Physician Issues

Expert Insights

• What the shared savings program final rule means for CI programs 

  October 28, 2011 | Blog | Health Care Advisory Board

  Five key takeaways for clinical integration programs to consider as they assess their response to the final Medicare Shared Savings Program rule.

• Set a strong course: Choose the right executive director for your CI network

  August 8, 2011 | Expert Perspective | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Examine the role of the CI program executive director and learn about the clinical governance and administrative management structures that support this position.

• The ROI from CI: What do hospitals gain from program partnership?

  July 5, 2011 | Blog | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  In most CI programs today, joint payer contracts cover only physician services, not hospital services, meaning that hospitals sponsoring CI programs must look for more indirect returns. Here, we explore some of those potential gains.

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Research

• The High-Performance Medical Group 

  December 28, 2011 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board

  Explore 15 key attributes of organizations that generate strong operational and clinical results by fostering integration among employed physicians and successfully managing physician practices at scale.

• Transforming Primary Care: Building a Sustainable Network for Comprehensive Care Delivery
  

  December 21, 2010 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Presents lessons for transforming your institution’s primary care strategy—including assembling a high-performance primary care network and transitioning practice operations to the medical home model—to navigate the transition from fee-for-service to accountable care.

• The Accountable Physician Enterprise: Partnering with Physicians to Transform Care Delivery

  November 12, 2010 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Key lessons for achieving the level of hospital-physician integration needed for success in accountable care.

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Tools & Analytics

• Clinical Integration Investment Calculator
  

  January 13, 2011 | Tool | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Assess whether to pursue a CI strategy by calculating expected baseline investment costs in four areas: IT, program staffing, project development, and administrative expenses.

• Clinical Integration Talking Points: Recommended Responses to Physician Questions and Concerns
  

  November 15, 2010 | Tool | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  Based on conversations with CI programs that have successfully overcome this challenge and legal experts, the Health Care Advisory Board has compiled a set of CI talking points designed to help organizations engage physicians in CI.

• Physician Performance Improvement Metric Pick List
  

  April 16, 2009 | Tool | Clinical Advisory Board
  

  Find or create specialty-specific metrics appropriate for measuring individual-level physician performance, either for complying with the Joint Commission’s OPPE requirement, or for general performance improvement purposes.

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Multimedia

• Realizing returns from clinical integration 

  December 27, 2011 | Video | Health Care Advisory Board

  Sarah O'Hara outlines the benefits clinical integration offers both physicians and hospitals.

• Clinical Integration 

  October 19, 2011 | Webconference | IT Strategy Council

  Explore the imperatives and alternatives for IT to enable clinically integrated networks.

• Covenant Health Partners: Six Lessons for Building a Clinical Integration Program That Works 

  September 27, 2011 | Webconference | Crimson Continuum of Care

  Covers lessons learned on topics critical to program success: physician governance, technology requirements, measure selection, contracting, incentive distribution, and of course, ROI.

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Products & Services

• Crimson Continuum of Care

  Physician alignment-focused technology solutions and best practice research designed to advance quality and enable cost savings.

• Southwind

  Physician practice management and consulting services addressing physician employment, physician practice acquisition, clinical integration, and alternative models of physician alignment.

• Crimson Care Registry

  A real-time patient registry that enables providers to improve outcomes and overall population health.

• Health Care Advisory Board

  Our flagship program, providing best practice research to health care executives.

• Clinical Integration Project 

  Serves hospitals, health systems, and physician organizations working to establish effective clinical integration (CI) programs, develop best practices for operating and refining the performance-focused physician network, and share ongoing lessons learned.