Improving Outcomes Using Social Determinants of Health
Rick Ingraham describes how patients’ social factors can help healthcare providers improve the quality of care.
Keeping Ahead of the RACs
Changes announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underscore the need for healthcare organizations to prepare for escalating auditor activity.
Value-Based Care Elevates the Role of the Registered Nurse in Primary Care
One way primary care practices can improve their likelihood of success in value-based care initiatives is by streamlining their practices with the help of their registered nurses.
Bundled Payments for Hospitals: Lessons in Collaboration
Donald E. Fry, MD, examines the benefits of bundled payment programs.
Putting Your Financial Team to Work to Maximize MACRA Benefits
Joncé Smith describes how finance leaders can help ready their organizations for MACRA.
Value-Based Care Looming
Tawnya Bosko explains why leaders who have plans to strengthen their bottom line will be better equipped to manage risk and plan for long-term sustainability in a value-based system.
Improving Healthcare Quality: Four Proven Health Plan Strategies That Providers Should Adopt
Emad Rizk outlines lessons healthcare providers can learn from health plans’ approach to value.
Food for Health: Taking Care of Our Patients’ Most Basic Needs
ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra describes a program that addresses food insecurity in the community by safely repackaging leftover food from a local casino and distributing it to those in need.
New Traditions of Efficiency in Emergency Medicine
Kenneth J. Heinrich discusses how efficient handling of emergency department patients can maximize revenue and increase patient satisfaction.
CMS’s 2018 IPPS Proposed Rule and RFI: Signaling the Trump Administration’s Deregulation Agenda
Ken Perez describes the connection between the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and a new proposed rule and request for information by CMS.