How a ‘mini-Optum’ saved $85 million in three years by emphasizing primary care
A Texas clinically integrated network has used a primary care physician-focused approach to lower healthcare spending by $85 million over three years.
Understanding physician costs is the first step in clinical cost transformation
Costs associated with the physician enterprise are a significant driver of patient care costs and service line profitability. Health systems’ need for accurate and trusted physician cost data has only intensified.
How to present data to physicians to obtain their buy-in for a BCPI-A initiative
Healthcare administers should take four actions when presenting data to physicians to elicit their support for a initiative under the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model.
Why we need a ‘big tent’ approach to healthcare integration
Integration: The definition of healthcare integration should be expanded to encompass many different players performing a broad array of services, with a diversity of business models, to deliver value top diverse populations.
UC Davis Health: Providing customized EHR training to help physicians
An academic medical center helps physicians with EHR use by deploying a team of technical trainers to clinic sites for several weeks at a time.
Top 5 factors essential for pharmacy revenue integrity
Maintaining pharmacy revenue integrity requires the availability of accurate, longitudinal data; physicians who understand how their prescribing decisions affect revenue integrity; and technology that delivers information in real-time.
Analysis: Will more hospital-employed doctors seek independence?
A look at examples where two factions of North Carolina-based physicians left health systems to join or form independent physician groups.
HealthTrust: A holistic approach to value analysis
Three HealthTrust leaders talk about the cost and quality advantages of creating a value analysis program and offer strategies for getting started.
How physician-finance partnerships pave the way to higher-value care
Physician leaders and finance leaders can use their respective strengths to complement each other and help each other thrive in a value-based environment.
The future of revenue cycle (Part 1)
Nicholas Mendyka of the University of Virginia Health System Medical Center talks about the necessary coordination between clinical and financial for future revenue cycle success. Also: five key considerations for organization integration.