How we used machine learning to reduce rehospitalizations
By
Mike Logan
Feb 12, 2021
In late 2020, I applied for a technology grant through a machine-learning technology company that builds customized, machine-learning tools based on a facility’s retrospective EHR and rehospitalization...
Jonathan Blum, who oversaw long-term care reforms, resigns as head of Medicare
Apr 23, 2014
The nation’s top Medicare official, Jonathan Blum, is leaving his post next month, news outlets reported Tuesday. Blum became a familiar figure to long-term care providers through Open Door Forum...
Providers tentatively welcome Medicare payment goals tied to quality
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2015
Long-term care leaders on Monday called a first-ever federal timeline for greater levels of bundled and other alternative payments “aggressive” but “a good thing.”
How to survive the likely shift to bundled payments
By
Anthony Laflen
Dec 14, 2016
Shifting the focus from the volume of services provided to the patient outcomes achieved is remarkably beneficial to both parties.
Capitalizing on site neutral payments in BPCI
By
Elana Stair and Colin Yee
Jan 30, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Bundled Payment for Care Improvement program is well underway with hundreds of providers already in the risk-bearing phase and thousands more in the midst of...