Developing a Specialty Medical Home Contract
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center gastroenterologists have teamed with UPMC Health Plan to develop a specialty medical home contract for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Hospital COPD Bundle Curbs Costly Readmissions
University of Cincinnati Medical Center used improvement science to develop and implement a ‘COPD care bundle’ for COPD patients who are often readmitted due to care-delivery failures.
Humana’s ‘Bold Goal’ to Tackle Social Determinants of Health
Andrew Renda, MD, explains how Humana’s Bold Goal strategy is striving to address the social determinants of health in seven communities by piloting and implementing targeted interventions.
The Strategic Value of Value
Local solutions that deliver high value care and create healthier populations are helping hospitals and health systems balance volume versus value challenges.
A Population Health ‘A-Ha’ Moment: Focusing Care Coordination on the Right Patients
Predictive data models can point to who will be hospitalized next year with accuracy that frequently surprises health practitioners.
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Support High-Value Care
Leading health systems are using PROMs to support shared decision-making and reduce wasteful treatments.
Confronting Opioid Overprescribing Head-On
Three health systems are taking ownership of their role in the opioid epidemic with physician-led initiatives to alter pain management practices and help doctors live up to their commitment to do no harm.
Community-Based Palliative Care Results in Positive Fiscal Impact for Providers and Payers
Community-based palliative care is a community-focused care management strategy that ideally reaches patients in the home, before their conditions seriously deteriorate. The result is care that creates better alignment with personal wishes and reduces economic burdens for all.
UI Health Cuts ED Homeless Patient Costs by 45 Percent
The Illinois public hospital pays $1,000 per patient per month to an outside agency to house 27 homeless patients in furnished, one-bedroom apartments. This investment is significantly less than the nearly $3,000 per patient per day that UI Health and managed care organizations were spending on some chronically homeless patients.
Why Hospitals Should Partner With Home Health Agencies
By bringing post-acute care into patient homes, home health services are reducing readmissions by 31 percent and overall healthcare costs by 24 percent.