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Comprehensive Total Care for Joint Replacement Model
The comprehensive total care for joint replacement model – which bundles payments for patients that have joint replacement surgery on the lower extremities of the body – has been widely anticipated by physical therapists. According to statistics, in the year of 2014,...
Improving Patient Outcomes Through Payer-Provider Collaborations
One of the most productive steps in improving patient outcomes is for providers to actively participate in payer-provider collaborations. In fact, these partnerships are considered to be one of the most positive and productive features of the new landscape in...
Incentives with Value-Based Contracts
Value-based contracts are becoming increasingly popular among healthcare providers. As these types of contracts continue to grow in popularity, many physicians are starting to dabble with strategies that will not only ensure high-quality care for patients, but, will...
Shared-Savings Initiative
Recently, the insurance company Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of the State of New Jersey made an announcement that it paid out a large amount of money across several practices as part of a shared-savings initiative - $3 million to be exact. This shared-savings...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 6
This week, we conclude our multi-part series, A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success. We thank you for electing to follow us these past 6 weeks. You now realize that MSOs are a way to...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 5
Thank you for continuing to follow this series. In the past four installments, you have learned numerous facts and benefits associated with the collaboration efforts associated with Management Service Organizations (MSOs). We have outlined the fact that MSOs allow you...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 4
Thank you for continuing to follow our series, A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success. In the past several weeks, you have learned many important facts pertaining to the collaboration...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 3
In the past couple of weeks, you have been introduced to a wide array of concepts in our series, A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success. In these two parts, you have learned that,...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 2
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 2 Thank you for continuing our series, A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration...
A Management Service Organization Provides Medical Professionals with a Unified Collaboration Approach to Achieving Success – Part 1
It has recently been concluded that a Management Service Organization (MSO) provides medical professionals with a unified collaboration-based approach that will allow each to achieve success – as a sole provider, and as part of a team of providers. Michael Porter,...
The Total Care Health Plans That Are Sponsored by Providers Are Not Functioning Well in Insurance Markets
According to recent research, the total care health plans that are sponsored by providers are not functioning in an appropriate manner in insurance markets. This mainly stems from the fact that the plan providers are struggling to ensure that their total care plans...
The Cost Effectiveness of Total Care Physical Therapy Programs
In December 2015, a review was published in the ever-popular issue of Physical Therapy. This particular study was conducted to determine if total care physical therapy programs are considered to be cost effective. In all, a total of 18 unique studies were evaluated....
