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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...
September 20, 2018
The Future of Financial Health for U.S. Health Systems
The business of healthcare is encountering unparalleled challenges that put the financial stability of hospitals and health systems at risk as they prepare for the...
September 14, 2018
Back to the Basics: Three Ways to Better Manage Bed Capacity
In many hospitals, the frustrating process of managing bed capacity can take away essential time needed to properly care for patients. But there are basic...
September 13, 2018
Keeping Mothers Safe In and Out of the Delivery Room
World Sepsis Day has me thinking about how anyone with an infection in the hospital is at risk for sepsis. Pregnant women and new mothers...
September 11, 2018
Redesigning the Medicare Shared Savings Program: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
New results from the MSSP prove that participants are reining in Medicare spending and increasing quality. However, these results were announced shortly after CMS released...
August 27, 2018
Four Ways to Lower the Rate of Maternal Mortality
New mothers are some of the most vulnerable patients that are admitted to a hospital. In our work with hospitals to lower the rate of...
August 22, 2018
Bundled Payments: How to Avoid Fear of Missing Out
Today, more than 2,000 organizations participate in a Medicare bundled payment program, such as the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program, the Comprehensive Care...
August 15, 2018
Keys to Building a Second-Generation Clinically Integrated Network: Market Positioning and Growth
Clinically integrated networks (CINs) are facing an impending tipping point. In an ongoing blog series, we are readying healthcare organizations for the transition to a...
August 13, 2018
Building Blocks of Success for Two-Sided Risk Models – Part 4: Clinical Integration
As part of an on-going blog series on building successful two-sided risk models, Premier experts are sharing insights and tips on how to prepare for...
August 07, 2018
Four Proven Ways to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Reducing readmissions isn’t easy. That much is clear from the $17 billion Medicare spends annually on avoidable readmissions.
August 01, 2018
Preparing for BPCI Advanced: New Opportunities and Required Deliverables
For health systems and physician group practices across the country deciding whether or not to proceed in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced...
July 23, 2018
Data Powering ICU Costs and Outcomes
From the patients with a serious infection post-surgery to those involved in a car accident who need assistance breathing, the intensive care unit (ICU), in...
