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Health Care Markets: What Matters and Why
Many factors, including rising health care costs, the transition to value-based payments, and technological innovations, are causing the health care landscape to change rapidly. Health care entities seeking to understand geographic market-level changes or to expand into new markets not only encounter an increasingly complex environment, but also must contend with the unique dynamics of […]
Read More >Leavitt Partners Releases “Health Care Markets: What Matters and Why” White Paper
Salt Lake City, July 30, 2018 –Today, Leavitt Partners released “Health Care Markets: What Matters and Why,” a white paper that provides a framework for health care entities to make evidence-based decisions on when, where, and how to start, expand, or invest their business. Amidst a rapidly changing health care environment, a health care market […]
Read More >How Addressing Social Determinants of Health Cuts Healthcare Costs
A RevCycleIntelligence article entitled “How Addressing Social Determinants of Health Cuts Healthcare Costs” cites the Leavitt Partners “Social Determinants Matter, But Who Is Responsible?” white paper. The article states, “Providers in a recent Leavitt Partners survey cited insufficient appointment time and lack of compensation as top barriers to addressing SDOHs. Fee-for-service payments do not reimburse […]
Read More >Social Determinants a System Issue
A Becker’s Hospital Review article featuring a Q&A with leaders from the Navvis and Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Population Health have partnership for the nation’s first private sector-supported academic chair in population health includes a question citing the Leavitt Partners “Social Determinants Matter, But Who Is Responsible?” white paper. The question states, “Leavitt Partners […]
Read More >Leavitt Partners to Present Research at 2018 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Salt Lake City, June 22, 2018 — Leavitt Partners is pleased to announce that the firm will present 12 research posters at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA June 24-26, 2018. The Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is the premier forum for health services research, with a program designed specifically for health services researchers, […]
Read More >Addressing Social Determinants: We’re All in This Together
A U.S. News & World Report article entitled “Addressing Social Determinants: We’re All in This Together” references the Leavitt Partners “Social Determinants Matter, But Who is Responsible?” white paper. The article states, “According to a new survey from Leavitt Partners, nearly half of doctors reported their patients would benefit from food assistance, affordable housing and transportation to […]
Read More >Survey results show physicians, employers have differing opinions about health care
The Leavitt Partners “The state of health care today: How physicians, consumers and employers view health care costs, outcomes and reform efforts” white paper was featured in an Orthopedics Today article entitled “Survey results show physicians, employers have differing opinions about health care.” The article provides an overview of the survey’s main findings and commentary […]
Read More >Does Hospital Participation in Accountable Care Organizations Improve Quality of Care?
Using data from 17 states, David Muhlestein and researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, led by Askar Chukmaitov, evaluated quality performance of hospitals participating in Medicare Shared Savings and Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs relative to nonparticipating hospitals. The authors specifically studied preventable hospitalizations for conditions sensitive to high-quality ambulatory care and 30-day all-cause readmissions […]
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