Why Hospitals Should Partner With Home Health Agencies
By bringing post-acute care into patient homes, home health services are reducing readmissions by 31 percent and overall healthcare costs by 24 percent.
Executive Summary: CMS Quality Payment Program 2018 Final Rule
This document briefly summarizes key financial and operational impacts from the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule, published by CMS.
What Revenue Cycle Departments can Learn from the Hospitality Industry
An emphasis on customer service can help revenue cycle staff increase cash flow, mitigate denial risk, and improve customer satisfaction.
Rethinking Health Care’s Triple Aim
Achieving health care’s Triple Aim has proved elusive, but it may be yet be achievable through a process of engaging rising-risk patients in their own care through daily self-reporting.
A Holistic Approach to Reducing Hospital Readmission Rates
Main Line Health’s Barry D. Mann and Chinwe Onyekere describe the promising results the organization has seen from a volunteer program in which medical students serve as advocates for underserved patients.
Modeling the Financial Benefits of a Physician Adviser Program
Elizabeth Lamkin and Larry Field, DO, describe how healthcare organizations can assess the efficacy of a physician adviser as part of strategic-planning efforts.
Modeling the Financial Benefits of a Physician Adviser Program
Elizabeth Lamkin and Larry Field, DO, describe how healthcare organizations can assess the efficacy of a physician adviser as part of strategic-planning efforts.
Highmark Sees the ‘Value’ in VBID for MA Plans
Ellen Galardy of Highmark, Inc. describes the health plan's participation in a value-based insurance design pilot that seeks to improve the care of chronic conditions.
Is There a Business Case for Readmission Reduction Efforts?
An analysis found that hospital readmission reduction programs inconsistently provide net savings to health systems. The average net savings per heart failure patient was $972, but the study found a $169 net loss per patient among general populations.
Montefiore Targets the Social Factors That Drive Up Healthcare Costs
Montefiore’s care management approach includes embedding primary care and HIV care providers in methadone clinics and integrating behavioral health specialists in primary care practices.