Postpartum care — the “fourth trimester” — is too often overlooked and undervalued in women’s healthcare. In observation of National Women’s Health Week, we spoke with two OB-GYNs about the clinical and cultural changes needed to better support mothers and children.
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Why aren’t risk-based contracts more popular? Join Keith Fernandez, MD, as he explores ways physicians can advance these risky — yet rewarding — payment models.
Why are in-office visits decreasing? Are “early birds” healthier than “night owls” or vice versa? Do patients trust their medication management abilities? Find the answers to these questions and more in The Rundown, our weekly digest of healthcare’s most important issues!
Why is “vaccine hesitancy” a global health threat? How much have insulin costs risen? How can marketing affect the opioid epidemic? Find the answers to these questions and more in The Rundown, our weekly digest of healthcare’s most important issues!
What percentage of Americans are extremely worried about the nation’s healthcare system? Will this year’s flu be as bad as 2018? Is value-based care catching on or fading away? Find the answers to these questions and more in The Rundown, our weekly digest of healthcare’s most important issues!
2018 was an exciting year for healthcare: multibillion-dollar companies merged, telehealth laws advanced, and disruptive innovators like Amazon made a splash. With all of this activity, what trends and technology can we look forward to in 2019?
In part five of our “Peak Practice Performance” series, we examine how primary care providers can leverage “pop health” initiatives like wellness visits, Medicare Advantage, telehealth, and other strategies to boost their revenue and improve patient health outcomes!
Physician-led ACOs routinely outperform hospital ACOs. Why is this? Learn what policies and features enable these organizations to improve the patient experience while lowering costs!
Clunky technology and administrative hassles force providers to exert herculean energy to discover basic data about their practices. How many diabetics do you treat at your practice? How many non-smokers? What about patients with more than one chronic illness? Understanding the nuances of your patient population is important to you because you care about the …
By now, you’ve heard about the transition from volume to value in healthcare, but what does it really mean? In this blog, I’ll attempt to explain it in layman’s terms. Value-based Care and the Connection with Population Health Simply put, “value” is defined as better quality for lower cost; an easy concept to grasp, but …