The health system adopts an onboarding system for new primary care physicians and specialists designed to populate patient panels with data analytics, market analysis, and targeted marketing.
Rush University Medical Center is applying data technology in several areas, including documentation improvement, value-based care, dashboard development and implementation, readmissions reduction, and cost of care.
In first blow to a CMS 2017 Final Rule, a court ruling in Missouri has invalidated the agency's attempt to deduct Medicare and private insurance payments as offsets when calculating outlays to hospitals under the DSH program.
The health system is confident of success based on performance in its first Medicare ACO contract as well as recent improvements in care coordination, skilled nursing partnerships, and care access.
Top finance executive wants growth in complex-care cases, control of supplies and drug utilization, an ongoing shift to value-based care, and investment in technology to optimize revenue cycle.
