Hospitalogy Roundup 3/19/2024: Breaking down MedPAC’s report and more
Every March 15, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) releases a report on the state of Medicare fee-for-service payment adequacy for all healthcare services verticals, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D. Here’s the link. It’s an insanely long overview of how they view the world, and what the Commission thinks would be the best path forward to balance financial sustainability with access.
Read More3 Pain Points & Opportunities Finance & Strategy Leaders Are Facing in 2024
Hospitalogists, I’m excited to co-publish this piece alongside Unlock Health’s Chief Managed Care & Revenue Officer, Kevin Thilborger – an expert in the space with decades of strategy and advisory experience. Kevin works at Unlock Health, which is an end-to-end strategic growth marketing agency with extensive experience across provider organizations and risk bearing organizations. Given…
Read MoreHospitalogy Roundup: State of the Union Highlights and other notable weekly healthcare news
🏥 3.12.24 Intro I’m still not recovered from the absolute yearly ambush that is Daylight Savings Time’s spring forward. If I’m on UnitedHealth Group’s timeline, it’ll take me another 21 days to get there. (Sorry couldn’t resist that one) Thanks so much to WellSky for sponsoring today’s send – their first Hospitalogy sponsorship! Show them some…
Read MoreAnalyzing the $19.2B merger between Northwell Health and Nuvance Health
With this newsletter being the third send this week, I didn’t want to overwhelm you guys so this post is visually heavy, and short and sweet on the text side! Today’s essay is a high level overview of the Northwell-Nuvance merger from a financial and operating point of view, and some speculation on where they’re…
Read MoreCare Continuity: the air traffic control for your health system
I recently connected with the Care Continuity team and for health system folks, Care Continuity has a great value prop to get patients navigated within your network, transition them between care settings, and help you with your overall ambulatory strategy through better analytical information, ultimately preventing network leakage.
Read MoreUnitedHealth Group’s Antitrust Review: This time is different?
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