Fostering Healthcare Innovation in Vermont
In my recent encounters with leaders who are fostering healthcare innovation in Vermont, I have observed that leadership within the ACOs, The Vermont Medical Society, forward-looking and socially oriented members of Faculty at the UVM Medical School, the leadership of...
Healthcare Innovation in Vermont
I am now involved in a small way with the Vermont Healthcare Innovation Project that is the latest of several efforts in Vermont to move away from healthcare that is fragmented, inefficient and expensive. Despite efforts to move toward value-based reimbursement and...
Blocking a Healthcare Giant
Recently the Boston Globe reported that healthcare giant Partners Healthcare had abandoned a three-year effort to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. The Globe called it “an unprecedented setback for an organization used to getting its way.” If I ever needed to...
The Future of Healthcare Payment
Healthcare payment models are changing. Since the passage four years ago of the Affordable Health Care act, even the total optimists have become somewhat frustrated with the ups and downs of implementation, and many progressives continue to call for even greater...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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