On June 18-19, I had the pleasure attending the 10th National ACO Summit conference in Washington, DC. It’s an annual […]
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To Buy or to Build?: The Healthcare Technology Conundrum
As many Accountable Care Organizations prepare for the Pathways to Success launch in July 2019, and perhaps your organization is […]
Mergers and Acquisitions: Is Bigger Better than the Personal in a Community-based ACO
We have seen a flurry of health care mergers and acquisitions in health care over the last few years. Since […]
Social Determinants of Health: The Nutrition Effect Part 1
Ever heard the saying, “You are what you eat?” Nutrition plays a big role in population health. Poor nutrition can […]
Insights on the New Value Based Payment Models
The 1950s Madison Avenue-type advertising for pasta, “Throw it against the wall and see what sticks,” refers to the idea […]
NAACOS Spring Recap – Prepare for Risk
On April 24-26, I had the pleasure of joining our the Salient Healthcare team at the Spring 2019 NAACOS conference […]
New Shared Savings and Losses and Assignment Methodology: The Impact to SNF Attribution
Attribution is one of the central features of ACOs: it is used to identify which beneficiaries the ACO is responsible […]
What’s Comforting about Continuous Improvement in Healthcare?
In the current shift toward value-based payments (VBP), everyone in healthcare is inconvenienced, anxious, or both. The healthcare system has […]
Artificial Intelligence Is Not Substitute Intelligence
The rapid change in healthcare intelligence is now the new normal. These changes are being pushed by technology. On a […]
The Missing Component in Healthcare: Mom
Mother knows best, as the phrase goes, and just like my mother, she always knew how I was feeling and […]