Healthcare Challenge Roundtable: Making Price Transparency More Effective
Although health plans may need to take the lead on the issue of price transparency because of their unsurpassed access to pricing data, sustainable solutions will involve significant input from stakeholders across the spectrum.
Healthcare Consumerism Requires Comparable Quality and Cost Data
Provider organizations and health plans can advance the use of cost and performance data to support consumerism, as collaboratives in Massachusetts and Minnesota are showing.
The Impact of Accountable Care on the Revenue Cycle
Implementing value-based payment models requires changes to revenue cycle processes, including a greater focus on making sure claims reflect all services performed.
The Overlooked Addiction
The need to address the opioid crisis is clear, thanks to the relentless media spotlight. But at the same time, the societal burden of alcohol abuse is growing yet has garnered little attention, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO of HFMA.
How the Right Leadership Mindset Can Pave the Way to Success
Best-selling author Jo Owen describes the seven leadership mindsets that distinguish the best leaders from the pack.
Extending the Care Team Through Technology
Stephen Lawless, MD, of Nemours Children’s Health System describes the organization’s Clinical Logistics Center, which provides critical backup and decision support for clinicians on the floor.
Screening 1 Million Patients a Year for Social Needs
ProMedica is screening its patients to identify hunger, housing instability, and other social determinants of health. Completed patient questionnaires immediately flow into the electronic health record so providers have access to the information when medical appointments begin.
Healthcare Cost Containment: October 2017
Subscribers can access the February 2018 issue of Healthcare Cost Containment.
Care Navigators: A Mini Case Study
Care navigators facilitate hospital discharge and patient follow-ups with the goal of improved outcomes.
Rising At-Risk Populations
Almost 84 million people out of a total population of 400 million, will be covered by Medicaid or Medicare by 2050.