Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
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Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
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Analysis: More options for providers looking to directly contract with employers for episodes of care
Platforms like Carrum Health’s are meeting the demands of employers for higher-value care and the providers who want to meet these demands.
Retailers partnering with healthcare companies to expand access
A review of newly announced partnerships between Walgreens and United Healthcare and Kroger and Ascension.
Analysis: What healthcare providers need to know about short-term limited-duration health insurance products going into 2020
Healthcare providers need to be aware they will likely encounter an increase in the number of patients who have purchased short-term health insurance, with its limited benefits, that will be available on the healthcare exchange in 2020.
Take this job and shove it: 2 PTAC members quit in frustration over CMMI opposition to committee recommendations
The result of CMMI’s reluctance to accept recommendations from the field is one of many factors that stymies the transition to value.
Analysis: CMS proposed rule could provide price data to inform physician referrals
While the proposed health plan price transparency rule will likely be challenged, if it survives those challenges, it will be far more impactful on health spending than the negotiated charge-posting requirement.
Analysis: How traditional healthcare providers can compete with innovators and progressive incumbents
Providing high-quality and cost-efficient services is the first step traditional healthcare providers must take to stave off business disruption by new entrants and progressive incumbents into the market.
Analysis: Much ado about the Ascension/Google Project Nightingale
While the partnership should have been made public by Google and Ascension, this is the future of healthcare performance improvement.
Analysis: Hospital at home will move inpatient admissions into the home
Acute care providers must analyze the risks and opportunities of participating in the at-home-hospital model of patient care.
Analysis: Haven’s first moves: Benign or disruptive?
The rollout of Haven insurance in 2020 for the 1.2 million combined employees of Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway should not be dismissed by other industry players.
Analysis: Private equity interest in orthopedics increases
Demographics and payment policy are the main drivers of the surge in private equity deals involving orthopedics practices in 2019.