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November 23, 2020
Health Policy in a Biden Administration
Learn more about what Biden administration health policy might look like as well as likely implications for U.S. healthcare providers.
November 20, 2020
How Health Systems Are Preparing for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Five health systems share how they're prepping for everything from storage and distribution to documentation.
November 19, 2020
Mechanical Ventilation Adds 5X the Cost to COVID-19 Care
According our new analysis, the cost to treat a COVID-19 patient who is mechanically ventilated is more than 5X higher than a COVID-19 patient who...
November 12, 2020
Unlocking the Strategic and Financial Value of Your CIN
As more providers look toward value-based models amid COVID-19, their clinically integrated networks hold new promise.
November 10, 2020
Joint at the Hip (and Knee): Tips for CJR Hospitals
CJR hospitals that have worked with Premier’s Bundled Payment Collaborative have experienced significant success by following four key strategies.
November 02, 2020
Top Things We’re Watching on Election Day
Supply Chain
| Population Health
| Data & Analytics
| Advocacy
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Blog
| Policy
| COVID-19
| Resiliency
Premier experts offer their take on how the Election will shape health policy over the next four years.
November 02, 2020
Five Steps to Improve Margin via Value-Based Care
Inside the financial model that Premier’s experts use to help providers transition from volume to value and grow margin.
October 26, 2020
Are Providers Ready for a Third Wave of COVID-19?
Providers have made progress in COVID-19 preparedness efforts, but third wave challenges remain.
October 19, 2020
The COVID-19 Third Wave: Rating States’ Preparedness Efforts
Premier surveyed members across the country to gain a better understanding of the best (and worst) COVID-19 strategies being deployed at the state level.
October 13, 2020
Data Analysis: How CMS’s Proposed Reimbursement Changes Could Affect Medical Groups
CMS’s proposal would recast providers’ productivity measures. Medical groups should understand the full impact to their compensation plans.
October 05, 2020
The New Rules of Margin Improvement
Population Health
| Finance & Operations
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Blog
| Premier in the News
| Dynamic Stability
| Resiliency
Building and sustaining margin improvement requires a technology-enabled and clinically focused approach across the entire organization.
September 30, 2020
Are Your Clinicians Pre-PAMAed?
Meaningful CDS solutions obtain comprehensive clinical details for an order to efficiently and effectively guide providers at the point of care.
September 29, 2020
BPCI Advanced Model Year 4: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Think that now is the time to exit BPCI Advanced? Not so fast. The programmatic changes may be less dramatic than they seem on the...
September 23, 2020
Five Key Takeaways: The Innovative Use of Data and Technology in Reducing Variation and Improving Margin
McLaren Health Care CFO Dave Mazurkiewicz joins Premier experts to discuss technology that informs decision-making around clinical variation and margin improvement. Learn more.
September 15, 2020
COVID-19 Meets Flu Season: Guidance for Medical Practices
Medical practices need to take the lessons learned from the first surge and create a plan to coexist with COVID-19 and flu season.
September 10, 2020
Are You Ready for a COVID-19 Joint Commission Survey?
At the end of May, TJC lifted its suspension and announced it would resume surveys in June. Here is what you need to know.
September 08, 2020
Four Key Considerations for a Successful COVID-19 Vaccination Program
Producing, distributing, administering and inoculating the public against COVID-19 is shaping up to become the top supply chain challenge of the pandemic.
August 31, 2020
Ensuring a Steady Supply of Flu Vaccine
Explore the five ways Premier partners with healthcare providers to ensure they have sufficient flu vaccine supply when they need it.
August 27, 2020
Take Advantage of the PAMA Deadline Extension
CMS recently pushed the PAMA compliance requirement to 2022, giving providers more time to get their clinical decision support solutions in place.
August 20, 2020
Inside the Model that Predicts Surges in COVID-19 Cases
Innovative technology is helping health systems turn aggregated symptom data into actionable information.
August 12, 2020
How Experience in Alternative Payment Models Put Providers a Step Ahead in Pandemic Response
Participants in APMs heavily relied on their population health capabilities to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and keep people staying at home healthy. Here's how.
