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Strategic Financial Planning Fall 2019 Issue
The Strategic Financial Planning newsletter Fall 2019 issue features articles on price transparency, bond underwriters, direct contracting, M&As and business ethics.
The value journey, disrupted
By placing consumers at the center of their business models, new competitors have redrawn the roadmap to value. Health systems that fail to realign themselves around consumer needs will find their journey to value not only disrupted but also headed down the wrong path.
Announced hospital M&A transactions, 2009 – Q1 2019
Hospital merger and acquisition announcements were at a 10-year low in early 2019.
Analysis: Implications for providers as Amazon offers its employees access to a virtual clinic
A review of what Amazon’s launch of a virtual health clinic for its employees may mean for providers.
Analysis: Humana to pilot plan based on virtual primary care
Why the virtual-visits-for-primary-care model launched by Humana and Doctor on Demand may be the beginning of a brave new model of silent tiering.
Analysis: Prevalence of screening for SDOH by U.S. physician practices and hospitals
HFMA’s Katie Gilfillan says although physicians don’t have the training, resources or time to address patients’ SDOH needs, they could screen and refer patients to clinicians and resources more equipped to provide social interventions.
Collaboration between the CFO and supply chain management is vital to achieving value-based care
The CFO and supply chain management can support value-based care by collaborating on issues such as implementing robust data analytics.
UC Davis Health: Providing customized EHR training to help physicians
An academic medical center helps physicians with EHR use by deploying a team of technical trainers to clinic sites for several weeks at a time.
Analysis: Prospects dim for surprise bill legislation
Although a recent poll says 8 in 10 Americans support congressional action to stop surprise medical bills, prospects appear dim for legislation to pass.