Enjoin: Enabling Holistic Clinical Documentation Improvement
James Fee, MD, CEO of Enjoin, discusses the importance of holistic clinical documentation to realize success with existing fee-for-service payment models, as well as value-based care and population health initiatives.
Medicare advisers meeting among next week’s key industry events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 30.
Verma to insurers: The public is ‘frustrated with you’
Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, says health plans need to become much more innovative, or they will be eliminated due to political pressure stemming from the public’s frustration.
Only a tiny share of hospital revenue is risk-based: Moody’s
Just 1.9% of net patient revenue for not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals in 2018 came from risk-based payment, according to a credit-rating agency.
Proposed mandatory models should be voluntary or delayed, providers say
The latest proposed mandatory Medicare payment models drew concerns from many providers, including hospitals that cited the potential for adverse financial impacts.
Analysis: Employers have a healthcare cost growth problem
A discussion on the unsustainable growth rate of employer-sponsored health benefits and how industry participants can help them.
Rural hospital meeting among next week’s key healthcare events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 16.
Analysis: Why Walmart should be on your list of disrupters
A review of why Walmart should be on your list of disrupters.
Analysis: Optum to empower its physicians via advanced analytics to improve care and coordinate referrals
Once OptumHealth links its physician network to data it gleans from its data analytics engine, referrals from Optum employed and aligned providers will move from high-cost providers to lower-cost, more conservative ones.
Analysis: Health plans, physician practices align to manage population health and reduce total cost of care
A discussion of strategies health plans are deploying to align with physicians, manage referrals, improve outcomes and reduce the total cost of care as the U.S. healthcare system transitions to population health-based payment models.