Recently, I reviewed the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) scores for three hospitals recognized nationally for outstanding care and patient safety. They didn’t look good. The ratings for clinical outcomes […]

Over the past 10 years, Medicare Advantage (aka Medicare Part C) has become increasingly popular among beneficiaries and health plans. Seniors enjoy significant monthly cost savings over Original, fee-for-service Medicare, […]

In this blog we take a look at risk-adjustment models used in population health. There are two related but distinct uses for population risk models – payment and population health […]