In Part 1 of “Attribution and Market Share, a Story of Growth,” I discussed whether you need to increase attribution, and how you can go about doing that. We covered a significant amount of information, so if you haven’t read it, please do that before reading this blog. When we…

The Salient Healthcare team is constantly trying to find new conferences to attend because while some conferences have overlapping themes, each one draws a slightly different crowd. With that comes new ideas, new networking opportunities, and ultimately new opportunities for our team to grow. Albert Einstein said, “Once you stop…

In a new National Quality Forum report, the necessity of using data management tools is outlined as a challenge for most healthcare institutions. However, the report also emphasizes that data management tools are one of the most important ventures for healthcare practitioners. According to the report, “effective data management is…

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has forever changed healthcare in America. Private practices, hospitals and other healthcare providers must evolve with the times to remain in business. However, with the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), there is a new opportunity to increase profit while improving the health of patients. …

CMS has declared they are attempting to tie 50% of their reimbursements to value-based care by 2018, and 30% by next year (2016). This marks an impending concrete shift to value-based care over fee-for-service for all Medicare participating providers. Providers will need to change their systems and strategies to stay…

Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is one of the 29 ACOs that successfully earned shared savings with Medicare in the first performance year, to an amount of $22 million. They are an example to all of the ACOs attempting similar goals. Palm Beach ACO is a large organization, with…

In MGMA’s “Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups: 2014 Report Based on 2013 Data” they revealed the best practices from a select group out of 2,518 physician organizations. …

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have implemented several quality initiatives across hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and other settings in an effort to promote “new payment systems that reward physicians for providing improved quality care, rather than simply paying based on the volume of services.”…

“Fear of the unknown is the impetus behind many analytics efforts. Accountable care requires providers to go far beyond providing episodic care, instead actively managing patients and disease states.” — Greg Gillespie Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have the responsibility of taking on huge populations of new patients, improving overall health…