News - 2016

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  Response to Henry Ford Health System: A Different Perspective on Bundled Payments

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Monday, December 19, 2016

  A recent article from Becker's Hospital Review provided statements from representatives of Henry Ford Hospital regarding their participation in the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. They stated that BPCI is “more of a shared savings program” and “the program was not successful because one-third of total services and dollars under the program were controlled outside of the system.”

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  5 Highlights from the 2016 BPCI Conference

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Tuesday, December 6, 2016

  Signature Medical Group (SMG) hosted its second annual Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) Conference in Dallas, TX at the end of October 2016, where we hosted physicians, administrators, and case managers from the nearly 60 orthopedic physician groups we convene in the BPCI initiative.

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  Managing Behaviors in Bundled Payments: Patients, Physicians, and Organizations

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

  Although many people write about implementing bundled payments, few articles provide a level of detail about what works and how to administer key aspects of care redesign within a physician group practice. As a follow-up to a previous article on setting expectations, Jason McCormick, Manager of Process Improvement at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Germantown, TN, shares another key approach to a successful bundled payment program: managing behaviors. Campbell is one of the orthopedic groups we,

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  Maternity Care Program Receives Dr. Corinne Walentik Award

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Thursday, October 6, 2016

  We are honored for both our maternity care home program, originally called Signature's Strong Start program, and our program director Maribeth Hollinshead, to receive the Dr. Corinne Walentik Provider/Practitioner Award at the Maternal, Child & Family Health Coalition 2016 Standing Up for Mothers and Babies Annual Awards Dinner.

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  Maternity Bundled Payments = Bundles of Savings

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Tuesday, September 13, 2016

  In the recent article titled “Bundles of Joy? How new payment models for maternal care could deliver lower costs” in Modern Healthcare, a healthcare executive in the article states that “the devil is in the details” and maternity bundles can be hard to implement because they are “so complex.” Like any new initiative in the US healthcare system, the implementation of an alternative financial model can be challenging. However, one of the first steps before entering into a bundled payment model is