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Can Capitation and Consumerism Play Together?

Capitation is no longer a dirty word. It’s an important component of moving healthcare reimbursement toward value. How can provider organizations get there? >>>

Nonprofit Lender Aims to Spur Care Delivery

Vital Healthcare Capital has launched a nine-figure drive to jumpstart spending on care for a costly cohort of underserved patients and to invest in the development of frontline healthcare workers. >>>

‘Glaring Flaws’ Found in Data Affecting Hospital Reimbursement

Researchers find serious underreporting of body mass, alcohol abuse, and tobacco use in hospital billing data and recommend two solutions. >>>

U.S. Healthcare Spending Hits $ 3 Trillion Mark

After five years of historic low growth that averaged about 3.7% per year, spending growth accelerated to 5.3% in 2014, largely in part to the addition of 8.7 million people to government and private health insurance rolls under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. >>>

Unlocking the Value in Unstructured Data

Advances in natural language-processing and the ability to read large volumes of data are creating new insights for clinicians. >>>

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Balancing Cost Containment and Quality Efforts

Senior healthcare leaders discuss how they are maintaining high quality care delivery while implementing cost containment efforts. >>>

Preparing for the Future of Healthcare

Top healthcare executives gathered for the 2015 HealthLeaders Media CEO Exchange at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar resort in San Diego, CA, to discuss how their organizations should be positioned to survive a competitive environment that is constantly shifting and filled with uncertainty.

 
Takeaways:

• Payment shift uncertainty
• Delivery model disruption
• Dumping on data
• Change fatigue

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Intelligence Report: Executive Compensation—Strategies to Align with New Directions

In this HealthLeaders Media research report, learn compensation tactics to inspire the executive team to guide the organization away from volume-based incentives and toward value-based metrics.
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News Headlines

SCOTUS mulling states’ rules for health data collection

MedPage Today, December 9, 2015

Cigna CEO: We haven’t made money on Obamacare plans

The Hill, December 9, 2015

Hershey-PinnacleHealth: Will they fight or back down from the FTC?

PennLive.com, December 9, 2015

Critics seek hard look at Yale–L+M deal, hospital market power

The CT Mirror, December 9, 2015

Healthcare tops lists of False Claims Act violations

Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2015

Hallmark merger stalled as Partners HealthCare studies options

The Boston Globe, December 8, 2015

‘Sting’ approach doesn’t make young doctors cut back on low-value tests

Reuters, December 8, 2015

Hospitals pad cash cushion thanks to Obamacare, Medicaid expansion

Forbes.com, December 7, 2015

Hospital provider fee is a billion dollar political fight in CO

The Denver Post, December 7, 2015

Opinion: Healthcare innovation doesn’t have to be driven by profit

Harvard Business Review, December 7, 2015

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