Tag Archives: Michael Kalison

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

The Revolution Continues

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The AMS Performance Based Incentive System® has now received 3 approvals by Medicare for use in large scale gainsharing demonstrations.  But the roots of our methodology date back to 1976, to the New Jersey demonstration that designed, developed and implemented “payment by the case”.  A recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine lauded payment by DRG as “…arguably the most influential innovation in the history of health care financing”.  In this blog we fill in missing pieces, including the fact that the
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