Iasis’ quality chief jumps to Humana
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 8:09 amJohn Cruickshank has left Iasis Healthcare after a year and a half as chief quality officer at the Franklin-based hospital company. The 52-year-old is now chief medical officer for Humana in Arizona. He joined Iasis around the time the company inked a hospitalist contract that led to eight doctors leaving the group he was running at the time.
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Lake Wobegon Medical Center welcomes you
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:47 pmA new survey by Health Affairs says 99 percent of hospital chairman think their facility provides above-average care. Its authors provide one interesting regulatory suggestion.
The large differences in board activities between high-performing and low-performing hospitals we found suggest that governing boards may be an important target for intervention for policymakers hoping to improve care in U.S. hospitals.
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TennCare releases report on MCO performance
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 7:12 amThe Bureau of TennCare on Monday released an analysis of the 2008 performance of TennCare participating managed care organizations. The report looks at 74 measures related to effectiveness and access to care, patient satisfaction, use of services, costs and others – comparing each MCO and aggregate results against national Medicaid averages. This is first report with data on behavioral health and drug and alcohol dependence treatment. Read the full report here.
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No love for Nashville hospitals
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 7:22 amData Advantage today released a list of the 100 “Best in Value” hospitals from its Hospital Value Index. The Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge was the only Tennessee hospital to make the list, which is presented alphabetically. Facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama and North Carolina are the best represented.
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Need a hospital? Stay away from California
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 6:59 amA teaser look at the upcoming release by Data Advantage of the Hospital Value Index puts most of the lowest-rated markets in the Golden State. The top cities to be in — their actual names will be released next week — are in smaller, less populous states.
“The rules have changed — whether because of the economy, health reform or Value-Based purchasing, and quality alone is not a sustainable strategy for the U.S. hospital industry,” said John Morrow, one of the authors of the study. “These organizations will need to be accountable to their communities for their performance on value and be transparent about doing so.”
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Passport wants to cross your Ts and dot your Is
Posted on September 1, 2009 at 12:41 pmPassport Health has launched a clinical business orders division and is rolling out OrderChecker to “help providers ensure physician-ordered clinical tests, procedures and other transactions are correct and pass multiple payer compliance edits from scheduling to claims coding.”
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Study: Hospitalists slash repeat visits
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 12:51 pmCogent Healthcare calls attention to a study that says its hospitalist programs produce readmission rates of about 6 percent – less than a third the national average. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin/Northwestern University studied 25 hospitals in 11 states for a year.
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Another blog joins the ‘-osphere’
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 1:42 pmLocal health care information firm Data Advantage has started its own blog. Those interested in issues facing the health care world can now hear a local insider’s take from the company’s highly regarded chief executive Hal Andrews, who has been responsible for most of the site’s posts.
To view The Healthcare Value Blog, click here.
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Shouldn’t someone from Nashville be among the most creative in health care?
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 11:30 amAnd I don’t mean that like, “Hey, Fast Company editors, why aren’t you paying attention to Music City’s health care machine?” It’s more a case of “Does this mean Nashville’s powerhouse industry is no longer producing innovative ideas?”
It’s never the same anywhere
Posted on May 4, 2009 at 12:22 pmNashville’s Data Advantage today released results of its state-by-state hospital comparison, part of its Hospital Value Index, which rates hospitals quality of care, affordability and efficiency, and patient satisfaction and often highlights the disparate level of value between different areas of the country.
According to its latest interactive map, available here, shows the highest health care value to be found in Montana, Massachusetts, and Iowa, while states like New Mexico, Nevada, and California.
Tennessee’s score fell more towards the middle.
Study: Hospitals delivering less value than last year
Posted on March 4, 2009 at 10:33 am
Research firm Data Advantage, which is run by former Essent exec Hal Andrews, says the median Hospital Value Index – a measure culled from CMS numbers that combines cost and quality – has fallen more than 8 percent since last summer. Another statistical tidbit: The best value for your hospital dollar is in the Great Plains.
Of the four best performing CMS regions, the hospitals in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri (CMS Region VII) reported the lowest average Medicare reimbursement per member per year for all healthcare costs, indicating that these hospitals are able to offer relatively high value at a relatively low cost.
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