- BCBS North Carolina pilots Bundled Payment for Knee Replacement
- Spine Implant Analysis Case Study- $2 Million Savings Opportunity
- Re OUTCOMES- “Mergers between insurers and hospitals expected to accelerate”
- Becker’s Spine Review- 4 Strategies to Prepare for Changes in Reimbursement
- Vega Healthcare cited in Advisory Board Publication
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Strategic Healthcare Services, LLC (SHS) performed a supply cost spend analysis for a large health system in the Midwest. The spend analysis focused on implants and supplies used on spinal fusions during a 12 month period. The health system’s data set contained nearly $11 million in supply spend and 45,000 line items. Methodology The data [...]
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Just read an archieved article from amednews, posted 10-25-10: “Mergers between insurers and hospitals expected to accelerate” In speaking about the future of outcomes, the author makes the following observation: “Physician practices face the same challenges small hospitals do in making the investments necessary to comply with health system reform, Callahan said. ‘Not only do [...]
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Changes in Reimbursement- Orthopedics, Neurosciences, Spine
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Patrick’s article on Nurse Navigation for Spine, was cited in the Advisory Board’s December 2011 publication; Neurosciences Service Line Outlook. The original article was published by Becker’s Orthopedics and Spine and can be linked: http://www.beckersorthopedicandspine.com/spine/item/9221-how-clinical-navigation-can-work-in-spine-care Neurosciences-Service-Line-Strategic-Outlook 95
READ MOREDecember 16, 2011
This article will provide guidance on how orthopaedists can initiate, develop and sustain collaborations with hospitals.
READ MOREOctober 27, 2011
Device manufacturer’s newest customers
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A very insightful article, posted on Becker’s ASC page, link below. By Rachel Fields | August 09, 2011 http://www.beckersasc.com/asc-transactions-and-valuation-issues/7-reasons-hospitals-struggle-to-align-with-physicians.html#.TnCLebZKDME.mailto Physician-hospital alignment is becoming more important as hospitals seek to lower costs, improve care and prepare themselves for payment models that reward collaboration. Kenneth Cohn, MD, MBA, FACS, a practicing surgeon and the author of Getting [...]
READ MORESeptember 8, 2011
Readers may recall the recent post on Dancing with Physicians and the commentary about payers purchasing practices: http://vegahealthcare.com/dancing-with-physicians-positioning-for-the-future-in-spine-neurosciences-and-orthopedics/ In that blog, I had postulated that payers owning or managing practices could dramatically impact physicians practices and hospital-physician relationships. Check the link below to ModernHealthcare.com and the article on UHG’s planned acquisiton of Monarch HealthCare. “UnitedHealth Group [...]
READ MORESeptember 1, 2011
PREFACE The topic of “clinical navigation” has gained a wider audience, both within the healthcare community as well as in popular media. On August 16th, 2011, the Wall Street Journal published an article, “When a Doctor Isn’t Enough; Nurse Navigators Help Patients Through Maze of Cancer-Treatment Decisions, Fears,” by Laura Landro, Assistant Managing Editor and [...]
READ MOREAugust 27, 2011
cancer navigation – spine navigation mirror one another
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Physician’s dance partners; Hospitals, Payers, both?
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PCPs- customer service from Spine specialists
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Sun Tzu- Strategist and Tactician
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BPPV is the most common peripheral vestibular disorder
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Disruptive, intimidating behavior by physicians imperils patient care, threatens practice management growth and places hospital systems at legal risk.
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Patients and families assume clinical competence- its patient experience that really sets treatment apart from other healthcare experiences…
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Spine programs are challenged to deliver a remarkable patient experience- patient navigation is the “glue” that holds it together.
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Acquiring Physician Practices- HealthLeaders Magazine
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This excellent brief article appeared in: http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/HHNDaily/HHNDailyDisplay.dhtml?id=2990009432) Bolding is mine- Patrick Making Loyal Customers Out of a New Generation of Patients By Haydn Bush June 06, 2011 A new generation of patients are placing a higher emphasis on timely customer service. Last week, I took my wife to the local hospital for a checkup and some tests. [...]
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implantable medical devices are among the highest cost line items in a hospital budget
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For Stroke, the development of core competencies, including equipment, training and process, such as the use of protocols required to become a Primary Stroke Center is necessary for providing adequate care and providing up to date treatment
READ MOREApril 27, 2011
There are currently 25.8 million children and adults in the US that have diabetes, which is 8.3% of the population. Also, there are another 79 million people in this country with prediabetes.
READ MOREApril 18, 2011
I am regularly inviting colleagues to provide a blog… Bloggers can select their topic. The topic should be of interest to clinical and administration professionals working in healthcare. In addition, feel free to suggest other colleagues who may have an interest in a blog forum. Please contact me if you would like to post a [...]
READ MOREMarch 26, 2011
Across the country primary care physicians represent the core referral base for orthopedic and spine specialist. After PCP referral, word-of-mouth referral (patient reputation) and advertising are second and third respectively.
READ MOREMarch 22, 2011
When working with client hospitals I often encounter five tactical approaches to building incremental volumes, either alone or in combination: -recruit a new surgeon with incremental volume -appoint a Medical Director -assign an effective hospital manager to organize the services -build new patient care facilities or remodel existing space -develop and implement marketing & promotional [...]
READ MOREMarch 22, 2011
PCP’s are often underappreciated by specialists. Across the country primary care physicians represent the core referral base for orthopedic and spine specialist. After PCP referral, word-of-mouth referral (patient reputation) and advertising are second and third respectively. Some PCP’s have a high level of comfort treating orthopedic, back and neck pain while others have a preference [...]
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