By Sarianne Gruber – Without Health information technology (IT), how can our healthcare system achieve better patient outcomes at a reduced cost and move from a volume to a value payment method?
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By Sarianne Gruber – The CMS Innovation introduced its Oncology Care Model, an innovative new value-based care, payment model this past February 2015. This the second specialty new payment and delivery care model.
By Sarianne Gruber – In a letter from Mr. Jim Daley, Past–Chair of WEDI, to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary Department of Health and Human Services, Daley accounts that the “delay has had a negative impact on some readiness activities”. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) released the results of its February 2015 ICD-10 Industry Readiness Survey.
By Sarianne Gruber – In his paper Disruptive Entrepreneurship is Transforming U.S. Health Care, Jonathan Rauch metaphorically and warmly refers to today’s entrepreneurs as “health care’s mammals”. A Senior Fellow with the Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, Rauch envisions health providers, insurers and other health-related institutions as saurians, lizard like dinosaurs that once roamed the earth.
By Sarianne Gruber – Press Ganey’s latest report, Competing on Patient-Driven Value, The New Health Care Marketplace, was released in March 2015. Press Ganey defines key strategies for healthcare organizations to compete in today’s changing healthcare environment.
By Sarianne Gruber – Just last week we were hearing rumblings from Congress that there could be a delay in the ICD-10 compliance date, similar to last year when in was moved to October 1, 2015. Bill and I had scheduled some time on Friday to catch up, and I was anxious to hear his perspective.
By Sarianne Gruber – Based on the opinions of 561 physicians, the results of the 2014 Survey of U.S. Physicians examines current and expected levels of Value-Based Care (VBC) and what physicians need to feel more confident about VBC participation. This research was conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (DCHS), the research division of Deloitte LLP’s Life Science and Health Care practice.
By Sarianne Gruber – On October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, the annual 1,100 page list of what the Federal Government pays physicians for Medicare patient visits and services.
By Sarianne Gruber – On October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule ,the annual 1,100 page list of what the Federal Government pays physicians for Medicare patient visits and services.