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• From Value-Based Care Goals To Realities: 4 Steps To Your Desired Destination

  12/9/2015

  It’s one thing to have a destination circled on a map, quite another to actually get there and put your feet on the ground. Case in point: Health and Human Services (HHS) has set a goal of tying 30 percent of traditional, or fee-for-service, Medicare payments to quality or value through alternative payment models, such as Accountable Care Organizations or bundled payment arrangements by the end of 2016. HHS is also aiming to tie 50 percent of payments to these models by the end of 2018. With such a clearly defined landing, the fact that healthcare is moving toward value-based care is indisputable. The big challenge heading into 2016 and beyond, then, lies in figuring out exactly how healthcare organizations will achieve this ambitious goal — and that’s where thinking needs to move outside the box. Following are four innovative steps healthcare organizations can take to succeed under these emerging value-based care models. By Clyde Wesp, Jr., MD, MAOM, Executive Clinical Strategist, Jacobus Consulting

• 4 Ways To Improve Payer-Provider Data Management

  9/1/2017

  The healthcare industry has experienced unprecedented change in recent years. By Krithika Srivats, Senior Director, Health/Clinical Center of Excellence at Hinduja, Global Solutions (HGS)

• Digital Transformation Of Healthcare: Best Of Breed Supply Chain Technology Vs. ERP

  11/18/2020

  The healthcare industry is in dire need of change. With costs going up and reimbursements and margins going down even before Covid-19, transformation is afoot. A major area of transformation and one that this crisis has highlighted is the supply chain. The healthcare supply chain is unique in its own right but in many ways, it lags behind other industries in terms of best practices and digitization.

• Why Are Healthcare Leaders Taking Note Of The PCMH Care Model?

  5/15/2019

  For every 100 physicians in the US, 32 are PCPs. However, for every 100 patients in the US, 52 patients visit a PCP each month. Add to that the lack of streamlined communication channels between primary care providers and specialists which often results in gaps in care.

• Workplace Safety A Growing Challenge In The Healthcare Industry

  10/25/2017

  Countless systems and processes exist to ensure patient safety — from data privacy to medication checks to infection prevention. Hospital admission means being hooked up to at least one monitoring device, and nurses regularly check vital signs. By Manolito Jones, Healthcare Solutions Team Leader, LockPath

• How To Develop A Cyber Security Practice

  11/19/2018

  The potential business revenue from rising compliance requirements and security threats is hard to ignore. The increasing press coverage of ransomware attacks and fines for non-compliance is driving awareness and urgency. Even the slow adopter business owners and managers know something needs to be done to limit their corporate risks and individual exposure, and time isn’t on their side. What tools are necessary, how to integrate it into the IT services offering, how to market it? What are the best ways to go about developing sound cyber-security policies and practices in 2018 that could be used for commercial gain as well as internal commercial security? Here are some recommendations.