Our Senior Vice President Dr. Brian Silverstein was recently interviewed by Becker’s Hospital Review regarding his thoughts on accountable care organizations.  1. This won't be the 1990s all over again. ACOs won't face the same problems capitated arrangements faced in the 1990s. Capitation failed in most parts of the country because incentives were not aligned,…

Our Senior Vice President Robert Minkin was recently interviewed by Becker’s Hospital Review on best practices for bundled pricing.  From Becker’s Hospital Review: Healthcare reform has created an impetus for hospitals and other healthcare providers to work together to provide more efficient, higher quality care. These efforts are likely to take many forms, and the…

The passage of healthcare reform helps bundled payments gain momentum as a viable reimbursement strategy. Rapidly following the lead of the Centers for  Medicare and Medicaid Services, commercial payers are demonstrating heightened interest in bundling payments to providers to try and bend the cost curve. Here are six critical success factors to bundled payments that…

Los Angeles, California, September 1, 2010 — The Camden Group, one of the nation's leading healthcare business advisory firms, continues to expand the firm's expertise and resources to assist clients in response to healthcare reform with the addition of Deirdre M. Baggot, RN, MBA as vice president.   Ms. Baggot served as the administrator of the…