Your Secret Weapon
Insurers boast about Medicare Advantage growth in JP Morgan conference.
It’s pretty much the only service line they have left—as far as accelerated revenue growth is concerned.
When competitive bidding for Medicare Advantage comes along and limits the potential for these products, watch out.
The industry fallout will be something to see.
CMS proposes to contract with URAC for six more years of “deeming authority.”
When you credential your MA plan, you have to meet certain standards.
Those standards are set and administered by a private company called URAC.
Six more years of authority to do so will give the industry a lot of visibility.
No changes mean no big surprises as far as accreditation is concerned.
Only 14% of patients always comply with the health recommendations of their MA plans
And over 60% say plans don’t incentivize them to improve their health.
Then what’s the value of all the stuff providers do to get their patients to change?
“Alarming Burnout Making Doctors Want to Kill Themselves”
Headline from the NY Post
Source article from Medscape here.
Frightening—and sad.
Have you hugged your doctor today?
Tomism
If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of others.
Health systems and their leaders live by that rule everyday—and take care of themselves nicely, often at your expense.
Do you?