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December 11, 2018
What We’re Watching: December 11, 2018
SLOWING DOWN CMS actuaries released the Annual Report on National Health Expenditures, America’s barometer on overall healthcare spending. The report should be characterized as...
December 10, 2018
Bundled Payments and the Role of Longitudinal Care
Bundled payment models create a powerful incentive for improving outcomes, enhancing care coordination and aligning providers behind shared performance improvement goals.
December 04, 2018
What We’re Watching: December 4, 2018
SHORTAGE PROBS A panel of industry experts met last week to discuss the root causes of drug shortages and solutions to the problem during...
November 30, 2018
The Five Elements of Optimal Care Delivery: Organizational Readiness
Understanding organizational readiness for care transformation is one of the five strategic elements to achieving optimal care delivery.
November 27, 2018
What We’re Watching: November 27, 2018
MAKING PROGRESS HHS released its Year 3 report on the progress of the National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB). Of note, 77...
November 26, 2018
Why Health Systems Need to Strategically Align with Skilled Nursing Facilities Now
A recent modernization to how CMS will pay providers for skilled nursing facility performance is something health systems should be paying close attention to.
November 20, 2018
What We’re Watching: November 20, 2018
WILDFIRES HHS Secretary Azar declared a public health emergency in California, giving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, providers and suppliers greater regulatory flexibility in meeting...
November 13, 2018
What We’re Watching: November, 13, 2018
THE DIVIDE Premier CEO Susan DeVore gave her take on the healthcare implications of last week’s midterm election results on Cheddar TV. She explained...
November 09, 2018
Healthcare Costs: The Silver Bullet for Congressional Consensus
A divided government will create a new political reality with real implications for healthcare. But one thing is for sure.
November 06, 2018
What We’re Watching: November 6, 2018
WINNING THE FIGHT A CDC report found strong progress by hospitals between 2015 and 2016 in reducing infections. What we’re saying: We’re so proud...
November 01, 2018
Data Benchmarks: Three Myths and the Truth Behind Them
Data benchmarks may seem like old news but they are actually an everyday novelty in healthcare.
October 31, 2018
The Five Elements of Optimal Care Delivery
Providers are confronting formidable challenges to re-engineer how they’re delivering care, while facing the added pressure of taking on financial risk.
October 30, 2018
What We’re Watching: October 30, 2018
MORE PUMPKINS IN THE PATCH A new report suggests that nearly 34% of payments to healthcare providers were made through alternative payment models (APMs)...
October 17, 2018
Back to the Basics: Reducing Patient Length-of-Stay
Far too often, healthcare organizations focus on just one primary discipline to tackle patient length-of-stay (LOS), such as better engaging nurse administrators and care...
October 16, 2018
Achieving Better Margins in the Surgical Unit
The U.S. spends more money on some surgical procedures than anywhere in the world. Much of this has to do with the fragmented, fee-for-service...
October 15, 2018
What We’re Watching: October 15, 2018
HURRICANE MICHAEL The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary declared a Public Health Emergency in Florida and Georgia in the wake of...
October 10, 2018
Why Benchmarking Analytics Have Always Been “The New Black” in Healthcare
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Today, new market realities are forcing healthcare organizations to evolve with the trends. But one thing that hasn’t changed is what’s behind effective decisions during...
October 08, 2018
What We’re Watching: October 8, 2018
CONFRONTING BURNOUT The National Academies launched a new committee focusing on clinician burnout.
October 01, 2018
What We’re Watching: October 1, 2018
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED IN OPIOID BILL The final compromise package addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic failed to include a provision that would enhance each...
September 27, 2018
Optimizing Contract Compliance: Putting ERP Data into Practice
For most health systems, contract compliance is an uphill battle. There invariably remain outlier clinicians who continue to order off contract.
September 25, 2018
Three Things BPCI Advanced Participants Should Be Doing Now
The BPCI Advanced model has just begun and many providers are already off to a great start. Participants can ensure they’re ahead of the curve...
