Focusing on facilities for sustainable cost savings
By implementing a campus consolidation, leaders at Boston Medical Center have saved millions of dollars per year on facility costs while substantially increasing patient volume.
UnitedHealthcare Tackles a Key Social Determinant of Health
Andy McMahon of UnitedHealthcare Community & State describes how partnerships with community organizations are addressing housing insecurity as part of efforts to tackle the social determinants of health.
Why Vertical Consolidation May Be the Superior Strategy for Healthcare Mergers
Richard Rollo explains how horizontal consolidation could be a useful precursor to a new wave of vertical consolidation.
4 new KPIs for value-based care
KPIs will move away from balance sheets, ledgers, and numbers to data that’s being collected and managed in the EHR.
Digital Initiative at Meadows Health Improves Patient Communication and Reduces Errors
Use of patient engagement technology, such as check-in kiosks can streamline the registration process, improve patient satisfaction, and increase revenue.
Analysis: Wide pricing disparity in common healthcare services
Patients/consumers tired of wide price variation and secrecy of prices for commodity lab services are open to alternatives provided by market-based or policy-focused disruptors.
Ask the Experts: SSI percentage and eligibility
How does your facility track its SSI percentage? Do you rely on the annual publication of SSI percentages issued by CMS?
4 strategies for improved Medicare Advantage plan performance
Positive operating margins in the Medicare Advantage segment require a shift toward more effectively managing Medicare populations by recognizing their unique needs and characteristics.
Testing a model for better coordination of care in the community
Providers are using analytics to drive partnerships with community service organizations to address social determinants of health.
Some hospital-employed physicians will qualify for new primary care models
Certain physicians employed by hospitals and health systems will be allowed to participate in new Medicare primary care models that aim to enroll one-quarter of primary care providers.