Newsletter Articles | January 1, 2013
Goodbye FFS, Hello Risk: How To Successfully Operate Under A Managed Care Contract
Goodbye FFS, Hello Risk: How To Successfully Operate Under A Managed Care Contract
Managed care continues as a primary disruptive influence in today’s health care industry. Provider organizations need to be prepared to replace the outdated modes of managing funding streams in the traditional fee-for-service arrangements. The old way of basing rates on the costs of services provided, with a primary emphasis on providing care despite cost, has not been able to sustain the growths in consumers and cost. The best tool available to provider organization in our current health care environment is accountability – but this accountability . . .