Beginning in 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will begin a program of penalizing hospitals that have higher than expected 30-day readmission rates. The program is called the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and the penalties will be in the form of reduced Medicare payments that will make already stressed hospital CFOs think long and […]
Eye on the Prize
There has been a lot of talk in healthcare circles about the concept of “gamification,” a super-annoying made-up word that means turning health tasks into games so they are more engaging and people are more willing to do them. People and companies are coming up with all sorts of games for kids with asthma and […]
Innovating for More Affordable Healthcare
Yesterday the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a 24-page supplemental section in its journal that was sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and entitled Innovating for More Affordable Healthcare. As a fervent UC Berkeley supporter it pains me to promote anything out of Stanford, but I admit this is some very interesting reading (it […]
