MedSpan Research Pay-For-Performance Case Study

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Connectivity is one of the Key Underlying P4P Programs…Read more to learn why

Here’s a MedSpan Research tip!

Clinical pharmacists are a good deal for drug companies’ market research. Consider clinical pharmacists as respondents when needing clinical insights regarding a new drug. Remember that health plan and some hospital-based clinical pharmacists specialize by drug class. Other hospital-based clinical pharmacists specialize by patient care unit (e.g., emergency department, ICU).

2015 Started Out With 89 New ACOs Joining the Medicare Shared Savings Program

89 new ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program starting January 2015, increasing the total participating ACOs to 424; including the Innovation Center’s 19 Pioneer ACOs. The 89 new Shared Services ACOs added 23,000 additional physicians and other providers to the Medicare Shared Savings Program’s provider network. The Share Services ACOs combined with the Innovation Center’s 19 Pioneer ACOs will serve over 7.8 million beneficiaries.

Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program to Give Incentive Payment Boost to 37% More Hospitals in 2015 Than 2014

in 2015, 463 more hospitals will be seeing a Medicare value-based purchasing program payment boost than 2014.

Case Study: Crossing the Hospital-Alternate Site Continuum

This study demonstrates how one of our clients was able gain information on how to improve their marketing strategy for a product in order to retain customers as they moved from the hospital to an alternate site of care.