Home Is Where the Hospital Is
The hospital-at-home model provides a potential means of reducing total costs of care and improving outcomes, but it would present traditional acute care hospitals with a strategic challenge.
Health Plans, Providers Collaborate on Payment Transformation in Hawaii
More than 500 primary care providers have moved to per-member, per-month payments for patients covered by Hawaii’s largest health plan. The initiative may provide a roadmap for smaller physician practices to participate and flourish in the transition to value.
Video: The Evolution of Payment Models
François de Brantes, former vice president and director for the Altarum Payment Institute, discusses payment models.
The Study of Factors Influencing the Total Cost of Health Care
A study conducted by HFMA, Leavitt Partners, and McManis Consulting investigated factors driving the total cost of health care in the United States.
Creating APMs for Specialty Care: A Provider-Led Initiative for Delivering Value
The experiences of a large urology group practice can provide finance leaders with insight into key considerations involved with developing an advanced alternative payment model (APM) for a healthcare specialty area.
Developing a Specialty Medical Home Contract
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center gastroenterologists have teamed with UPMC Health Plan to develop a specialty medical home contract for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
A Carrot or a Stick?
Incentives may not be enough to trigger a shift to voluntary alternative payment models.
Newer Health Plan Products Align With Value-Based Care
With the clout to steer the healthcare industry away from a volume-based approach, health plans are implementing innovative payment models.
HFMA Trendsetter: Tackling Bundled Payments
This article shares how Premier Inc. helped Adventist Health System successfully navigate bundled payment initiatives by offering a dynamic collaborative led by seasoned experts and user-friendly analytics that enable evidence-based decisions.
Optimizing Financial Performance Under Value-Based Care
As they seek to adapt their organizations to the demands of value-based care, physician leaders can follow the example of participants in the Oncology Care Model.