Reducing clinical variation to drive success in value-based care (part 2)
Physician scorecards and evidence-based protocols are key mechanisms for reducing clinical variation.
Where health systems are finding areas for innovation
Health systems have found some effective innovations to improve productivity, outcomes and consumerism.
Specialty practices use predictive analytics to enhance value-based care
Specialty physician practices embarking on value-based care initiatives should start by expanding their ability to collect and synchronize data.
How University of Texas Medical Branch Reduced Readmission Rates Using a Data-Driven, Multidisciplinary Approach
An approach used by University of Texas Medical Branch to reduce 30-day readmission rates exemplifies how healthcare organizations can best use real-time data analytics and standardized process for this purpose.
Boosting Accountability Helps ProMedica Save $108 Million in 2018
Each year, leaders at ProMedica set a 3 percent cost-reduction goal, which they believe is achievable and still has a significant impact on the bottom line.
HOPDs vs. ASC: Understanding Payment Differences
The growth of ambulatory surgery centers has hospitals and health systems looking at payment in a new way.
Reconsidering post-acute care options
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer highlights the need to consider post-acute care in the context of reducing the total cost of care.
Consolidating Answering Services After Mergers Contains Costs, Increases Physician Satisfaction
Piedmont Healthcare stabilizes costs, improves clinical efficiency, and boost physician satisfaction through careful consolidation of physician answering services.
Hospitals cut safety-related patient deaths by 22% since 2016: Leapfrog
A national safety-grading group concluded that a combination of factors enabled hospitals to reduce annual safety-related deaths by 45,000, or 22%, since 2016.
Health plan data helps physicians, but additional insight would improve outcomes
A patient-centered medical home program has fostered collaborative relationships between a health plan and participating providers, but one provider says the program would be even more effective if the data supplied by the health plan were more actionable.