I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

March 29th, 2017
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The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

September 16th, 2016
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In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

December 4th, 2015
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This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

August 10th, 2015
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This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

June 9th, 2015
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Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

April 29th, 2015

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

August 15th, 2014
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Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

August 4th, 2014
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Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

June 30th, 2014
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Building off the 2013 HPOE guide on value-based contracting this guide provides additional financ...

June 25th, 2014
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Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

June 9th, 2014
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The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

April 16th, 2014
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 27th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 15th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

August 12th, 2013
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In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

August 5th, 2013
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Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement...

July 17th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

July 16th, 2013
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The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

January 23rd, 2013
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The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featurin...

November 20th, 2012
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

November 8th, 2012
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Bundled payments are becoming more attractive to the health care industry as providers learn that...

November 1st, 2012
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Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more h...

November 1st, 2012
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When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

October 30th, 2012
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Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physi...

October 25th, 2012
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The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicar...

October 16th, 2012
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Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

October 11th, 2012
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There has been a growing interest over the past several years in the concept of payment bundling,...

October 1st, 2012
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Clinical integration is needed to facilitate the coordination of patient care across conditions, ...

September 12th, 2012
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On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

September 12th, 2012
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Purpose. This study assesses the impact of advance directives on end-of-life costs, drawing on ad...

August 1st, 2012
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This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

June 1st, 2012
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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

April 5th, 2012
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The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...

March 28th, 2012
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Transitioning to the new coding system is a mammoth undertaking, one that requires not just signi...

March 1st, 2012
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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

March 1st, 2012
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Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...

February 1st, 2012
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This report provides a detailed discussion of baseline health spending by state of residence (per...

December 7th, 2011
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RWJF video details three perspectives on the need for cost information

November 10th, 2011
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While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

November 3rd, 2011
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CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

November 1st, 2011
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Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

November 1st, 2011
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One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bund...

November 1st, 2011
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The eighth biennial survey of ACPE members identifies key trends and factors driving today's phys...

October 19th, 2011
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Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a p...

October 2nd, 2011
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The focus of this edition of the Economic Outlook is the physician preference market. The content...

October 1st, 2011
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This report outlines promising provisions in the Affordable Care Act to achieve improved health a...

October 1st, 2011
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Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

September 1st, 2011
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The U.S. is facing an epidemic of chronic disease at the same time as it's facing tough decisions...

September 1st, 2011
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Through HFMA's Value Project, health care finance leaders are joining their clinical partners to ...

June 1st, 2011
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The report defines the meaning of value in health care, provides an overview of the current state...

May 1st, 2011
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This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

April 1st, 2011
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Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...

December 1st, 2010
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The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

July 1st, 2010
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An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...

March 1st, 2010
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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...

August 1st, 2009
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