Partnering With Healthcare Purchasers
Mount Sinai Health System partnered with a trade union to develop a bundled-payment program designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce the purchaser’s costs.
Finding Value in Healthcare Innovation Centers
Henry Ford Health System is bringing new ideas to market through its innovation center, which is called the Innovation Institute.
Winning Direct Contracts with Employers
Pacific Business Group on Health, a leader in direct contracting, uses an extensive evaluation process to choose the provider organizations for its Employers Centers of Excellence Network.
Hospitals with PBGH Joint Replacement Contracts
Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), a membership organization that includes many of America’s largest healthcare purchasers, has developed direct contracts for joint replacements, spine procedures, and bariatric surgery with hospitals across the country.
Interstate Compact Eases Licensure, Improves Quality of Care
Currently, 17 states have adopted compacts to help physician specialists practice across state lines, opening the door for telemedicine opportunities.
States Adopting Interstate Medical Licensure Compacts
Certain states are removing barriers to telemedicine by making it easier for physicians to practice across state lines.
Forum Webinar: Population Health: Aligning an Organization’s Business and Financial Models
Access the recording and slides from this Forum-exclusive webinar on population health strategies.
Making ACO Participation Pay Off
Delaware Valley ACO’s emphasis on improving care while lowering costs has proven effective, demonstrated by an increase in members from 5,000 to 200,000 in three years.
Ask the Experts: ACO Staffing and Training
We are moving into an accountable care organization (ACO) model this year. What skills should we be targeting for our finance staff to ramp up for the change?
Should Your Health System Sponsor a Health Plan?
Hospitals and health systems considering sponsoring a health plan must first decide whether they can balance cost and quality before looking at tradeoffs between revenues and the attractiveness of premiums.