Reducing Clinical Variation to Drive Success in Value-Based Care (Part 1)
Engaging physicians and implementing risk adjusted analytics are two of the strategies that healthcare providers can use to address clinical variation in efforts to improve the value of care.
Drivers of healthcare cost growth, and commercial health plans’ responses
Efforts to control the growth of healthcare costs nationwide have focused on reducing variation both in utilization and price.
Hospitals Save When They Reduce Food Waste
Addressing food waste can help the environment and hospitals’ bottom lines.
Reducing clinical variation to drive success in value-based care (part 2)
Physician scorecards and evidence-based protocols are key mechanisms for reducing clinical variation.
Where health systems are finding areas for innovation
Health systems have found some effective innovations to improve productivity, outcomes and consumerism.
Specialty practices use predictive analytics to enhance value-based care
Specialty physician practices embarking on value-based care initiatives should start by expanding their ability to collect and synchronize data.
How University of Texas Medical Branch Reduced Readmission Rates Using a Data-Driven, Multidisciplinary Approach
An approach used by University of Texas Medical Branch to reduce 30-day readmission rates exemplifies how healthcare organizations can best use real-time data analytics and standardized process for this purpose.
Boosting Accountability Helps ProMedica Save $108 Million in 2018
Each year, leaders at ProMedica set a 3 percent cost-reduction goal, which they believe is achievable and still has a significant impact on the bottom line.
HOPDs vs. ASC: Understanding Payment Differences
The growth of ambulatory surgery centers has hospitals and health systems looking at payment in a new way.
Reconsidering post-acute care options
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer highlights the need to consider post-acute care in the context of reducing the total cost of care.