How a Hospital or Health System Can Assess the Risk of Moving to Value-Based Payment
To gain a clearer understanding of the financial impact of transitioning to a value-based model, healthcare executives can learn from the experiences of another health system that has undertaken a similar migration.
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.
CMS Overhauls the Medicare Shared Savings Program
CMS’s Pathways to Success final rule is a challenging proposition for ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).
Characteristics of high-performing ACOs
High-performing accountable care organizations (ACOs) have five characteristics in common that help them achieve success with value-based payment contracting.
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.
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
Provider nimbleness required for diverse value-based healthcare models
Many providers are in the throes of implementing strategies for value-based health care. But now they must adapt to an environment characterized by diverse value-based care models, new players, and more data to discern provider value. To weather the next decade, the key attribute providers will need is nimbleness—a challenge in an industry not known…
3 ways to remove the mystery from value-based payments
Daniel M. Grauman and Amanda Brown explain how analytic tools can assist a healthcare organization in identifying areas for improvement in value-based payments.
May 13-17: See what events are coming in healthcare
May 13—Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of May 13. Highlights include HFMA webinars and another Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webcast detailing the recently released Medicare primary care models. Monday, May 13 Start of submission period…
Will a quarter of primary care physicians join the new Medicare payment models?
The Trump administration envisions the five coming primary care models that were unveiled this week to include one-quarter of such clinicians. But Medicare advisers and others are split on whether many providers can succeed in the models.