Risk Management

3 ways cost models are a key to success under risk

Business Intelligence: New primary care models can help healthcare organizations achieve financial goals.

Theresa Hush October 31, 2019

5 actions leaders can implement for success

Leaders of health systems should take five actions to help their organizations achieve success under Medicare value-based payment arrangements.

Sheila H. Fusé October 3, 2019

Financing in the 2020s: Look for higher interest rates

A review of hospital financing practices prior to the Great Recession of 2008 provides insight into how current practices might best respond to a new period of rising interest rates.

Peter W. Bruton September 3, 2019

The art of execution: Identifying and mitigating risks in healthcare provider organizations

Three provider examples, a physician dashboard, and planning tool illustrate the steps required to put designed processes, structures, policies, and systems into action.

Pamela Damsky July 15, 2019

3 details for healthcare providers to know before taking on risk

Providers looking to take on downside ACO risk need to first understand three determinants of success.

Rich Daly June 25, 2019

What’s the blueprint for taking on risk?

Providers and health plans need to collaborate — both in the planning and execution of risk-based contracts — in order to make them work.

Rich Daly June 23, 2019

Analysis: Why some participants are likely to leave the Oncology Care Model

Some participants in CMS’s Oncology Care Model may exit the program instead of being transitioned into a two-sided risk model.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA May 31, 2019

Assembling the essentials for successful population health management

A high-performing clinical network, and a focus on patients presenting high or emerging risk are two key elements that health systems must have in place to be able to succeed with population health management.

Richard Weil, PhD May 29, 2019

A timeline guide to developing an ACO/CIN

Healthcare organizations seeking to establish a an accountable care organization (ACO) or clinically integrated network (CIN) should allow for an eight-year, five-phase process

HFMA May 19, 2019

Summary checklist for assessing readiness for value-based care

Healthcare finance leaders should use a checklist to assess their readiness to pursue value-based contracting.

HFMA May 19, 2019
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