Dr. Toussaint discusses the impact of lean on the industry and which strategies CEOs should pursue. To download the article, click here – Combined HA Frontiers Release
Jay Fulkerson, president and CEO of HPS, talks about a streamlined payment method that helps providers and consumers, and shares his thoughts on the importance of payment reform in the healthcare industry. Organization Overview: Health Payment Systems (HPS) is a healthcare technology company aimed at taking waste out of the claims administration process, while making the […]
A new clinical business intelligence network (CBIN) has formed with the mission to learn, share and connect on the critical process of integrating business intelligence with healthcare enterprise strategy. To download the article, click here – 3.1.13.CBIN Founding Members Release_FINAL
In John Torinus’s latest blog, he discusses the impact of lean in manufacturing and how other sectors are utilizing lean practices. John shares how lean is transforming healthcare and can be applied to any process. To download the blog, click here
Kim Johnson and Todd Molefenter, deputy directors at NIATx, explain how creating provider-payer partnerships can improve addiction treatment. Organization Overview Founded in 2003, NIATx works with behavioral health and human services organizations across the country to improve the quality of services delivered by implementing a simple process improvement method. NIATx is part of the University […]
We highlighted the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation in our recent Mayo Proceedings article about “The Promise of Lean in Healthcare.” Now, HCC is taking steps toward greater payment reform as well. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation is continuing the type of improvement work we discussed in “The Promise of Lean […]
The January issue of Consumer Reports lists ThedaCare Physicians and Marshfield Clinic as having received the highest overall scores among 19 participating medical groups in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality provided the performance information for the article. To download the article, click here – WCHQ-Consumer-Reports
Karen Timberlake, director of the Partnership for Healthcare Payment Reform (PHPR) in Wisconsin, describes lessons learned during bundled payment experiments in 2012. Bundled payment for total knee replacement in the commercially insured population is up and running in three locations in Wisconsin. These organizations, along with three payer partners, are participating through the Wisconsin Partnership […]
Dr. Ralph F. Kalies, founder of BidRx, explains how changing the traditional business model in the pharmacy industry can help lower costs. Organization Overview: BidRx® creates a competitive electronic marketplace (CEMTM) for medications that allows patients and providers to engage in active, transparent commerce on-line and in real time. The model fosters head-to-head, value-driven competition among […]
Michael Richards, Executive Director of External Affairs at Gundersen Lutheran Health System and Brian Vamstad, Legislative Policy Analyst and Coordinator of the Healthcare Quality Coalition discuss the HQC’s work. Organization Overview The Healthcare Quality Coalition (HQC) began in 2009 as an ad-hoc group of healthcare organizations advocating for reform to the healthcare delivery and payment […]
