The Veralon Views blog is an extension of our partnership with leaders who are transforming the healthcare industry. Here, we share expert perspectives from our nationally recognized senior consulting team on issues that are key to the success of your organization.
As value-based care evolves, clinically integrated networks (CINs) increasingly see the importance of engaging specialists to improve performance in their VBC contracts. Veralon recently completed a survey of CIN leaders to explore how the approaches of these organizations have shifted, and how CINs are engaging specialists.
The second course of this 4-part series discusses how hospitals and health systems use Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) as the vehicles to achieve value-based care. Learn about the structure, governance, ownership, and the importance of physician buy-in for these entities. Learn how to access the full video and subscribe to […]
What is the role of hospital and health system board chairs? Pam Knecht, President at ACCORD LIMITED, outlines the responsibilities of a board chair, the qualities that board chairs should embody, and provides strategies to help them succeed in leading their board. Learn how to access the full video and subscribe to our virtual board […]
Veralon is delighted to launch this short podcast where Daniel Grauman, Managing Director & CEO, reviews major healthcare headlines and news stories, and what you need to know. Welcome to this first episode, which will be followed by regular episodes every month. Stay tuned for Episode 2! Listen below, or click the icons to listen […]
Health systems are beginning to address the many issues that come with the physician enterprise. Rudd Kierstead, Director, Veralon, speaks with Victoria Sheridan, Counsel, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, Atlantic Health System, about some of the motivating issues, key factors, and main goals related to integrating the physician enterprise. They also discuss issues related to governance […]
The introductory course of this 4-part series dives into the growth of Medicare and its financial implications. How has Medicare’s evolution driven consolidation in healthcare and what does that mean for the hospital industry today? Learn how to access the full video and subscribe to our virtual board education services at www.veralon.com/V-BE If you […]
Part 1 of this blog revealed that the increased blending of academic medical center and non-academic providers in the same health systems has led to compensation increases in the academic setting that outpaced those in the non-academic setting, for non-surgical specialties. We found the size of the difference in compensation between academic and community non-surgical […]
The shift from volume to value is often referred to as a journey because it requires time and significant changes. In the first course of this 4 part series, John Harris, Managing Director at Veralon, discusses the Shift from Volume to Value. Learn how to access the full video and subscribe to our virtual board […]
The competencies your board needs are continually evolving. Karma Bass, CEO of Via Healthcare Consulting, provides guidance on the changing expectations and how to achieve a diverse and effective board. Learn how to access the full video and subscribe to our virtual board education services at www.veralon.com/V-BE If you are already a member, log […]
In Latin, locum tenens means “holding the place.”[1] The term was first used in medieval times to describe the use of clergy to temporarily staff Catholic churches when priests weren’t available. In healthcare, locum tenens emerged in the 1970s as a way to describe the use of temporary physicians in rural markets where local physicians […]