Physician alignment
Subtitle: constructing viable roadmaps for the future
By: George Mayzell, William R. Breen Jr
Contributors: Breen, William R., 1962-
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781466504769
Subjects: Physician Incentive Plans; Integrated Delivery of Health Care; Health Care Reform; Organizational Models; Organization & administration
Description: "Through healthcare reform, payment modifications, transparency, and a renewed focus on value, the healthcare industry is changing its organizational structure from one of a multitude of individual entities to one of a system-of-care model. This restructuring and subsequent alignment of information represents many opportunities and risks for physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Discussing all of the relevant issues involved, this book looks at various ways that physicians and hospitals can create systems that will survive and thrive through the important changes facing healthcare today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : how we got here; title: Overview of the future; title: Traditional integration models; title: Revenue of the acronyms, co-management, IPA, and PHO : integration structure; title: Physician employment; title: Clinical integration; title: Accountable care organizations and the patient-centered medical home; title: Assessing your current alignment strategy; title: Methodist Le Bonheur healthcare overview; title: Putting it all together, full integration.