Dr. George Chiang, Chief of Staff at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego, tells us the two key lessons he has learned in responding to the COVID-19 crisis, including the importance of collaboration and how to embrace failing forward in the face of uncertainty.
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Dr. George Chiang, Chief of Staff at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego, discusses communication strategies he has implemented to keep his organization informed and united in the fight against COVID-19.
Dr. George Chiang, Chief of Staff at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, describes the many roles he plays at his hospital and how his organization has adapted to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to include a series of recurring cycles over an extended period —a “pulsed recovery” that will result in a new normal in which clinical care operations have fundamentally changed. While Herculean efforts are focused on the immediate challenges, the deferred needs of the chronically ill (e.g., congestive heart failure, COPD, […]
by Karin Chernoff Kaplan, Director
Robert Hill, Principal
Richard Chasinoff, Principal
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Robert Hill, Principal
Richard Chasinoff, Principal
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Many physicians, and other clinicians, are working harder than perhaps they ever have under extraordinary conditions, as COVID-19 surges through our communities. While those conditions will improve as the initial surge subsides, physician practices, both independent and employed, will need to change to respond to the consequences of that surge, and the potential for secondary […]
Amanda Brown, Manager at Veralon Partners, discusses the two directions value-based payment may take in the future, as our healthcare system navigates the post-COVID world.
Amanda Brown, Manager at Veralon Partners, addresses what the response has been from payers in alleviating value-based payment requirements for providers during the crisis.
Amanda Brown, Manager at Veralon Partners, discusses what the COVID-19 pandemic has meant for participants of value-based payment programs, including the shift in cost savings targets and postponement of quality reporting.
COVID-19 is a tsunami for hospitals—the waters pulling back as beds are emptied, then an overwhelming and uncontrollable surge wave. Like an actual tsunami, this one may have multiple surges. But even with several waves, an actual tsunami is over quickly and recovery returns you to a former baseline. With COVID, it is likely that […]
The Blanket Waivers that CMS issued on sanctions under the physician self-referral law (Stark) do not halt application of the law during this emergency time period. Instead, they waive sanctions for certain circumstances that would otherwise violate the self-referral law. The 18 individual waivers address a variety of financial arrangements between physicians and designated health […]