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FY 2019 Proposed Rule Readmissions Penalty Calculator
AHA has created a readmissions penalty calculator for hospital leaders to assess the impact of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on their organizations.
FY 2019 Proposed Rule Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Calculator
AHA has created a VBP calculator for hospital leaders to assess the impact of the VBP program on their organizations.
OSF HealthCare – Peoria, IL
Connecting health systems and community-based organizations to improve outcomes
Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program: Impact Calculator
AHA has created a HAC penalty calculator for hospital leaders to assess the impact of the FY 2019 Hospital-Acquired Conditio
Getting Paid in Real-Time
OODA Health, which focuses on removing inefficiency from health care administration, and Blue Shield of California are building a cloud-based platform to provide payments to providers immediately after care is delivered. The companies will test the new technology as a pilot program with Dignity Health and Hill Physicians in Oakland.
UnitedHealth Makes Big Move to Help Seniors Navigate MA
As competition increases among payers to sign up and retain seniors in Medicare Advantage plans, UnitedHealth has added 800 nurses and customer-service advocates to its concierge-services team to help seniors with complex conditions navigate their care. The move greatly expands UnitedHealth’s Navigate4me program, which launched in 2017.
How Rural Hospitals Will Fare in Health Care Revolution
All of health care is undergoing rapid transformation as organizations accelerate innovation efforts, explore partnership opportunities and other options for improving care delivery and cost reduction. But rural providers may face special challenges due to limited resources and — surprisingly — may also have some advantages in this rapidly changing environment, according to Michael Rogers, a practical futurist and speaker.
Guidance for Patient-Centered Benefit Design
Seemingly everyone agrees that consumers should have a stronger voice in value-driven health care and how benefit plans are designed. What hasn't been clear, until now, is how to ensure this. The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of well-known payers, providers, purchasers and patient groups dedicated to speeding the field's move to value-based care, offers six guiding principles to ensure that consumers are at the center of benefit design.
Providence St. Joseph Debuts Population Health-Management Firm
In a move to help fellow health care organizations improve clinical outcomes, simplify patient access to information, lower costs and meet payer and business requirements, Providence St. Joseph Health has launched Ayin Health Solutions, a for-profit population health management company.