Only company to achieve highest scores for value-based care, financial improvement, and strategy and growth consulting in annual industry report CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, has been recognized for the second year in (more…)
If all Medicare ACOs performed at the level of Collaborative member Medicare ACOs, Premier projects that Medicare could have doubled its savings since 2012 to $4 billion CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Since 2012, Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) that participate in (more…)
HFMA: A 2016 study by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Premier Inc. examined how 19 fully integrated accountable care organizations (ACOs) managed health outcomes. One of the most important elements in creating a successful ACO was management of the social determinants (more…)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five leading healthcare organizations applaud the introduction of H.R. 4580, the “ACO Improvement Act of 2017” sponsored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. Diane Black (R-TN). The American Medical Association (AMA), AMGA, Medical Group Management Association (more…)
Nearly two-thirds of CJR participants in Premier’s Bundled Payment Collaborative received reconciliation payments from Medicare; BPCI participants also achieving positive results CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 20, 2017) — Hospital participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Joint (more…)
Academic health system engages Premier to drive enterprise-wide improvements in quality and costs CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 21, 2017) — The University of Virginia Health System (UVA), a 600-bed academic medical center serving the Commonwealth, Mid-Atlantic and beyond, has signed a (more…)
Brings hospitals together to collaborate on improving pain management strategies CHARLOTTE, N.C. & CHIGAGO (July 19, 2017) — Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, is launching a national opioid safety pilot with hospitals to make care safer (more…)
Politico: Population health seeks to treat a defined patient population rather than specific individuals. Key to this concept is the effective collection and analysis of data, enabling health systems to better detect risks and trends, evaluate outcomes, and identify solutions. Join (more…)
Repertoire: It absolutely makes sense to manage infection prevention across the care continuum and at all points or transitions of care,” says Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, FSHEA, vice president emeritus, Premier Safety Institute®, Premier Inc. “However, this has made sense for (more…)
Bloomberg BNA: Joe Damore, vice president of population health management at Premier Inc., said his organization has helped build more than 80 ACO networks, with more on the way. “We are seeing an incredible increase in physicians and organizations who are (more…)