May 2017
Read the May 2017 issue of Leadership magazine.
Gauging the Financial Impact of MIPS
The financial impacts of MIPS scores can amount to millions of dollars per organization and will significantly grow over the next several years.
Sidebar: Screening for Food Insecurity
The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages pediatricians to use a validated two-question screening tool to identify patients who may need help getting food.
Providers Focus on Food Insecurity
Recognizing that food insecurity has a direct impact on health, provider organizations are launching initiatives to address hunger in their communities. When Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation (MCHC), a federally qualified health center in rural Kentucky, started sending
Diverse M&A Activity Showcases New Partnership Rationale
Healthcare organizations are merging or partnering for different reasons than they did in the past, highlighting the move toward value-based care and population health management.
What’s Behind an Innovative Tool?
A specialized department to help clinicians and researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital get their innovative ideas to market.
Direct Primary Care Gains Traction
Direct primary care is gaining a foothold in the healthcare industry because it promotes convenience for consumers and greater accountability among providers.
Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty
Economics continues to overshadow politics as a driver of healthcare strategy for providers, with market forces looming large even amid legislative uncertainty.
Assessing the Value of Care
A healthcare finance leader, clinical leader, and health plan executive discuss best practices for assessing the value of healthcare drugs and services.
Toward a Common Vision for Value Based Care Metrics
Reporting dozens of potentially conflicting metrics from government and commercial payers can be a burden on providers, who seek ways to streamline or prioritize the number of metrics.