Sg2 Letter April 2019: Growing Pains in the Quest for Scale
By Bill WoodsonThis year Sg2 is spending considerable time delving into where things currently stand in scaling the health care enterprise and what promise has yet to be fulfilled.
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This year Sg2 is spending considerable time delving into where things currently stand in scaling the health care enterprise and what promise has yet to be fulfilled.
This week: Anthem’s MA enrollment grows 14% after SDOH benefits package; health systems collaborate for community behavioral health needs.
Four areas were identified as essential to success at scaling virtual health: citizen empowerment, stakeholder and change management, service selection, and sustainability and business models.
Although value-based care is here to stay, challenges remain on the path to success. Today, executive teams face pivotal decisions on pursuing payer contracting and optimizing CIN performance moving forward.
This week: Specialized psychiatric EDs improve care and increase ROI; MedPAC recommends increase to IP/OP payment rates; and strategies in employers’ “health care playbook.”
This week: Spending for individuals with commercial insurance at a record high; deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant mood disorders; and younger patients’ dissatisfaction with traditional health care.
This week: Kaiser Permanente announces housing insecurity initiatives; spending on chronic disease treatment has been a good investment; and ACOs differ in segmenting high-cost, high-need patients.
This week: Amazon’s machine learning service to enhance clinical decision making; Walgreens-Microsoft partnership to develop health care delivery models; Medicare Advantage enrollment grows to 22.4 million in 2019
Read on to learn about one AMC member’s experience developing a cancer center joint venture with an affiliated community hospital.
This week: Small employers’ workplace clinic use continues to grow; CMS to study home health agency quality measures impact in 2019; and CMS approves Michigan’s value-based drug-purchasing Medicaid waiver.
A closer look at 11 variables can help leaders steer their organizations through the difficult decisions on whether to remain autonomous.
This week: New Apple Watch has FDA clearance to detect atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias; children’s hospitals are designing facilities with mental health in mind; and a new report finds...