On December 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Final Rule […]
Category: VBP
Health System Change: A Nightmare or a Dream Come True?
Some health care observers are asking the health care leadership what issues are keeping them awake at night. While it […]
8 Potential Steps to Curbing Healthcare Costs
There are a handful of physicians, authors, and speakers that I regularly follow to ensure I keep a pulse on […]
What’s in Your Wheelhouse? Presenting Data to Providers using Value-Based Proxies
Provider organizations under value-based payment contracts have many responsibilities in their effort to achieve the triple aim: decrease costs, increase […]
Welcome Home: How the Return of Psychiatrists to Community Medicine is a Necessity for Population Health Management
In a previous era, we drove past mysterious brick buildings, with long sweeping lawns and stately oak trees, housing the […]
Communicating with Providers and Practices is an Art Form
Congratulations! You’ve successfully identified the key issues that are adding to the spend in your Provider Organization. You have crunched […]
Data Poisoning: A New Disease in the Information Age
Recently a professional acquaintance postponed a presentation for several days because of food poisoning. His description of excessive and unmonitored […]
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 […]
Continuous Performance Improvement: There is No Comfort Zone
In the current shift toward value-based payments (VBP), everyone in healthcare is inconvenienced, anxious, or both. The healthcare system has […]
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 […]