Healthcare Informatics | November 2, 2017
Unnecessary care is unnecessarily in the news these days. We say "unnecessarily" because such care-as well as the associated costs it incurs and risks it poses for patients-can be mitigated.
Kaiser Health News just published a report, "So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add to Patients' Ills" which describes aggressive over-treatment for breast cancer. And a story in Health Affairs, "Low-Cost, High-Volume Health Services Contribute the Most to Unnecessary Health Spending" showed that a preponderance of prescribed low-value health services offered little medical value while increasing patients' costs...
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Palm Beach Post | November 14, 2017
A doctor group based in Palm Beach County leads the country in saving taxpayers money while meeting goals for keeping Medicare patients happy and healthy. Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization based in Palm Springs saved taxpayers $62M and was allowed to keep $30M of that for 2016 because it earned high scores for patient health and satisfaction, according to federal officials. The group ranked No. 2 nationally in shared savings a year ago...
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FierceHealthcare | November 16, 2017
Forming an accountable care or
ga
nization is one of the most common strategies he
althcare organizations use to transition to val
ue-based care, and several key characteristics and tactics from the most high-performing ones can help other providers build their own successful programs, according to a new report...READ MORE
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HealthcareIT Analytics | November 13, 2017
Just under 70% of family medicine residents feel adequately prepared to handle the analytics and care coordination strategies involved in population health management, according to a new study published in Family Medicine. Using data from 2014 and 2015 surveys from the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), which included more than 6100 responses, researchers found a high degree of comfort with population health strategies upon graduation...READ MORE
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