Video: Key Points of Focus for Hospitals: CMS Strategy, Bundled Payment, and Cost of Care
Larry Goldberg, principal, Larry Goldberg Consulting, takes a look at bundled payments, quality outcomes, and the cost of providing services.
Value-Based Care: Past, Present, and Future
Nick Vennaro delivers a retrospective on value-based care with an eye toward the future.
Value-Based Care Elevates the Role of the Registered Nurse in Primary Care
One way primary care practices can improve their likelihood of success in value-based care initiatives is by streamlining their practices with the help of their registered nurses.
Fishing Lessons
Providers may object when value-based savings accrue to health plans. Although those objections have merit, other factors should be considered when formulating strategy.
APCs: An Important Primary Care Resource for Value-Based Care
Health systems should look to advanced practice clinicians, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as qualified providers who can fill the gaps in primary care resulting from a declining supply of primary care physicians.
Toward a Common Vision for Value Based Care Metrics
Reporting dozens of potentially conflicting metrics from government and commercial payers can be a burden on providers, who seek ways to streamline or prioritize the number of metrics.
Value-Based Care Looming
Tawnya Bosko explains why leaders who have plans to strengthen their bottom line will be better equipped to manage risk and plan for long-term sustainability in a value-based system.
Improving Healthcare Quality: Four Proven Health Plan Strategies That Providers Should Adopt
Emad Rizk outlines lessons healthcare providers can learn from health plans’ approach to value.
Case Example: A Large Medical Group Transitions to Value
The transition to value makes it necessary for healthcare organizations to find new ways to adapt to change.
Where’s the Risk
The secret to success under value based payments is an organization’s ability to identify and stratify risk. Risk falls into four basic categories Financial risk—managing with less revenue than in the pastQuality related risk—meeting requirements for qualityClinical risk—achieving agreed upon