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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

Despite spending twice what other developed nations spend on a per capita basis for health care, the United States has a longstanding trend of having lower life expectancy, greater prevalence of chronic disease, and overall poorer health outcomes. Most health systems will need to manage a multitude of reimbursement methodologies.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

While Medicare has led the development of bundles in the U.S., HDP is a third-party administrator with expertise in the development and management of travel surgery programs, providing strategic and operational management of this program. A successful visit moves the process along to negotiation and contracting.

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How Good Companies Become Market Leaders (Without an Infusion of Capital): Interview with Charles Browne

Consulting Matters

After eight years of service, I left and worked at a couple of commercial nuclear power plants and earned a project management certification and a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt, along with my engineering degree. Okay, now we need a supervisor for the group. So, I’m not a strict engineer.