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My recent column explaining why the healthcare industry can't wait to innovate included a quick list of buzzwords often associated with transforming healthcare. Given the gift of hindsight, I...
New, advanced and effective drugs and treatments most always come with a big price tag. But with alternative payment and delivery reforms, payers and providers can give patients the benefits of breakthrough treatments without breaking the bank, according to a Health Affairs blog post.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has been a leader in the value-based payment movement, with many contracts already in place with its physicians. Now, the insurer is expanding its focus on value to hospitals, having signed value-based reimbursement agreements with 18 health systems in the state. So far, five of the contracted health systems have shared $50 million in total savings with Blue Cross.
Three recent announcements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have major implications for the agency's strategy going forward, writes health economist and policy expert Paul Keckley.
The evidence is clear that the use of patient-centered medical homes can reduce healthcare costs, overuse of the emergency department and overall inpatient hospitalizations, according to a new, comprehensive report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
Several leading healthcare providers and payers announced a new alliance aimed at hastening the healthcare industry's transition to value-based models that reduce costs and strengthen outcomes.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday said it would fundamentally reform how it pays providers for treating Medicare patients in the coming years.
Improved care quality, lower costs and preparation for the healthcare industry's transition to a value-based model will top healthcare CEOs' agendas this year, according to t he Huron Consulting Group's annual Healthcare CEO Forum R eport.
FierceHealthcare asked hospital chief executive officers their predictions for challenges and focus areas they'll experience this year. Here's a snapshot of what they say their colleagues should watch out for in 2015.
Hospitals that shifted their operations to value-based care systems are about to enter the "second curve" of healthcare and are poised to thrive, writes Paul Keckley, managing director at the Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis, in an opinion piece for Hospitals & Health Networks.
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