Optimizing Total Joint Performance in an Era of Uncertainty
Advisory Board’s Sean Angert discusses ways healthcare organizations can improve performance in bundled payment programs.
Three Strikes Against the Idea that Coverage Reduces ED Use
Ken Perez describes three case studies showing that expanded coverage increases emergency department use.
How Price Transparency Can Lower Healthcare Costs
Joseph Sanginiti explains how healthcare providers, health plans, and consumers must work together to manage the cost of health care.
Selecting a Decision Support System
Nancy Rocker and David Janotha offer a step-by-step process detailing selection of a decision support system.
Evidence-based Guidelines Can Lead ACOs Toward MACRA Success
Joe Guerriero describes opportunities for ACOs enrolled in Medicare programs.
Smartphone App Helps Users Identify Nearest EDs
Krislyn M. Boggs and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr. describe how the Massachusetts General Hospital-based Emergency Medicine Network helps people find the nearest emergency department.
Payment for Behavioral Health Care Is in Catch-Up Mode Under Value-Based Care
Don McDaniel makes a case for an integrated payment model for behavioral and medical services.
PAMA’s Impact on Laboratory Margins
Lâle White describes changes to come in 2018 as a result of CMS’s new clinical laboratory fee schedule.
Do Your Physicians Speak Finance?
Advisory Board’s John Johnston and Vincent Joseph explain the value of educating physicians on finance issues.
House Calls Program Puts Patients First, Saves Money
Northwell Health’s Joseph Milano describes the organization’s House Calls program, which allows hundreds of New York residents per year to receive in-home care of the same quality they would receive in a hospital.