Impact on Medicare Payments of Shift in Site of Care for Chemotherapy Administration
The Berkeley Research Group (BRG) released a new study sponsored by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) on the cost of cancer treatment. The study found that two independent trends, acting in combination, are currently resulting in increased Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) chemotherapy payments. These results reinforce similar findings in previous studies by Avalere Health, Milliman and The Moran Company. Berkeley Research Group Directors Aaron Vandervelde and Dr. Henry Miller and Principal JoAnna Younts write about Medicare hospital outpatient claims, physician office claims, and physician-based oncology practices by 340B hospitals in the report.
New Reimbursement Models to Eclipse Fee-for-Service by 2020
Healthcare is moving rapidly to incorporate measures of value into payment models, with more than two-thirds of payments expected to be based on value measurement in five years, up from just one-third today. That’s according to a new study, The 2014 State of Value-Based Reimbursement, a national research study of 464 payers and hospitals conducted by ORC International, commissioned by McKesson, and published this week at AHIP’s Institute 2014 conference in Seattle, Wash.
EMC Privacy Index Study
The 2014 EMC Privacy Index surveyed 15,000 people in 15 countries to produce a ranking of nations based on consumer perceptions and attitudes about data privacy, and their willingness to trade privacy for greater convenience and benefits online. The Index revealed that privacy is a complex issue, with consumers wanting the benefits of technology without having to sacrifice any privacy. Three privacy paradoxes emerged as particularly significant, each with powerful implications.
Availity study on Provider Attitudes Toward Value-Based Payment Models
Availity, a leading health information network has published their finding in a study on provider’s attitudes toward value-based payment models. Study shows while 75% of providers currently participate in at least one value-based payment model, and more than 60% expect them to become the dominant payment model, fewer than 30% believe they offer a good level of reward for the risk. The study highlights feedback from more than 500 physician practice and hospital-based professionals nationwide. It summarizes the providers’ real-world experience with these new models, revealing perspectives on the impact they will have to the health care system, and calling out the gaps and barriers hindering success. The study follows the 2013 research Availity conducted to determine the operational readiness of providers and health plans to implement value-based models of care and reimbursement.
2014 Strategic Insights Report- Reducing Suffering: The Path to Patient-Centered Care
Press Ganey, a recognized leader in performance improvement has release their 2014 Strategic Insights report. The report presents a framework to deconstruct and address patient suffering as part of the mission to achieve patient-centered care. Reducing Suffering: The Path to Patient-Centered Care, outlines an approach to both understand and address sources of avoidable suffering across the continuum of care, and discusses three levels of advanced analytics that pinpoint opportunities to improve the overall patient experience.
2nd Annual Practice Profitability Index
CareCloud in partnership with QuantiaMD has released the 2nd annual Practice Profitability Index (PPI). It was created to gauge the operational and financial health of private practices in 2014. Thanks to the insights provided by over 5,000 physicians, the report underscores challenges that make staying profitable a demanding task for today’s physician practices – and what they’re doing about it.
Trends in Healthcare Payments Annual Report 2013
InstaMed has released the industry’s 2013 Trends in Healthcare Payments Annual Report. Showcasing key market trends impacting the healthcare payments industry, this report presents quantitative data extracted from the InstaMed Network to promote awareness, change and greater efficiency. Additionally, this report features trends based on qualitative data obtained from healthcare providers, payers and patients nationwide. Watch the video and download the report.
Accenture’s 2014 Patient Engagement Survey
This survey polled 10,730 consumers in 10 countries, including 2,011 in the United States. Where applicable, the survey compared the perceptions of healthy individuals and those who self-reported being diagnosed with one or more of the following 11 chronic conditions: asthma, arthritis, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, clinically diagnosed obesity, osteoporosis and stroke. The survey was conducted online between February 21 and March 16, 2014, by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB). More than two-thirds (69 percent) of U.S. consumers with chronic health conditions believe patients should have the right to access all of their healthcare information, and roughly half (51 percent) believe that accessing their medical records online outweighs the privacy risks, according to the new survey.