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CMS Releases New Proposal to Improve Accountable Care Organizations
Courtesy of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released a proposal to strengthen the Shared Savings Program for...
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The Top 10 ACOs Ranked By Earned Payments
The list below, compiled from CMS' Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Performance Year 1 dataset, shows the top 10 ACOs ranked by earned payments. Each ACO started its program agreement in 2012 and...
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Value-Based Purchasing in 2015: Bonuses Up / Penalties Down
More hospitals will see a payment bump than a penalty in the coming year under Medicare's value-based purchasing program, according to newly released federal data for more than 3,000 U.S. facilities.A...
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2015 Healthcare Trends: Continued Consolidation, Population Health
In its annual predictions for the year ahead, our colleagues at The Camden Group, one of the nation’s largest healthcare business advisory firms, released their outlook for 2015. The firm’s experts...
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Six Benefits System Execs Can Achieve Via Clinical Integration
What’s in it for me? That’s a question systems should ask--and answer--before taking on the challenges of forming a clinical integration program or become an accountable care organization. Failure to...
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Attestations May Drastically Drop in 2015
Medical Practice Insider polled nearly 2,000 physicians to reveal that 55% do not plan to attest for meaningful use Stage 2 in 2015.The questioning was simple yes/no question: Do you plan to attest for...
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Health Directions Acquired by The Camden Group
Two National Healthcare Consulting Firms Combine to Address Increased Demand for Population Health and Physician Advisory ServicesAs you are aware, Health Directions has been growing rapidly as we help...
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Complimentary Suburban Chicago Breakfast Seminar: Top Strategies for...
Chicagoland independent practices are welcome to join the Independent Physician Advisors this Thursday, January 22ns at 7:30 am in Deerfield, IL for their complimentary monthly breakfast seminar: Top...
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Clinically Integrated Networks: You Can’t Stop Change, But You Can Control...
By Daniel J. Marino, MBA, MHASenior Vice President, The Camden GroupThe shift from volume to value in healthcare will pick up steam in 2015. The question for hospital leaders is not whether to embrace...
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New Download: Clinically Integrated Networks Overview--Attributes for Success
Hospitals and health systems face continued pressures to reduce healthcare costs and reimbursements (volume-based model). This necessitates a shift to accountable care and value-based reimbursement...
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Six Strategies for Improving Primary Care Access
By William K. Faber, MD, MHCMVice President, The Camden GroupPrimary care providers are the heart of clinical integration. Ready access to primary care services is fundamental to disease prevention,...
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Top 10 Trends and Implications for Medical Groups in 2015
By Mary Witt, MSWSenior Vice President, The Camden GroupSuccess in 2015 requires clear thinking and decisive action. Whether independent or hospital/system-owned, medical groups cannot continue to do...
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Moving from Volume to Value: The Time for Change is at Hand
By Daniel J. Marino, MBA, MHASenior Vice President, The Camden GroupThe Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) press release on Monday announcing its fundamental shift in reimbursement, moving...
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ONC Outlines Timelines for Interoperability Goals (with Infographic)
This morning, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ("ONC") released the first draft of its interoperability roadmap to deliver better care through the exchange and...
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The Payment Reform Mash-Up: Top 10 Smart Leadership Strategies for Managing...
By Deirdre Baggot, MBA, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, The CamdenGroup and Kimberly Hartsfield, MPA, Vice President, The Camden GroupFew would argue that this may be one of the most exciting times in...
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Bundled Payments and the Breakthrough Power of Partnerships
By Kimberly Hartsfield, MPA, Vice President, The Camden GroupAs bundled payment programs are expanding across specialties, payers, and sites of care, it is becoming increasingly clear that the path to...
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The Latest Thought Leadership from The Camden Group
Each month, thought leaders from The Camden Group share their expertise through original posts, articles, speaking engagements, and interviews.Below are links to the top thought leadership shared...
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Infographic: The Social Media Shakeup in Healthcare
Patients are increasingly turning to social media channels to seek health information and become more informed about their care, rate the quality of care they receive from providers, and communicate...
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Are Health Systems Positioned to Efficiently Manage the Newly Eligible...
By William K. Faber, M.D., Vice President and Tina Wardrop, Vice President, The Camden GroupAs more states begin to take on newly eligible Medicaid populations, there are a number of lessons that can...
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New Download: Managing the Newly Eligible Medicaid Population
As more states begin to take on newly eligible Medicaid populations, there are a number of lessons that can be learned from health systems that have already begun managing these patients. Not all...
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Top 10 Survival Tips for Physicians Straddling Fee-for-Service and Fee-for-Value
By Teresa Koenig, M.D., MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer and Tawnya Bosko, MHA, MSHL, MS, Senior Manager, The Camden GroupTransitioning payment systems from volume to value is a...
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Top 10 Considerations When Transitioning Physicians to Payment-for-Value
By Tawnya Bosko, MHA, MSHL, MS, Senior Manager, The Camden GroupWith increased focus on payment based on value, physician practices and those involved with physician practices need to plan for how to...
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Hospital Readmissions: How Are They Impacting Your Bottom Line?
By Tawnya Bosko, MHA, MSHL, MS, Senior Manager and Tina Pike, RN, MSN, MBA, HCM, Senior Manager, The Camden GroupYes, there is controversy surrounding the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program...
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Meaningful Use Infographic | New Attestation Deadline Reminder
Eligible professionals now have until 11:59 pm ET on March 20, 2015, to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record ("EHR") Incentive Program 2014 reporting year.The Centers for...
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On to the Next Initiative: Transforming Clinical Practices
Just as was seen in the MSSP Year 1 results, there is continued need for cooperation among various silos of healthcare and continued transformational efforts. The Pioneer, MSSP ACO, other...
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