By Andrey Ostrovsky, MD The Affordable Care Act is reshaping the healthcare reimbursement landscape, pressuring risk-bearing organizations like insurance companies and Accountable Care Organizations to transition from a fee-for-service to a pay-for-performance model of reimbursement.1 This transition is threatening hospitals with a 5-20% contraction in annual revenue over the next 5-8 years.2 Healthcare finance […]
by Liz Seegert The 10th annual World Health Care Congress was held in Washington, DC earlier this month. It is an excellent forum for exchanging some of the best thinking on policy, health IT, life sciences, payers and providers, the business of healthcare, hospitals and health systems and global health. The annual event brings together top […]
By Audrey Kinsella Patient engagement is an experience, an expectation and a goal. Persons with chronic conditions, especially in this era of accountable care, reach for the goal as they experience care at the hands of professionals, from whom they expect quality interactions. Patient engagement is a goal at the Center for Connected Health, […]
by Liz Seegert Dave Chase is on a mission. The CEO of Avado, a small tech startup, is committed to helping providers use technology to improve patient engagement. “It’s the patients and family members that make the majority of the decisions,” he said. “They need to feel comfortable with information and choices.” The author provides […]
