What 5 Hospital CEOs Expect After Today’s Election

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Written by Molly Gamble | November 05, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review hosted its Hospital Strategy Roundtable on Nov. 1 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, bringing together 11 hospital industry leaders from across the country to discuss current challenges and opportunities facing the industry, as well as how today’s presidential election may… Read more »

5 Points Hospital CFOs Need to Know About the Bundled Payment Business Model

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Written by Bob Herman | November 05, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Before hospitals and health systems can dive into a bundled payment demonstration or pilot program, CFOs and other executive leadership must understand the impact bundled payments can have on their organizations as well as patients. The American Hospital Association and the Association of American… Read more »

Healthcare Reform Doesn’t Kill Jobs

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Chelsea Rice, for HealthLeaders Media, October 29, 2012   Healthcare and the economy are two of the major issues in this year’s presidential election. Voters across the country are wondering what impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on the recovering economy, particularly employment. According to a report from The Urban Institute… Read more »

Betting on Value-Based Care

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This article appears in the October 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. Where are you placing your bets in the new reimbursement game? As the shift to value-based purchasing of healthcare services nears, in fits and starts and at different speeds in different areas, leaders of hospitals, health systems, and physician practices know they need to… Read more »

6 Scariest Issues in Healthcare Right Now

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Written by Molly Gamble | October 30, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review With Halloween coming up, we at Becker’s Hospital Review thought it seemed as good a time as any to recap some of the most frightening and concerning issues in healthcare. Here are six of the scariest issues in healthcare right now. These events and… Read more »

Could Romney Really Repeal Healthcare Reform on Day One?

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A centerpiece of Mitt Romney’s platform is his vow to repeal President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on his first day in office, if elected. Mr. Romney has remained steadfast with this promise throughout his campaign, but is it possible to pull the plug that promptly on a federal law that is more… Read more »

Report: Top Academic Medical Centers Have High Variation in Care Practices

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Written by Sabrina Rodak | October 30, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Top academic medical centers vary widely in their intensity of care, procedure rates, patient experience and patient safety, according to a report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project (pdf). The report, “What Kind of Physician Will You Be? Variation in Health Care and Its Importance… Read more »

ACOs produce little healthcare savings

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October 8, 2012 | By Karen Cheung-Larivee, Fierce Healthcare   It’s disappointing news for the architects and participants of accountable care, hoping that the alternative payment model would curb healthcare spending. A new Health Affairs study found that Medicare accountable care organizations (ACO) that improved diabetes outcomes by as much as 10 percent had little… Read more »

Hospitals target patient experience ahead of reform

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October 2, 2012 | By Alicia Caramenico, Fierce Healthcare   Starting this week, Medicare is basing hospital reimbursements on performance measures, with patient satisfaction determining 30 percent of the incentive payments and improved clinical outcomes deciding 70 percent. Now that the value-based purchasing program has kicked in, we wanted to know how hospitals are prioritizing… Read more »

Mercy’s Journey Toward Patient-Centered Medical Homes, Population Health

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Written by Kenneth Bertka, MD, Vice President of Physician Clinical Integration, Mercy | October 09, 2012 Two years ago, Mercy began its journey toward patient-centered medical homes by enrolling two of our physician offices in a Catholic Health Partners pilot to explore the development process of PCMHs. The pilot had positive results, so we decided to… Read more »