by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 9, 2015 | Accountability, Featured Post, Lean, Payment Models, Process Improvement, Reform, The Triple Aim
Last month CMS announced the results of the efforts of the Pioneer and MSSP (Medicare Shared Savings Program) ACOs for 2014. The headline made for compelling reading: Medicare ACOs Provide Improved Care While Slowing Cost Growth in 2014. This suggests that sustainable...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 18, 2015 | Accountability, Delivery, Featured Post, Process Improvement, Reform
Dr. Doug Beer, my former colleague and longtime friend, told me a story about the way healthcare overkill can actually kill a patient. Doug, who practices internal medicine at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and I were talking about cancer treatment during a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 14, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Process Improvement, Reform, Resources
As I reflect in early retirement on my years of practice, I am a little surprised that I am losing the names of many of my patients. I saw thousands of patients in more than a hundred thousand office visits and stood at the bedsides of thousands more in hundreds of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 3, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Reform
ACO leaders are going to need to acquire a new set of competencies. Recently I attended a conference in Boston on access, innovation and Accountable Care Organizations. I was scheduled to be on a panel at the end of the day talking about ACOs with a physician from...