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Five Lessons From 30 Years Of Bundled Payments
In recent years, large employers, physician groups, and commercial and governmental payers have been increasingly interested in the use of episode-based bundled payments as a mechanism to promote high-quality health care and smarter spending. A “bundled payment” occurs when a payer provides reimbursement to providers for a full range of care, rather than paying individual bills for parts of that care such as the surgery, physician fees, and post-acute care. The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model and the recently announced acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft bundled payment programs ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Alan L. Kaplan, Chad Ellimoottil and J. Thomas Rosenthal Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Organization and Delivery Payment Policy Alternative Payment Models Bundled Payments California Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model Source Type: blogs

Health Affairs ’ June Issue: Pursuing Health Equity
The June issue of Health Affairs, a theme issue, explores the pursuit of health equity and the obligations of the health care sector to achieve it. The issue examines the subject from two perspectives: equity in care, and the relationship between social factors and health equity. The issue was supported by The Kresge Foundation, The California Endowment, Aetna Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, Episcopal Health Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. US virtually tops list of countries with highest health and health care disparities across income levels Comparing health and health care disparities in t...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 5, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Health Affairs Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Health Affairs journal Source Type: blogs

Predictive Health Company Potrero Medical Closes $26.6 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Financing
GT Healthcare and Sonder Capital Led the Round SAN FRANCISCO — July 9, 2018 — Potrero Medical, Inc., a predictive health company focused on using smart sensors and analytics for early detection of critical illnesses, announced today the closing o...
Source: Medgadget - July 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Potrero Medical Tags: Sponsored Content Source Type: blogs

Reforming the Organ Donation System
David Kemp andPeter Van DorenThe Washington Postrecently reported on the logistic and technological failings of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the private non ‐​profit agency with a government ‐​enforced monopoly on the United States’ system of procuring organ donations and matching donated organs to the over 100,000 people waiting for them. A report from the White House US Digital Service found that UNOS has been ineffective, lacks transparency, and relies on outdated software, with frequent system failures and cybersecurity concerns. While UNOS has resisted efforts to modernize and refor...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 10, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Kemp, Peter Van Doren Source Type: blogs

The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 25, 2022 Edition-----The big story this week has been the multiple PM story in Australia with ScoMo. What an amazing saga!In the UK there seems to be an impending collapse of the economy coming unless some-one takes some really smart steps real soon now.Relatively the US has seemed pretty calm this week – just waiting for an impending recession – along with China and Europe.Fair to say things globally are pretty messy!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/every-investing-trend-misfires-as-stock-bears-are-crushed-20220814-p5b9o2Every investing trend misfires as stock bears are crushedD...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 25, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs