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Improving Access and Quality in Post-Acute Care: Building a System-Wide Network of Skilled Nursing Facilities at One of the Nation’s Largest Public Hospital Systems
January 24, 2019Introduction Hospital and health systems that strive toward value-based payment as their primary payor engagement strategy become more accountable for costs and health outcomes after a patient leaves an acute care facility. Medicare has already made this accountability a fact of life for all hospitals serving Medicare members through the value-based payment and re-admissions penalties […]
Improving Access and Quality in Post-Acute Care: Building a System-Wide Network of Skilled Nursing Facilities at One of the Nation’s Largest Public Hospital Systems
January 24, 2019Introduction Hospital and health systems that strive toward value-based payment as their primary payor engagement strategy become more accountable for costs and health outcomes after a patient leaves an acute care facility. Medicare has already made this accountability a fact of life for all hospitals serving Medicare members through the value-based payment and re-admissions penalties […]
Call to Leadership: The California Delegated Model at Risk
January 18, 2019Libertarians, and others frustrated with the costs and strictures of regulation, may express the view that regulation of the insurance industry is often burdensome and unnecessary. Without addressing the global topic, there is a solid argument that good regulation serves the public interest through supporting ongoing confidence in the insurance market in which the public […]
How to Sustain the Health Care Workforce Amidst Burnout
November 15, 2018Concerns about unsustainable health care costs, opportunities to improve quality and outcomes, the need for culturally competent care, and other market forces are leading to more value-based care payment and delivery models. These models require the leveraging of new technologies and changes in the delivery of care. This puts additional pressures on a workforce in […]
Leveraging Data to Achieve Economically Viable Population Health Management
November 7, 2018 Read moreFee-For-Service to Value-Based Payment Transformation, Part 5: Successful Population Health Management – Installment 2
November 7, 2018 Read morePopulation Health 360 Key Takeaways
October 25, 2018On October 18, 2018, COPE Health Solutions and Montefiore Health System hosted the West Coast regional Population Health 360 Conference in Los Angeles, California. More than 50 health care leaders from provider and payor organizations gathered for this invite-only event to discuss current trends, challenges and the future vision of the value-based payment landscape. Attendees […]
Learning From Kaiser and Optum
October 8, 2018A recent headline, “With 8k more physicians than Kaiser, Optum is ‘scaring the crap out of hospitals: ’1 is resonating within the hospital sector, as it reinforces what many hospital system executives are facing: either becoming a partner – or fearing becoming a “cost center.” The article’s premise – that two behemoths are battling it […]
Innovations in Improving Patient Experience: A Look at a Large Medical Center in the Pacific Northwest
October 8, 2018Patient experience has a direct impact on the bottom line of hospitals and health systems. Satisfied patients, and often their families, can lead to improved market share as the health system builds a positive reputation in the community. Additionally, physicians are becoming increasingly responsible for patient experience as payor contracts begin to incorporate value-based arrangements […]