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Three Levels of Physician-Hospital Alignment
One of the most vital strategies in the current health care environment is physician-hospital alignment.
Weathering Changes to Provider-Based Reimbursement
Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physicians respond to looming rate adjustments and to meeting their collective needs.
Integrating Health and Health Care: Richard Umbdenstock Q&A
At the 2012 American Public Health Association annual meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spoke with Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Associat
Helping Patients Make Better Treatment Choices with Decision Aids
When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, to help them make treatment choices, they are more knowledgeable and satisfied with their care.
The Impact of Health Reform on the Medicare Advantage Program: Realigning Payment with Performance
The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicare beneficiaries through the Medicare Advantage program.
8 Key Issues for Hospitals and Health Systems — 2013
This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders are facing as they move into 2013.
Successfully Implementing Bundled Payment Models
Bundled payments are becoming more attractive to the health care industry as providers learn that they can improve patient care while decreasing its cost.
In-Home Palliative Care Allows More Patients to Die at Home, Leading to Higher Satisfaction and Lower Acute Care Utilization and Costs
Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary team of providers to manage symptoms and pain, provide emotional and spiritual support, and educate