In the News: Aug 22–Aug 29
By Sg2 TeamThis week: Rural ED closures affect emergency care; tech and workflow improvements help with the nursing shortage; and investing in primary care maximizes patient care.
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This week: Rural ED closures affect emergency care; tech and workflow improvements help with the nursing shortage; and investing in primary care maximizes patient care.
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.
For providers still undecided on BPCI-A, or even the 16% who opted out and withdrew, Sg2 sees applying for the second cohort as an opportunity not to be overlooked.
This week: 2018 was a record year for health care services M&A; the impact of urgent care centers on nonemergent ED demand; and the impact of sport-related concussions in youth.
Read on to learn about one AMC member’s experience developing a cancer center joint venture with an affiliated community hospital.
A closer look at 11 variables can help leaders steer their organizations through the difficult decisions on whether to remain autonomous.
This week: Primary care model will be scaled to new markets; the importance of strengthening rural hospitals and developing new access points for rural communities; and the Senate approves legislation...
This week: A proposed patient safety database for ASCs; physician perspectives of MIPS in year 1 of MACRA; and the growing role of private equity in health care.
This week: States are creating ACOs for Medicaid recipients to control costs; AMA announced their opposition to Aetna–CVS Merger; and health systems are using technology solutions to appeal to consumers.
This week: US fertility falls to a record low, Kaiser Permanente invests $200 million to fight homelessness and CMS denies Ohio’s individual mandate waiver.
Sg2 interviewed 3 of our subject matter experts on becoming an international destination center for high-value care. Get their insights based on over 3 decades of related consulting experience.
This week: Urgent care industry growth, midwife integration and quality outcomes, and microhospitals and the shift to ambulatory care