Laura Ramos Hegwer
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Laura Ramos Hegwer
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Catching Up on Your MIPS Strategy
A MIPS implementation plan involves creating a team, choosing metrics and a reporting mechanism, and looking at the new Medicare Part B payment model as part of your broader payer strategy.
Catching Up on Your MIPS Strategy
A MIPS implementation plan involves creating a team, choosing metrics and a reporting mechanism, and looking at the new Medicare Part B payment model as part of your broader payer strategy.
Cost Scorecard Helps UCSF Surgeons Save $836K in Supplies
A monthly scorecard helped surgical departments reduce costs without requiring surgeons to follow a strict standardization process to limit the number of vendors.
Montefiore Targets the Social Factors That Drive Up Healthcare Costs
Montefiore’s care management approach includes embedding primary care and HIV care providers in methadone clinics and integrating behavioral health specialists in primary care practices.
Reducing Patient Harm Cases Helped N.J. Hospitals Save $641M
The New Jersey Hospital Association coordinated learning collaboratives to help hospitals share their best practices for reducing patient harm while saving millions in unnecessary costs.
The New Knowledge Matchmaker
The latest AI applications in health care offer clinical options by pairing the most relevant evidence to individual patients based on their clinical and life context.
Why Physician Leadership Transitions Sometimes Fail
Three physician executives say education, mentoring, and effective onboarding are essential for successful leadership transitions.
Why Physician Leadership Transitions Sometimes Fail
Three physician executives say education, mentoring, and effective onboarding are essential for successful leadership transitions.
Linking Professional Fee and Facility Fee Data to Get the Big Picture
Matching patient and encounter data helped one Vermont hospital overcome the challenges of working with two different billing systems for its facility and physicians.
What Finance Leaders Should Know About Cybersecurity Risks
IT security breaches can be costly: The average cost of a breached medical record is $158. Fortunately, finance leaders can help IT security teams protect against these unforeseen costs.