How Blockchain Can Make Patients More Valuable In 2012, NFL Hall-of-Fame linebacker Junior Seau tragically committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest. He did so to preserve his brain so that his condition, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), could...
Bundled Payment Models: How they are Driving Value-Based Care and the Need to Embrace Them The US healthcare reimbursement system has endured endless modifications in an effort to reduce its overall cost. As part of an ambitious shift from “volume to value,”...
Eliminate the Double Penalty for Complication Expenses in Bundled Payment Programs Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, as well as countless other cryptocurrencies that have been the center of much attention in the investment world lately. Many argue...
Why Providers in Value-Based Care Programs Should Suddenly Care about the Collateral Source Rule The collateral source rule (CSR) prevents attorneys from using to their advantage whether defendants in a negligence lawsuit have insurance (a “collateral source”)...
Eliminate the Double Penalty for Complication Expenses in Bundled Payment Programs A “bundled payment” is a term that refers to a single, global payment for an “episode” of care. Currently, the most common episodes are orthopedic surgical procedures (e.g. hip...
Another Win for VBC: Hospital Price Transparency Mandate Upheld In a major victory for the independent practice of medicine and the value-based care movement, a lawsuit brought by The American Hospital Association (AHA) against The US Dept. of HHS* was...
