How Providence St. Joseph Health used variation analysis to engage physicians
Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.
4 steps to improving physician productivity
Successful physician productivity initiatives include strong leadership, analytics, and aligned incentives.
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.
Meadows Health Digital Initiative Improves Patient Communication and Reduces Errors
Meadows Health patient engagement technology has had a positive impact on the registration process, patient satisfaction, and revenue.
Advanced Practice Providers Optimize Efficiency and Improve Financial Performance
Phoenix Children’s Hospital optimizes its advanced practice provider staff to ensure clinicians are working at the top of licenses, improving productivity and cost efficiency.
Advanced Practice Provider Strategy Improves Results
When advanced practice provider growth exceeds plans, it can lead to the costly challenges.
Engaging Physicians in Value-Based Compensation Models
The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center model layers a 50/50 share of any incentive payments on top of a work RVU-based component to account for revenue that is still generated by the number of patients that providers see.
Creating PSAs That Promote a Meaningful Hospital-Physician Bond
Professional services agreements between hospitals and physicians should be structured to create integrated, binding relationships that support value-based strategies and creation of a high-performing provider networks.
How to Determine a Physician Engagement Strategy for Your Market
When deciding on the optimal physician engagement strategy, hospitals should consider the level of provider competition in the market and how strongly local health plans are pushing value-based care.
Acquisition Versus Independence: Will Hospitals Continue Acquiring Physician Practices?
Small and solo physician practices are finding better ways of coping with administrative burdens, making it more practical, and desirable, to maintain or return to independence.