by modern healthcare | Jul 13, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Congress should make primary care a top priority for the Medicaid program, the nonpartisan Bipartisan Policy Center said in a report Monday. The group called on Congress to support a comprehensive framework to improve primary care by directing HHS to help states share...
by John Birkmeyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Sound Physicians, Robert Bessler, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Sound Physicians | Jul 6, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Sound’s clinical team embarked on a transformation strategy to reduce spending on post-acute care and readmissions, which vary widely across hospitals and account for over half of total episode spending. (Transitioning) It also focused on ensuring that intensity of...
by modern healthcare | Jun 19, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals, Population Health
During a special virtual meeting this month, the American Medical Association’s board of trustees and House of Delegates passed a resolution taking a stand against racism and police brutality. Among other things, the AMA pledged “to confront systemic racism and police...
by Stephanie Goldberg | Jun 2, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Sharon O’Keefe is retiring this summer as president of the University of Chicago Medical Center after nearly a decade in the role. Taking over will be Thomas Jackiewicz, CEO at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California. O’Keefe, a Chicago...
by Tara Bannow | May 21, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Hospitals
Providers that emerge the strongest from the pandemic will share a couple attributes. Perhaps the most important is high liquidity, which helps them react quickly and aggressively. “What you are seeing is everybody recognizing cash is king,” Johnson said, “and those...
by smorse | May 13, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that promotes the adoption of insurance plan benefit design for insurers to offer lower premiums. The final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2021 benefit year contains several...
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