tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71427757623761653282011-07-08T09:42:24.343-04:00Mattox on Health CareMattoxnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142775762376165328.post-27149573797439535122011-04-18T10:14:00.004-04:002011-04-27T13:32:11.628-04:00Start-up funding for ACOs
In the process of reading through the 400+ page proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations, a thought consistently surfaces: this program has the potential to change health care in this country.
If ACOs succeed in motivating providers to improve outcomes and lower costs for a population of Medicare beneficiaries, then I suspect the private insurers will follow and a new era of care will Mattoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142775762376165328.post-86800371538200973092010-08-23T14:12:00.009-04:002010-08-23T22:02:00.525-04:00Why mid-sized hospitals are the biggest winners of Meaningful UseIt is a good time to be a CFO of an independent mid-sized hospital. Why? A mid-sized hospital stands to collect roughly the same Meaningful Use incentive payment as a hospital that is many times larger stands to receive.
This is due to a key component of the incentive payment formula: the discharge volume cap. The incentive payment formula does pay larger sums for hospitals with larger discharge Mattoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142775762376165328.post-20249833445615028642010-06-21T08:21:00.002-04:002010-06-29T06:10:28.446-04:00A new healthcare interface engine from MuleSoft and AxialHow much money will be spent on health care interoperability over the next decade? How many disparate systems need to be connected within and among hospitals, clinics, labs, Medicaid agencies, and all other healthcare stakeholders? Millions of installed systems from hundreds of vendors? To wit, take a look at the following application categories: clinical decision support
self-service patient Mattoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142775762376165328.post-7543582224398695462010-04-29T16:01:00.001-04:002010-04-29T16:02:36.602-04:00Can open source improve US health care?Jason Hibbets of Red Hat interviewed me for this story, which was originally published on Red Hat's opensource.com site under a Creative Commons license.
1. Why is health care so expensive in the US?
That's a controversial topic, but my sense is that our fee-for-service reimbursement system and our care delivery model are each key factors. When you take a system where suppliers create their Mattoxnoreply@blogger.com