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Oct. 24, 2018 / By Steve Cantwell
My physician neighbor works in several urban emergency departments where mental illness and substance abuse cases run rampant. When I ask him about the impact on readmissions, he lights up: […]
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Feb. 28, 2018 / By Kristine Daynes
I’ve been reading ProvenCare, which describes the Geisinger approach to health care and is filled with mottos such as “achieving extreme patient satisfaction” and “treating patients like family.” One discovery […]
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Sept. 18, 2017 / By Richard Fuller, MS
In June the GAO released a report examining the Medicare Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP) payment initiative. This is not their first look at HVBP, with a previous report from […]
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Aug. 25, 2017 / By Herb Fillmore
Strong predictive models will surface the key person, place, and system factors in play for individuals and for populations. These models incorporate environmental as well as personal health status variables […]
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Jan. 18, 2017 / By Kristine Daynes
We all know the Trump administration’s commitment to repeal and replace key components of the Affordable Care Act. What we don’t know is what that will look like or how […]
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Jan. 13, 2017 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
The Missouri Hospital Association’s exploration of the impact of poverty on readmission rates leads them to suggest, “Before Penalizing Hospitals, Account for the Social Determinants of Health.”[1] Here’s an example: […]
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Dec. 21, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
As usual I have a song in my head and this month is no different (rock ‘n’ roll tunes are so catchy)! As we are about to navigate through uncertain […]
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Dec. 19, 2016 / By Richard Fuller, MS, Norbert Goldfield, MD
In this month’s blog we return to a recurring theme—the issues related to risk adjustment and performance measurement. More specifically, we think it is important to take a closer look […]
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Dec. 5, 2016 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
“Readmission rates apply to hospitals. As a primary care physician, I don’t have control over hospitals so why should I be on the hook for this?” This is a question […]
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Oct. 12, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
So, that minor fender bender? When you take your car into the shop, sometimes there is much more damage under the fender than previously thought. Sometimes changes to the official […]
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Sept. 21, 2016 / By Norbert Goldfield, MD, Richard Fuller, MS
Last month, an article appeared in Modern Healthcare lauding the achievement of New York’s Bellevue Hospital in reducing readmissions to their facility. The article raised a number of issues relating […]
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Aug. 17, 2016 / By Richard Fuller, MS, Norbert Goldfield, MD
In the past few weeks, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (the Academies) released a report […]