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Day 1 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

I was struck on the first day of the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference by Sanjay Doddamani (CEO of UpStream Healthcare) saying that “Health is a state of independence.” A simple statement, but a very profound and...more

Day 3 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

CMI, CMMI, and Changing the Consumer Experience in the U.S. and China - Case Mix Index: Sitting in multiple hospital, payor and physician organization presentations at the J.P. Morgan healthcare conference this year, it is...more

Day 2 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

The Big Cost; Cancer is the Answer; and SDOH Evolves - The Big Cost: You’re okay today, and then tomorrow you’re not. Life has changed and there’s a new reality. Whether it’s an acute event – an accident, a heart attack, a...more

Day 1 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA, Risk, Medicare Advantage or Quality. This...more

Day 3 Notes from the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

The 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference did not see multiple blockbuster announcements like in some earlier years but instead showcased an industry hard at work calmly and meaningfully trying to address and innovate to solve...more

Day 2 Notes from the 2019 JPMorgan Healthcare Conference

What is Quality Anyways?: James Hinton, the CEO of Baylor Scott and White, got a good laugh from the audience when he said that he was proud to be one of the five or six hundred hospitals in the nation’s top 100 hospitals....more

Day 1 Notes on the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Please Don’t Poke the Baby – Sharing a best practice and talking about taking a local hospital learning and turning it into a systemwide approach, Mark Harrison of Intermountain Healthcare shared the fact that taking fewer...more

Day 4 Notes on the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

San Francisco (January 11, 2018) – The final day of the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference gave us food for thought about the topic of healthcare navigation, as well as updates on the home health sector. Post-acute has...more

Day 3 Notes on the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

San Francisco (Wednesday, January 10, 2018) – The third afternoon of the conference was a deep dive into data and analytics, with successive presentations by IBM Watson Health, Inovalon and AthenaHealth and an earlier morning...more

Notes on Day 2 of the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

San Francisco (Tuesday, January 9, 2018): Day 2 of the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference provided concrete examples of the trends that have been discussed in recent years – the impact of shifting healthcare delivery...more

Day 1 Notes from the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco

San Francisco (Monday, January 8, 2018): Outside it was raining heavily today in San Francisco, but inside the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference the weather was distinctly sunny. Nary a hint of gloom or pessimism was heard...more

Food for Thought (and Health): Day 2 Notes from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: Is the healthcare industry pushing a rock up a hill? We collectively are trying to provide healthcare with improved quality and reduced cost, but the structure of the nation’s...more

Day Three Notes – JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco

On January 13, 2016, conference sessions surfaced interesting questions and approaches regarding the post-acute sector, bundled payment, emergency medicine and anesthesia. Post-Acute Focus: With more and more focus on...more

Day Two Notes – JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco

It was another interesting day at JP Morgan, the healthcare conference that never disappoints. Surprising declarations of war and peace, partnering that really works and strong growth stories all were heard today....more

CMS Grants First Waiver of Stark Law Expansion Restrictions—Are More Ahead?

Are changes to the landscape of physician hospital ownership ahead? The Affordable Care Act amended the federal Stark Law to eliminate the “whole hospital exception” that permitted self-referrals provided the referring...more

From Competitors to Co-Adventurers, Seven Hospital Systems Join with Anthem Blue Cross to Shake Things Up in Southern California

Anthem Blue Cross and seven competing hospital systems in Southern California are joining forces to establish a new health plan offering, Vivity.[1] Operating with a combined 14 hospitals and approximately 6,000 physicians,...more

Nonprofit Hospital Revenue Growth Slows

For the second straight year in a row, nonprofit hospital expenses have increased more than revenue, according to a study of 383 hospital systems by Moody’s Investors Service released on August 27, 2014. In an article...more

9/4/2014  /  Hospitals , Nonprofits

Highlights from the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s Hearing on Medicare Observation Status

A recent Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing focused on the impact of Medicare observation status, a hospital outpatient designation for which Medicare covers fewer services and generally reimburses for services at a...more

A “virtual merger” is underway between Chicago-area Alexian Brothers Health System and Adventist Midwest Health

Chicago-area Alexian Brothers Health System and Adventist Midwest Health signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a joint operating company, a collaboration commonly referred to as a virtual merger. As Alexian brings...more

In Michigan, CHE Trinity Health and Ascension Health Network come together in Together Health Network

Competitors CHE Trinity Health Michigan and Ascension Health Michigan recently announced the Together Health Network, LLC—a separate and jointly owned, statewide, clinically integrated health network....more

5/20/2014  /  Healthcare , Hospitals , Networks

Has New York State Failed its Hospitals?

According to New York’s Department of Health Commissioner, “nearly half [of] New York’s 227 hospitals are financially distressed.” What then is the future for New York’s hospitals, especially in light of healthcare...more

New York State budget negotiations contemplate private equity investment into hospitals…again

Should private equity play a bigger role in New York State healthcare facilities? This is the question facing New York State legislators for the second year in a row....more

Thinking Ahead - Opinions About Trends and Challenges in Today's Health Care Industry: What Next for WellPoint After the CEO...

This week brought the announcement that WellPoint Inc. selected Joseph Swedish to become its next Chief Executive Officer. Swedish will leave his position as CEO of nonprofit Catholic health system Trinity Health, which has...more

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