Union Health is making a new bid to Indiana regulators to buy its rival hospital in Terre Haute as the door looks poised to close on such deals. The nonprofit health system is trying to leverage an existing state law to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital, the only other acute care hospital in Vigo County….
A strategic orientation that leans into emerging value, even when this challenges our assumptions about who we are and what we do and the niche we do it in, enables organizations to make distinctive contributions sought by others. The post Magic Feedback Loops for Renewable Value in Healthcare Leadership appeared first on MedCity News.
BOWMAN, N.D. — Retta Jacobi stepped onto a metal platform that lifted her to an entrance on the side of a custom-designed semitrailer. Once inside, she lay down on a platform that technicians slid into an MRI machine. Jacobi hoped the scan would help pinpoint the source of the pain in her shoulders. The mobile…
More therapeutic options times more data per option times the same number of clinical hours equals something that breaks. The practices that will thrive when the next wave of longevity therapeutics arrives are the ones that have already solved this. The post AI Drug Discovery Is Reshaping Longevity Medicine. Is Your Practice Ready? appeared first…
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs. The post Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value appeared first on…
By MICHAEL MILLENSON “Money changes everything,” Cyndi Lauper famously sang about love to a pulsating rock ‘n’ roll beat. So, too, when it comes to financial incentives for surgeons, two new studies suggest, although “How much money?” and “What do I have to do?” are the keys to unlocking monetary motivation. The first study, a…
CFO Celeste Mellet said the insurer is “not seeing anything” suggesting medical and pharmacy cost growth will slow in the coming year
Gerri Norington, de 78 años, nunca quiso estar sola al envejecer. Pero su primer matrimonio acabó en divorcio y su segundo marido murió hace más de 30 años. Cuando una relación de cinco años llegó a su fin en 2006, se encontró sola, y así sigue desde entonces. “Echo de menos tener un compañero con…
Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of communication called assisted spelling. One problem: Leading professional organizations don’t believe it works. “All nonspeakers above the age of 5 should be given the opportunity,” typed Bonker, who…
[Sponsored] A webinar sponsored by Verato and scheduled for May 27 will explore how a unified identity strategy, spanning patients, providers, and emerging solutions like Verato Identity Network enables accurate attribution, strengthens interoperability, and ultimately drives VBC success. The post Building a Unified Identity Strategy so Interoperability for Value-Based Care Can Succeed appeared first on…