Sg2 Blog

As we kick off 2022, health systems may feel they are playing out the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray, trapped in a time loop, endlessly relives a day with Andie MacDowell. The movie serves as an omen three decades in the making, shining a light on the importance of perseverance and human connections—attributes that continue to epitomize health care. It is in the spirit of forgin...

As care increasingly shifts out of the hospital, health systems’ goals for their ambulatory business also are shifting. No longer are innovator organizations content for these services to function strictly as feeders of an inpatient core; they expect ambulatory services to independently boost the bottom line. Achieving that goal, however, can be elusive. Success in the ambulatory arena is mo...

At the end of 2021, we celebrated Sg2’s 20-year anniversary with heartfelt reflections from friends and colleagues past and present. This year Sg2 celebrates another milestone: five years as part of Vizient, the largest member-owned health care company. Sg2 members have heard us speak often about our System of CARE (Clinical Alignment and Resource Effectiveness) concept, which is our ...

Anyone who has visited Colorado and driven down from the mountains toward Denver will recognize the title of this article. The same words of caution apply to the health care ecosystem moving into 2023. Despite the tricky financial gradient health care organizations have navigated since the onset of the pandemic, the road ahead remains challenging. Let’s break down some of the financial force...

With the Strategy Accelerator program, efforts to strategically prioritize your physician alignment initiative take shape As internal and external pressures push care out of the hospital, health systems must identify the best clinical opportunities and local trends for expanding their ambulatory business. Innovator organizations understand there are both opportunities and vulnerabilities amid w...

Consumerism in health care must transform to meet changing consumer expectations. Consumers increasingly expect to be at the center of their health journey, yet the industry has lacked the ability to translate a retail-like experience—to the benefit of innovative disrupters. To compete and drive profitability, health systems must acknowledge the transformation in health care driven by compet...

Making Care Primary Model Overview On June 8th, CMS announced the upcoming launch of the Making Care Primary (MCP) model. This new CMS model aims to achieve three goals: Provide patients with primary care services that are integrated and coordinated with specialty care as well as leverage community-based connections to better address patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH) needs...

The Kaiser-Geisinger Partnership Enables Value-Based Care The newly announced deal between Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger could turn out to be one of the most impactful health system partnerships in recent years. The deal is subject to regulatory review, but if it goes forward, Geisinger will join Risant Health, a new nonprofit formed by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals with an emphasis on value-ba...

As payers incorporate much-needed financial incentives to advance health equity, provider organizations and clinically integrated networks (CINs) should adopt payer-agnostic approaches for true transformation. Both public and private payers have begun incorporating financial incentives into contracts with providers to advance health equity. The ACO (accountable care organization) Realizing Equity...

Health systems and organizations face numerous evolving challenges when it comes to achieving strategic growth — be it due to changing competitive landscapes, workforce constraints, or access and capacity challenges, among many others. And while the terrain has become tumultuous, there is an essential constant that exists with great potential for differentiation and growth for any healthcare...