Provider organizations under value-based payment contracts have many responsibilities in their effort to achieve the triple aim: decrease costs, increase […]
Category: Salient Healthcare
Is There a Gorilla in the Amazon Healthcare Jungle? Maybe.
There is endless commentary on Amazon’s entry into health care. The intensity of the rhetoric was further amplified by announcing […]
Population Health: The Patient Centered Medical Home
As the country continues to hurtle towards value-based care and population health, no greater asset to the cause has risen […]
APG Colloquium Fall 2019 Recap
On November 11-13, 2019, I had the pleasure of attending the APG Colloquium in Washington, DC. America’s Physician Groups (APG) […]
Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute Proposed Updates
On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to clarify the Physician Self-Referral […]
CMS Headlines: ACOs Generate Savings, but is it Enough?
CMS announced that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated net savings of $739.4 million […]
FLAACOS 2019 Recap
The Florida Association of Accountable Care Organizations (FLAACOS) kicked off their annual conference on November 7th at the Omni Orlando […]
Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) Summit 2019
On October 24, 2019, I had the pleasure of attending the LAN Summit in Washington, DC. The Health Care Payment […]
Readmission Penalties: Why Some Hospitals Don’t Care
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program data showed 2,583 US hospitals will see cuts in their Medicare reimbursements due to the number […]
Transportation, Access, and Healthcare
The recently publicly traded companies of Lyft and Uber have been in the news almost every day, but we picked […]