found a $169 net loss per patient among general populations.
Supply Chain
Cost Scorecard Helps UCSF Surgeons Save $836K in Supplies
By Laura Ramos Hegwer
A monthly scorecard helped surgical departments reduce costs without requiring surgeons to follow a strict standardization process to limit the number of vendors.
Web extra: Using Scorecards to Help Surgeons Understand Supply Costs
Healthcare Costs at a Glance
$28M in Healthcare Costs Associated with Opioid Epidemic
Health care accounts for about one-third of the total $78.5 billion costs attributable to the prescription opioid epidemic.
