How Consolidation Is Reshaping Health Care
The shift from volume to value based care, exploration of ways to manage population health, and the increasing influence of consumerism have challenged healthcare stakeholders to improve care delivery by reducing clinical variation while increasing access to capital. As
What Hospitals Should Look for When Acquiring or Partnering With ASCs
Hospitals and health systems can benefit from partnerships with or acquisitions of ambulatory surgery centers as a means to meet the requirements of value-based care.
Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices: Put People First
Health systems that acquire physician practices can take steps to mitigate issues with referrals, compensation, and other aspects by never forgetting the human side of the transaction.
Progress Via Collaboration
Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine have collaborated with a venture accelerator to launch a slew of healthcare startups, learning key lessons along the way.
Value-Based Payment—from a Different Perspective
Giesinger Health System has gained many advantages from offering its own, provider-sponsored health plan.
Addressing Social Determinants of Health: A State Initiative
The Vermont Blueprint for Health is a state-government program that integrates health care with social services with the goal of improving outcomes and controlling costs for patients with chronic conditions.
Productivity Growth Remains a Key Success Factor in the New Healthcare Economy
There is little question that 2017 will be another year of unprecedented change for health care, potentially signaling another positive step toward better aligning systems to achieve the Triple Aim.
How to Assess Cultural Fit in a Merger
One health system used a structured cultural assessment to guide its decision making heading into merger talks.
Sidebar: Core Elements of a Shared Accountability Partnership Model
A shared accountability partnership model must include a number of elements.
The CFO’s Game Changer: Creating Value Through Performance-Based Partnerships
Strategic CFOs are leveraging vendor partnerships to help improve performance while keeping costs manageable.