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Will Walgreens, Walmart Value-based Care Plays Pay Off?
Walgreens last week entered into a strategic partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform for primary care physicians in value-based care arrangements. Just days earlier, Bloomberg reported that Walmart was exploring the purchase of a majority stake in ChenMed, a value-based care organization of more than 125 primary care clinics in 15 states focused on treating older adults. The respective moves have some analysts questioning just how much the retailers could gain from these initiatives given that the companies have had difficulty to date showing positive financial returns for their hefty health care investments.
New Analysis Validates Need to Preserve Restrictions on the Growth of Physician-owned Hospitals
As some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and loosening restrictions on the growth of existing POHs, new data from Dobson | DaVanzo show that POHs report fewer quality measures and perform worse on readmission penalties compared to full-service community hospitals.
Southwestern Vermont Health Care | Vermont
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is an integrated non-profit health system serving over 75,000 patients annually from Southwestern Vermont, parts of eastern New York, and northern Massachusetts.
Adirondack Health | New York
As a key community institution in the heart of northern New York’s Adirondack Mountains for more than a century, Adirondack Health serves over 60,000 year-round residents and millions of visitors that frequent the region each year.
Renown Regional Medical Center | Nevada
Renown Regional Medical Center prides itself on being Northern Nevada's only Level II Trauma Center with 985 licensed beds, providing care to approximately one million patients across 17 counties, encompassing 100,000 square miles between Sacramento, Calif. and Salt Lake City.
Valleywise Health | Arizona
Valleywise Health – formerly known as Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) – has been caring for families and communities in the Phoenix area for more than 140 years. Today, Valleywise Health is well known for operating regional health centers across rapidly growing Maricopa County, providing “exceptional care, without exception, to every patient, every time.”
Analysis of Selected Medicare Quality Measure Reporting Data by Hospital Ownership
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined Medicare claims data comparing demographic and clinical characteristics of facilities and patients receiving care at physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and all other acute care hospitals (non-POHs). That report showed that relative to POHs, non-POHs care for older, more medically complex patients who are on average burdened with multiple co-morbid conditions, while also operating on lower margins and providing more uncompensated and unreimbursed care.
Baxter Health | Arkansas
Since Baxter General Hospital was founded in 1963, it has served as a critical lifeline for residents in 11 counties across north-central Arkansas (AR) and south-central Missouri (MO).
WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital | West Virginia
With an emphasis on primary care, WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital provides an array of specialty services, including emergency medicine, OB/GYN, oncology, pediatrics, and palliative care. In addition to the main hospital facility, WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s meets its patients where they are by operating several outpatient clinics, a nursing care facility, and a skilled nursing facility.
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare | Missouri
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) has served the people of Missouri for over 50 years. Based in Clinton, Missouri, GVMH is the only hospital serving three rural counties between Kansas City and Springfield, covering an 80-mile radius.