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Trend: Insurers and Providers Partner-Up with Jointly Owned Health Plans

2017-04-02T13:28:05-04:00By |Accountable Care Organizations, Care Coordination|

Aetna is setting a new standard for healthcare partnerships as it joins forces with a north Texas health system in hopes of focusing on improving quality care, affordability and overall patient care. Partnerships are no stranger in the healthcare world, but insurers and providers partnering up to provide better care and better coordinate care, is a trend we expect to see grow in 2016.

Study: More Collaboration Aids Health Care For At-Risk Populations

2023-08-07T15:29:13-04:00By |Care Coordination, Health Care Reform, Organizational Analysis|

By teaming with community organizations, doctors and hospitals can deliver high-quality care at good value to disadvantaged people at risk for poor health, according to a new report from a panel of experts. The report released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine was produced to aid Medicare officials studying how to fairly pay hospitals that disproportionately serve patients with social risk factors for health problems. Those factors include low income, social isolation, disadvantaged neighborhoods and limited health literacy.

3 Trends to Watch in Healthcare Information Management

2023-10-07T09:23:49-04:00By |Big Data, Care Coordination, Clinical Operations Improvement, Operational Analysis, Strategic Planning, Telehealth and Telemedicine|

The healthcare industry is rapidly growing: With innovations in medical tools and new successful procedures performed annually, there is no shortage of change. Just as vital to the industry are solutions that help manage the information of the millions of patients who visit each year. To keep up with the demand and to facilitate the process, adjusting healthcare information management practices is a necessity. Here are three trends that are being implemented.

5 Keys Ways to Improve Medication Adherence

2023-07-28T16:37:14-04:00By |Accountable Care Organizations, Care Coordination, Clinical Analysis, Quality Improvement Programs, Telehealth and Telemedicine|

Improving medication adherence is a constant struggle within the healthcare world. Did you know that it's estimated that between 20% to 50% of patients are non-adherent? This blog will discuss how technology and communication are helping to improve the growing issue of non-adherence.

4 Trends for Rural Hospitals for 2015

2017-04-02T13:28:22-04:00By |Care Coordination, Financial, Health Care Reform, Managed Care, Services, Strategic Planning|

Since 2010 there have been 47 rural hospital closures. The reasons behind the closures vary but the message rings true, rural hospitals are struggling. With difficulties from implanting EHR to the re-evaluation of Medicare reimbursements, rural hospitals are looking for new ways to stay afloat. Here are the top 4 trends we see effecting rural hospitals in 2015.

Top 3 Things that Defined Revenue Cycle Improvement 2014

2017-04-02T13:28:26-04:00By |Accountable Care Organizations, Care Coordination, Financial Analysis, Health Care Reform, Healthcare IT, Physician Compensation, Revenue Cycle Improvement|

2014 was another year big year for healthcare. As we continue to move toward a more patient-centered and transparent healthcare system, so too continue the changes to our payment models, insurance coverage and commitment to patient outcome measures. While there were many changes to keep track of, three things seem to have defined the progress made in the scope of revenue cycle improvement.

Managed Care – Not New but our Healthcare Perspective Might Be

2017-04-02T13:28:26-04:00By |Care Coordination, Financial Analysis, Health Insurance, Healthcare Fraud and Abuse, Managed Care, Physician Advisor/Peer Review, Services|

Managed care has been around for almost one hundred years, at least in theory. When placed up against fee-for-service payment models, however, it was a hard sell. Traditionally, the way that physicians were compensated for their services was a fairly straight-forward invoicing process: they would bill the patient (or later, the payer) for everything they did in terms of diagnosing or treating the patient. Everything.

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