New Issue Brief examines debate around Medicare physician payments. The Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was created to provide access for patients, control federal health spending on Medicare Part B, and distribute costs across different medical specialties. However, federal health care expenditures have continuously grown over their targets in the past decade, rendering the SGR obsolete. The SGR is complicated: It is necessary that industry stakeholders understand it fully, and that they consider its modification in the broader context of the industry's sustainability rather than a narrow... FULL STORY »
An Issue Brief from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, provides an update on state Medicaid programs and considerations for stakeholders as states identify ways to improve care management and reduce costs. FULL STORY »
In an update to its 2011 report, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions evaluates a range of possible reform-driven outcomes on insurance coverage, from how employers might respond to cost increases to how uninsured individuals might participate in exchanges. FULL STORY »
Providers feel the impact of government regulations on many fronts. Margins are down, and the need to control costs is acute. Compliance requirements are snowballing — as is the potential for risk. But where there's risk, there's opportunity — and we're here to help. Our Provider practice supports organizations working on critical challenges in today's complex health care environment. FULL STORY »
Patients with kidney disease makeup only 1.5% of the Medicare population, but account for 10% of all Medicare costs — approximately $30 billion annually.1 Forty percent of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) “crash” into dialysis with acute renal failure by way of the ER, often with multiple co-morbidities. Once discharged, they are 1.4 times more likely to be readmitted in the first 30 days than non-ESRD patients, making this patient population one of the most expensive in healthcare today.3 FULL STORY »
A Mayo Clinic study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine1 in August 2012 found that nearly half of physicians struggle with burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion and “a tendency to view patients as objects instead of as people.” Running a successful medical practice while maintaining anything approximating a healthy work-life balance is becoming increasingly difficult. FULL STORY »
Top healthcare CEOs provide insights on the key issues shaping the future of the healthcare industry in this in-depth report from Huron Healthcare. Based on highlights from Huron's annual CEO Forum, the report includes valuable, actionable ideas on key issues, including: moving from volume to value, cost containment, re-imagining the care delivery model, population health management, expanding the roles of clinicians, and imperatives for physician alignment. The report also features perspectives from top executives outside of the healthcare industry on leading organizations through... FULL STORY »
Blanchard Valley Health System's Value-Based Purchasing Interactive Performance Modeler (VBPIPM) converts retrospective Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Value-Based Purchasing data into actionable information that hospitals can use for targeted quality improvement interventions and related physician and staff education. The Solution calculates and stratifies the dollars lost or gained by the hospital for each of the 20 measures. FULL STORY »
The Perioperative Handoff Toolkit provides a step-by-step approach to conducting a patient transfer from the time that the patient arrives at the PACU or ICU from the operating room. The Toolkit fulfills all of the Joint Commission handoff criteria and standardizes an easy-to-follow 5-step protocol that provides for limited interruptions through its organized structure. FULL STORY »
The Adverse Event Monitoring and Tracking Tool compatible with IHI Global Trigger Tool Methodology, detects hidden adverse events or harms and automates the reporting process through database management and randomized reports. The tool enables hospitals to increase patient safety, reduce readmissions & length of stay by monitoring safety, influencing better practices, and improving reliability. FULL STORY »
The Glycemia Management Solution improves glucose management in the hospital inpatient environment. Effective blood glucose management is integral to high-quality and safe patient care. This Solution enables hospitals to lower system-wide hypoglycemia incidence rates and improve patient outcomes. FULL STORY »
The Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Health Program increases patient volumes and revenue while managing complex pelvic health patients with guided, comprehensive care. The Solution is a multidisciplinary, comprehensive program designed to diagnose and treat a wide range of abdominal and pelvic conditions in women and men of all ages. FULL STORY »
The Nursing Strike Preparation and Survival Toolkit allows hospitals to provide safe, continuing care while labor disputes are resolved. This Solution was fine-tuned to ensure there is no decrease in patient care during a strike and to make administration of the hospital as smooth as possible during a turbulent time. FULL STORY »
Hospitalists Engagement and Retention Survey is a report that rates hospitalists' morale (in the full range of hospital settings) based upon a survey of hospitalists, implemented by Johns Hopkins Medicine. The results include a score that can be compared to other hospitals to help you gauge your staff against the national average. FULL STORY »
The High-Cost Drug Guidelines Solution, (for bundles of 5 individual drug guidelines) allows you to select from the list available guidelines. This Solution, developed by Partners HealthCare, achieves control of pharmaceutical expenditures across a hospital or health system and streamlines the criteria for drug use system-wide. FULL STORY »
This is the Three-Year Johns Hopkins License to use the Guided CareŽ model and the service mark 'Guided Care' in promotional materials to sell services, to enhance web presence, and for similar purposes. The License also allows application of the very specific Guided Care protocols in your practice, and use of essential forms that will guide the implementation of Guided Care into your practice. FULL STORY »
The Due Diligence Assessment Guide is a useful tool to ensure that you obtain all of the relevant information required from a prospective business partner prior to contract signing. Doing effective due diligence may be the most important business-related activity you will perform for your company. FULL STORY »
The Comprehensive Business Plan Development Guide is a detailed guideline for developing concise, coherent and complete business plans for presentation and review by hospitals' senior leadership and executive boards. It guides planners in the development of consistent, complete and efficient business plans even though each opportunity is unique. FULL STORY »
This toolkit is a roadmap to help hospitals achieve a successful visit from the Residency Review Committee and full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. This Solution focuses on Graduate Medical Education, ACGME Accreditation Residency and Fellowship Programs. Duke Medicine offers documented experience; provides an objective outside-party to review program/institution performance and a concrete roadmap to achieve compliance. FULL STORY »
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