If you are not yet involved in BPCI-A, you should give serious consideration to participating in the initiative for the experience it provides with episode payment models—and Sg2 can help.
Episode payment models—in all their various forms—will stand the test of time, and there are strong reasons for health systems to take advantage of BPCI-A to advance their overall value-based...
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: 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: Payment challenges to 340 payment rule continue; partnership is formed for aging population and post-acute care sites clinical platform; amount of NPs is increasing in rural and low-income...
After much speculation regarding the Pathways to Success final rule, it was released on December 21, 2018, largely intact from the CMS proposal, with a few notable changes.
This week: CMS releases 4 section 1332 waiver concepts; a rise in drug overdoses and suicides contributes to declining life expectancy; and HHS finalizes 340B rule imposing price ceiling.
This week: Liquid biopsy tests for cancer care move into the mainstream; midterm elections prove consequential to Medicaid; and CVS Health to expand services into chronic disease management.
This week: Millennials seek alternative sites for primary care; ASC quality/safety grades will be published in 2020; and low-income patients forgo care more often in states without Medicaid expansion.
This week: Physician-group ACOs produced savings for Medicare; Medicaid spending reached $592.2 billion in 2017; and a population health collaborative reduced the hospitalization rate for heart attacks.
Learn how effectively designed spine surgery bundled payment can help set the foundation for long-term success in comprehensive spine care programs.
This week: The 340B program and price transparency, rethinking patient centered care and a new study regarding physician burnout.
