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ED Use After Healthcare Reform: Preparing for the New Reality

Jeffrey Helton challenges common assumptions regarding the effects of healthcare reform on uninsured patients’ utilization of hospital emergency departments as a source of primary care.

And Now for Something Completely Different

Jeffrey Bauer urges healthcare leaders to work together in multi-stakeholder partnerships to address industry challenges over the long term, and to inject a little humor in the process along the way.

ACA Slowdown to Impact Hospitals

Ferd and Cheryl Mitchell examine the implications for hospitals of implantation delays in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

Stop Measuring the Wrong ROI

Jason D. Meaux and Nathan R. McCarthy urge healthcare organizations to be less concerned about the financial returns on their investments in EHRs and to focus more on fully realizing the long-term benefits of these systems.

Medicare Shared Savings: Threat or Opportunity?

In this hfm Blog presentation, Arthur Sturm and Frank Tiedemann narrate an online presentation that reviews the performance of the health insurance marketplaces and analyzes potential advantages of participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Medicare ACOs: Mounting Momentum

With the addition of the latest cohort of 123 ACOs, it is clear that the Medicare ACO march has not only continued, but also picked up its pace.

IT Solutions for ACOs and Bundled Payments: Walk Before You Run

Dan Grauman and Idette Elizondo offer advice to allay providers’ concerns about whether they need to invest immediately in a major IT infrastructure overhaul to support population health management.

Urgent Care Centers: Trends and Valuations

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