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March 2016 Presentations to Focus on Gainsharing’s Links to Performance Improvement

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This March we will see gainsharing take center stage at two regional HFMA meetings, as well as presenting a poster at ACHE Congress.  The events demonstrate the power of aligning the incentives of physicians and hospitals to drive physician engagement necessary to succeed under value based payment systems.  The educational sessions will present case studies that show how organizations use gainsharing to not just reduce internal costs, but to improve quality.

On March 22, at HFMA Central Pennsylvania Chapter 10th Annual Hospital and Physician Collaborative at the Lancaster Convention Center in Lancaster, PA, I’ll be co-presenting with April Venable, Director of Population Health at Inspira Health Network (Vineland, NJ).  Inspira needed to engage their physicians as they prepared Read More

ACHE-NJ Innovation Award to be Shared by NJHA and AMS Share for Implementation of Gainsharing Program

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On January 30, 2015, at the American College of Healthcare Executives-NJ Chapter breakfast session, preceding the New Jersey Hospital Association 96th Annual Meeting, Awards & Luncheon, the ACHE Regent Award for Innovation was awarded to NJHA and to AMS for the creation of a gainsharing program.  ACHE-NJ recognized this pioneering initiative to improve healthcare value and reduce costs by promoting better coordination and collaboration among New Jersey hospitals and physicians.

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AMS President Jo Surpin Announced as a 2014 Woman of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal

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I am very proud to announce that that Philadelphia Business Journal selected Applied Medical Software president and my long-time business partner with AMS Jo Surpin as a 2014 Woman of Distinction award Read More

6 Essential Differences Between Gainsharing and Shared Savings Programs

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With many approaches being considered by hospitals to engage physicians and align incentives we often get questions on the differences between shared savings and gainsharing.  We were excited when Becker’s Hospital CFO released on September 23, 2014 an article called “6 essential differences between gainsharing and shared savings programs” written by myself and AMS VP Anthony Stanowski.

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AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Profiles NJHA/AMS Medicare Gainsharing Pilot Demonstration

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The July 16, 2014 issue of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care Innovation Exchange (http://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/hospital-gain-sharing-program-offers-incentives-physicians-based-their-efficiency-producing) reviews the results of the 3-year NJHA/AMS Medicare  Gainsharing Pilot Read More