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Medical Center Saves $1.3MM & Improves OR Performance with Dynafios Co-Management
- June 20, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Physician Alignment
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Canyon Vista Medical Center is an award-winning healthcare organization located south of Tucson, serving the residents of Sierra Vista, Ft Huachuca and Cochise County. Learn how this medical center saved $1.3MM and dramatically improved operating room performance…
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Shared Savings versus CMS Bundled Payments Model: A No-Risk Alternative
- June 13, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting
Hospitals and physician groups wanting to participate in the new CMS Medicare BPCI Advanced demonstration are now on edge as the agency promised to give providers the claims data they need to decide which care bundles to select. It’s now June and provider groups are just getting data with limited time to truly understand the risks associated with the program…
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Physician Alignment Models: Are All Created Equal?
- May 31, 2018
- Posted by: Scott McTaggart
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Hospital Management, Physician Alignment, Physician Engagement
We’ve heard this before: Healthcare is a continuously evolving landscape in how care is delivered. This timeless statement is true from the time of the phase-in of DRGs in 1983 through today. Even now we have mandatory and voluntary bundles designed to manage patients well beyond the time of their date of discharge…
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Join Dynafios at the HFMA Annual Conference
- May 30, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Data Analytics, Healthcare Analytics
Join Dynafios at the HFMA Annual Conference in Las Vegas on June 24 to 27 in booth #138 at the Sands Expo Center, where we will be demonstrating our new affordable and easy to use healthcare data analytics platform Dynafios 4CASTTM…
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How to Avoid Non-Compliance with Physician Agreements
- May 23, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Contract Compliance, Hospital Management, Physician Compliance, Time Tracking Software
Recently we learned that a hospital system based in Cincinnati had agreed to pay the federal government $14.25 million to resolve allegations the system violated the False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice. This could have been avoided…
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How Medical Time Tracking Reduces Compliance Risk
- May 15, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Contract Compliance, Hospital Management, Physician Compliance, Time Tracking Software
Even though Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute have been on the books for some time, many healthcare organizations are still tripping over the details of the complex requirements. Healthcare entities discover potential violations of Stark Law during routine compliance audits without even knowing the violation occurred until it’s too late. The penalties for violating Stark Law can be severe—civil monetary penalties or even jail…
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What is a Co-Management Agreement?
- May 10, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Contract Compliance, Hospital Management, Physician Alignment, Physician Engagement
“Physician alignment” and “physician engagement” seem to be the buzzwords of the day and these terms are often associated with co-management. Co-management, simply speaking, is a form of hospital-physician integration that does not require hospital employed physicians. However, co-management can be leveraged to further integrate employed physicians…
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How to Build a Physician Alignment Strategy
- April 25, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Data Analytics, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Contract Compliance, Physician Alignment, Physician Compliance, Physician Engagement
Most health system executives rank physician alignment as one of the top priorities. With the shift from volume toward value-based reimbursements, a tight collaboration between physicians and systems is a necessity, making physician alignment even more of a top concern. Unfortunately, many healthcare organizations approach physician alignment with outdated strategies and priorities…
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Understanding Physician Alignment
- April 17, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Physician Alignment, Physician Engagement
Developing an appropriate and sustainable physician alignment strategy is key to avoiding healthcare cost increases stemming from provider biases. But this is just the first step. Bringing all stakeholders to the table so everyone understands the process and what defines success is vital as well…
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Innovations in Healthcare Webcast: Co-Management
- April 11, 2018
- Posted by: Cherie Blehm
- Category: Blog, Healthcare Consulting, Physician Alignment
Check out our new webcast: Co-Management: Optimizing Clinical Care through Physician Engagement. This 15-minute webcast explains how co-management works to align physicians resulting in enhanced patient outcomes with lower costs of care. Allyson also explains how to achieve the Triple Aim of Joint Care with the 7 Best Practice Standards…
