HFMA Final Rule Summary: Advancing Care Coordination Through Episodic Payment Models
This document consists of three separate summaries of CMS's final rule implementing three new Medicare Parts A and B episode payment models, a Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Incentive Payment Model and modifications to the existing Comprehensive Care for Joint (CJR) Replacement Model.
Bundled Payments: Value-Based Guidance
The authors share insights about bundled payment programs in an ever-changing healthcare environment.
Value Based Payment Coalition Letter
HFMA and other healthcare stakeholders, sent a letter to the White House and Congressional leaders in support of the continued movement toward value-based payment.
Alternative Payment Model Initiatives at Banner Health
Banner Health participates in a variety of alternative payment models, including the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative, Oncology Care Model, bundled payments, and more.
Demand Fuels Expansion of Tiered-Benefit Insurance Products
Stephen T. Swift of BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York writes that collaboration with local healthcare providers spawned a popular tiered-benefit insurance product.
Bundled Payments for Self Pay Patients
Consumers are gaining access to a true healthcare marketplace as hospitals and physician groups offer discounted bundled-payment services for patients with no insurance or high deductibles.
Navigating Uncertainty IN HEALTH CARE IN 2017
Industry experts describe what may be in store during an eventful year, and how leaders should be approaching the potential turmoil.As 2017 ushers in a drastically different political environment, it also brings uncertainty on a variety of issues. Not least
Working Together to Make Alternative Payment Models Succeed
A healthcare finance leader, clinical leader, and health plan executive discuss how to optimize the implementation of alternative payment models and ensure those programs have their intended effect.
Lessons from a Leading ACO Performer
Strategies ranging from aligned partnerships to investments in technology to provider and patient education have helped Banner Health Network thrive in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program.
Expert: Outlook for Value ‘Quite Unknown’ Under New President
Robert Berenson, healthcare industry expert, says the healthcare value movement still has a ways to go to realize its full potential.