Using Collaborative Care to Improve Psychiatric Outcomes and Reduce Costs
There is limited access to quality mental healthcare in the United States. Only 20% of adults with common mental health disorder see a specialist…
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Can Population Health Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Healthcare Costs?
While population health has become an increasingly popular term in medicine, it still lacks a commonly-accepted definition. David Kindig, who coined the term in…
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Site-Neutral Payments: A Shift Toward More Efficient Healthcare
CMS is proposing a controversial change to Medicare reimbursements beginning in 2019, known as the site-neutral payment policy. Under the policy, Medicare would reimburse…
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Eliminating Cost-Sharing Reductions
When the Affordable Care Act was created, it included a provision referred to as “cost-sharing reductions” for households that had an annual income 100-250%…
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Direct Primary Care: Better Healthcare, Happier Physicians
Last week, Florida joined a growing list of states passing legislation that recognizes a novel approach to healthcare: direct primary care (DPC). What is…
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Doctors Are Transforming Healthcare Outside of Clinical Medicine
After completing four grueling years of medical education, a select cohort of highly talented individuals attain the honor of calling themselves doctors. However, their…
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What Will Happen to Obamacare Under Trump?
Trump and GOP leaders have promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act upon taking control of the White House and Congress. Despite all of…
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How Alternative Payment Models Will Lead to Better Healthcare
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare industry has seen a flurry of changes ranging from mandated health insurance to the…
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How MIPS Will Affect Physician Reimbursement in 2017 & Beyond
With the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) about to take effect next January, only half of US physicians report being…
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