Even early-adopter health systems – leaders in the transition to population health management who have relied on data for some time – find it valuable to review their analytics platforms and ask, ‘what can you do for me now?’ One such system is Mercy health system – a Pioneer ACO and participant in the Physicians Group Practice demonstration […]
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What does it take to create an accountable care organization that meets benchmarks in care delivery and proves to be profitable? Jeff James, Chief Executive Officer at North Carolina-based Wilmington Health, says metrics and analytics allow for his group’s ACO to exist. The ACO was formed as a partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of […]
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In my final blog related to changing reimbursement models requiring changes to physician compensation models, I want to identify the value of sharing unblinded information once physicians have approved, digested and absorbed the compensation model. Many of the organizations I have talked to find unblinded incentives to be a very powerful tool. However, you need […]
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As noted in my previous blog, “Changing Reimbursement Models Requires Changes to Physician Compensation Models – The Basics,” as provider organizations move to risk-bearing contracts they need to answer key questions in the areas of goals, governance and physician engagement. There are five pillars provider organizations need to build a strong value-based physician compensation model […]
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