For those of us who have spent significant time in and around hospitals, they can become somewhat routine places to us. They are to be, in their essence, places of healing, compassion and expert care for those who are often dealing with serious illnesses.
Some things we think are new in healthcare, after closer inspection, are really not new and just carry different or more trendy language.
If the U.S. healthcare system is moving inextricably towards a population health management (PHM) model, then answers to the following questions are paramount:
Designing and implementing bundled pricing isn’t easy, but it will be increasingly necessary as Medicare and private payers continue to move away from fee-for-service reimbursement and the payer marketplace continues to evolve.
I came in from my morning three mile walk to be greeted by this e-mail headline: Most U.S. adults do not know exercise guidelines for preventing heart disease. I wasn’t shocked.
Given trends in healthcare, and in cardiovascular services specifically, it is instructive to look at the issue of low volume cardiac surgery programs in California.
What: The integration of interventional and surgical techniques is demanding a new working environment for an interdisciplinary cardiovascular team: the Hybrid Operating Room, where angiographic imaging capabilities are integrated in an operating suite.
All-in-all, 2015 was a busy year for CFA, although client work seemed to get in the way of blogging frequency. One of our new year’s resolutions will certainly be to blog more often in 2016.
As Primary Care Physician (PCP)-driven Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and population health-based reimbursement models continue to grow, CV specialists are in danger of being de-“valued” in the new era of PCP-controlled healthcare.
Two recent announcements about healthcare payment and costs should wake up every CV service line administrator:
