It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, Just Another Healthcare Disruptor!
As with many things in life, change is challenging, often undetected when it starts, many times mislabeled as an aberration, but always important. As John F. Kennedy once said...
Minimum Savings Rates in Shared Savings Arrangements
It is a hot afternoon in late summer. Representatives from the managed care team at GreatCare Health Systems and the provider contracting department at Acme Health Insurance...
How Can Private Equity Adapt to Healthcare Economics?
Economics students are baptized in the basics of supply and demand the moment they step into their first classroom. The free market involves buyers and sellers who participate in a bilateral...
The Cost of Consolidation
Consolidation is aggressively moving through much of the US economy. Everything from coffee shops to airlines are consolidating and the effect on the consumer is varied...
Closing the Loop on Value Based Reimbursement and Incentive Programs
The phrase “closing the loop” is often used when traditional communication approaches have failed or have been ineffective. In a recent article[1], a writer said...
What You Need to Know About Shared Savings Financial Targets
What You Need to Know About Shared Savings Financial Targets A Brief History of Risk-Based Contracting Risk [...]
Implementing Value-Based Reimbursement – Pathway to Success
A health plan’s transition from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement (i.e., VBR) can be very challenging. This article provides [...]