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Disruptive Strategy: Thriving in a Plurallistic Payment Environment

December 27, 2018

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How to Sustain the Health Care Workforce Amidst Burnout

November 15, 2018

Concerns 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 […]

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Leveraging Data to Achieve Economically Viable Population Health Management

November 7, 2018

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Fee-For-Service to Value-Based Payment Transformation, Part 5: Successful Population Health Management – Installment 2

November 7, 2018

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Population Health 360 Key Takeaways

October 25, 2018

On 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 […]

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Learning From Kaiser and Optum

October 8, 2018

A 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 […]

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Innovations in Improving Patient Experience: A Look at a Large Medical Center in the Pacific Northwest

October 8, 2018

Patient 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 […]

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Fee-For-Service to Value-Based Payment Transformation, Part 5: Successful Population Health Management – Installment 1

August 17, 2018

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Key Considerations for Public Hospitals Transitioning to Value-Based Payment Arrangements

July 17, 2018

The transition from fee-for-service to value-based contracts is a challenge faced by the health care industry. The ability to succeed in value-based payment contracts is critical for public hospitals that are often the primary safety net for a given community. Without the right operational foundation and data-driven strategy, organizations can easily jump into a risk […]

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Optimizing ACO Care Management Programs to Succeed in Downside Risk Arrangements

July 9, 2018

By now, it is well documented that a small percentage of “super users” account for over half of the health care costs in the country. A concept first brought to mainstream attention by Atul Gawande’s oft-cited 2011 article Hotspotters, identifying these super users and establishing targeted interventions has the potential to both vastly improve these […]

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