Ensuring a High-Performing Referral Network
To be able to ensure patients receive high-quality care under value-base payment arrangements, primary care physicians require well-developed specialty networks for patient referrals.
To Succeed at Managing Population Health, Adopt a Health Plan Mindset
To be successful with population health management, healthcare provider organizations should take a lesson from the strategies health plans use to improve the quality of population-level outcomes and performance around costs.
Own, Partner, or Contract?
There are seven important options hospitals and health systems should consider when contemplating ownership of a post-acute network versus a partnership or contractual arrangement.
Benefits of Close Relationships Between Hospital Systems and Post-Acute Care Providers
By developing close relationships with post-acute care providers, hospitals can ensure patients receive five important benefits.
Optimizing a Health System’s Post-Acute Care Network
Health systems should develop strong networks of post-acute care providers as part of strategic efforts to deliver high-quality service across the care continuum, from wellness to end-of-life care.
Closing the Gaps in Value-Based Care
Jeffrey Springer describes five steps in the evolution of value-based care.
3 Rural Hospital Challenges and Solutions in the Brave New World of Value
Artesia General Hospital is tackling common rural health challenges by developing new relationships with established regional providers and supporting clinician EHR concerns with an end-user feedback program.
Video: Denials and the Revenue Cycle
David Dyke, former vice president of product management for Change Healthcare, discusses how to reduce denials that disrupt the revenue cycle and how to keep up with changing rules around claims.
Physician Recruiting Challenges in Army Medicine, and the Takeaways for All Health
Dustin Mullins describes the unique recruitment challenges experienced by Army clinics.
April 30-May 4 Policy Watch: How Policymakers Aim to Support Healthcare Innovation
April 26—Senior Trump administration officials are likely to tout their efforts to support innovations in healthcare delivery during presentations next week at a Washington, D.C., health policy event. Some of the areas they still need to address came up in Congress this week.