By TKG’s JP Strapp Reed Abelson recently published a piece in the New York Times that highlighted the trend in health insurance: health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are making a comeback. New types of systems and plans, Abelson writes, operate in a similar way to HMOs, through limiting coverage to a specific narrow network and making… Continue reading The New HMO: Actionable Data, Team-Based Care, Patient Engagement
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The Voice of the Organized Customer
Eyeforpharma, a global provider of healthcare business insights and conferences, selected TKG as a partner for the organization’s Real World Evidence & Market Access Summit in 2015 in order to leverage TKG’s deep understanding of health system care delivery. The event focused on insights into emerging trends for organized customers and TKG’s speakers and content… Continue reading The Voice of the Organized Customer
Financial Incentives in Drug Spending: Medicare’s Effort to Reduce Cost of Care
By TKG’s Isabel Platt Margot Sanger-Katz recently published a piece in The New York Times’ The Upshot about Medicare’s new experiment to reduce financial incentives for prescribing certain medications. Currently, Medicare reimburses providers 6% of the price of medications they prescribe to their patients, which, if given a choice of two similar drugs, effectively encourages… Continue reading Financial Incentives in Drug Spending: Medicare’s Effort to Reduce Cost of Care
MACRA: Your New Future of Value-Based Delivery
By TKG’s Harshini Parvatha Click here to read the original post on LinkedIn. Recently, I had the pleasure of being a part of The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control’s (COSEHC) annual board meeting and participated in an interactive discussion with Dr. Paul McGann, CMS Chief Medical Officer for Quality Improvement, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality.… Continue reading MACRA: Your New Future of Value-Based Delivery
Health System and Payor Landscape at AMGA
At this week’s American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Annual Conference in Orlando, leaders from across the industry will gather to network and learn from the best in the healthcare industry. The Kinetix Group is thrilled to be moderating a panel discussion on Friday morning over breakfast. We’ve gathered a group of health system executives from… Continue reading Health System and Payor Landscape at AMGA
Emerging Payments: The Total Cost of Care Model
The Kinetix Group recently released a white paper, entitled Emerging Payment Models, co-authored by John Strapp, Len Fromer, and John Walker. This is part of a series of posts highlighting its themes. To download the paper and read more, click here. Strategic, technologic, and methodological shifts have enabled the change towards emerging payment models. In the upcoming… Continue reading Emerging Payments: The Total Cost of Care Model
NASH: A Game Changer or a Quick Fix?
By TKG’s Harshini Parvatha A recent article published by Bloomberg frames the new Intercept drug, OCA, used for the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), as the “real prize” in the market today. We agree that NASH is an extremely relevant area of discussion as it affects two to five percent of the American population. However,… Continue reading NASH: A Game Changer or a Quick Fix?
Key Impacts of Payment Models
The Kinetix Group recently released a white paper, entitled Emerging Payment Models, co-authored by John Strapp, Len Fromer, and John Walker. This is the first of an upcoming series of posts highlighting its themes. To download the paper and read more, click here. Emerging payment models have already made an impact on the healthcare industry.… Continue reading Key Impacts of Payment Models
Emerging Payment Models
Key stakeholders within the healthcare sector are investing significant efforts towards achieving the Triple Aim: improving patient outcomes, enhancing the patient experience, and reducing per capita costs. To this end, stakeholders have been adopting alternative payment models that incentivize improved health outcomes. These payment models distribute risk across stakeholders – including providers, consumers, and employers… Continue reading Emerging Payment Models
A Successful 2015
By TKG’s President, Sarah McNulty Looking back at 2015 we had many company accomplishments that will propel us toward new horizons in 2016. Last year marked another record period of growth and profitability and we expanded our service offerings to include health information technology consulting for both health systems and life science firms. Additionally, the company… Continue reading A Successful 2015