Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | Joel Sauer
The emphasis today for cardiology practices, hospitals and health systems is squarely on value. Treating patients effectively and efficiently at a reduced cost but with high quality and satisfaction is the new normal. MedAxiom understands the importance of this changed mindset and see many industry organizations adapting by developing and supporting their customers with solutions rather than just products and services.
Our coming discussions will help create a framework for what’s happening now. We will be discussing such topics as Meaningful Use, Advocacy, ACO’s, Data metrics outcomes and Quality in the coming weeks. We will also dive into the new Bundled Payment Care Initiative to see why the healthcare payers and providers are looking at new and creative ways to provide increased value while simultaneously driving costs out of the system.
Lastly, we will provide an analysis of the trends in our performance measures we have been collecting from members for the past 18 years, discuss new data analytics and add an overview on healthcare economics from a cardiology industry perspective.
We trust you will find these discussions to be a valuable tool to help you gain insight into the MedAxiom community.
Joel Sauer, MBA, is Executive Vice President of MedAxiom Consulting. Joel consults around the country in the area of value-oriented physician/hospital partnerships preparing health organizations for the value economy. His work includes vision and strategy setting, creating and implementing effective governance and leadership structures, co-management development, joint venture and other innovative partnerships, and provider compensation plan design. Beyond the above, Joel has a wealth of experience in service line development, clinical strategy development, provider workforce planning; including care team creation and physician slow-down policies, MACRA and bundled payment planning, and operational assessments.
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