I am very impressed!

Two tweeps guessed it - a 'lip stick container' - patent is from 1920s

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description.

Travis Broome, SVP for Policy & Economics, asked at the The National Association of ACOS conference: 'How do we set incentives to turn those 200,000 avoided hospitalizations into 400,000 avoided hospitalizations, and later, a million?' Explore this & more in our new blog post. ow.ly/LX8e50Ro01v

On this week's ACO Show, Sean Cavanaugh and I break down the CMSGov Update on Medicare VBC Strategy- tip of the hat (and constructive criticism) for each of their major components: Alignment, Growth, Equity

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podcast
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weekend puzzle-

I will be very impressed if anyone guesses the original function of this item, found in the woods

(answer with missing clue will be posted tomorrow)

Aledade is pleased to receive the official endorsement of The IPA Association of America, the nation's leading organization that assists and supports independent doctors. #ValueBasedCare resources.aledade.com/uncategorized/…

Briefly jumping back on this platform to say this is true - and thank you Matt!

Keep an eye on Mississippi as the most likely next state to expand Medicaid under the ACA, with the fading association with Obama and a strong fiscal incentive to do so.

Nathaniel Raymond, head of Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH warned yesterday that El Fasher, one of Sudan's biggest cities, risks becoming a 'kill box'
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Site neutral payment reforms continue to see 🤝 bipartisan support. The cost of care shouldn’t be determined by the sign on the door. Read the latest op-ed from former HHS.gov Secs. Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius via STAT:
statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit…

Our team created a super practical 45-minute video guide for conducting usability testing with healthcare workers. Please share! simple.org/blog/fast-and-…

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The New Most Dreaded Word at Work: ‘Hey’

Luongtran, who is 42, says in his defense that a lot of his co-workers are younger. “Apparently, there are a lot of rules,” he says.
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'...of the three great masters of the 20th century — Joyce, Proust and Kafka — we live in Kafka’s world. So I would probably say “The Trial” or “The Castle.”

Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opi…

Alright, the news is out.

Yes, I bought The Onion.

Why?
1/4

A Playbook of Voluntary Best Practices for VBC Payment Arrangements was recently released by The National Association of ACOS, AHIP, and AMA. Travis Broome of Aledade, Elyse Pegler of Aetna, and Erin Smith of Elevance Health participated in a workgroup offering their…

Pershing Health System achieved 96% ED follow-up and increased their AWV rate by 39%.

“With our growing clinics, we are hoping to earmark some of the shared savings to expand our walls in the future,” Schwager explained.

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Aledade is pleased to receive the official endorsement of The IPA Association of America, the nation's leading organization that assists and supports independent doctors. ow.ly/BQLx30sBRoc

'This is the third study to find price increases after cross-market mergers, & the first to examine the effects on care quality, finding no impact on mortality & readmission rates for heart failure, heart attacks, & pneumonia at the acquiring hospitals.' statnews.com/2024/04/23/hos…

Context here matters: the $1.3 trillion US hospital sector accounts for 6% of national GDP. According to BLS-Labor Statistics data, since 2000, prices in the hospital industry grew faster than prices in any other sector of the economy!!!

'We've got an FTC that's really good at what they do but has a ton on their plate, and we sort of starved them of resources,' Zack Cooper said.

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