Valuing an Acquisition: Don’t Stop at FMV
Daniel M. Grauman, Danielle Bangs, and Sean Looby share insights on fair market value and investment value of acquired healthcare organizations.
Physician Partnerships in the Era of ACA Repeal and Replace
Bundled care for the uninsured may presents an effective solution to the looming challenges facing the healthcare industry.
Why Independence Assessments Still Matter
Daniel M. Grauman discusses the importance of an independence assessment amongst merger activity.
Group Health Cooperative’s Effective Use Patient Decision Aids: Key Success Factors
The effective use of patient decision aids is exemplified by an approach implemented by Group Health Cooperative in Seattle (now a part of Kaiser Permanente).
Patient Engagement: A Missing Piece to the Value Puzzle
Healthcare organizations face a pressing need to meet the needs of the top 5 percent of the population who account for 50 percent of the nation’s healthcare cost.
How All Parties in Health Care Can Support Each Other
Health systems, health plans, physicians, and patients should all be willing to work together, rather than individually, to find ways to help bend the cost curve of the nation’s healthcare system.
Preventing Readmissions: A Primary Care Strategy
To engage primary care physicians in efforts to reduce readmissions, a hospital should effectively communicate with them, support their educational needs, and seek their input regarding post-acute care provider options.
Five Strategies for Building Effective Post-Acute Partnerships
This action brief outlines the benefits of a well-designed partnership between a hospital and post-acute provider and shares the key steps involved in building one.
Tying Together Acute and Post-Acute Care—Formally Versus Informally
Partnerships between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are proving helpful as healthcare organizations seek success in a value-based system.
Care Transition to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Derek McLaren discusses how hospitals can best forge strong partnerships with skilled nursing facilities.