What technological challenges remain for telehealth, and how can they be fixed?
Telehealth has been positive for both doctors and patients, but challenges remain.
If telehealth is too easy to use, will patients overuse it and drive up costs?
Is this a valid argument?
How have private insurers approached telehealth, and did they get it right?
Private payers initially embraced telehealth, but some remain wary about a full commitment.
Do patient visit patterns offer any insight into the future of telehealth?
Many patients who used telehealth have since returned to in-office visits
What’s the right way for Medicare to approach telehealth?
In the past, Medicare primarily focused telehealth benefits on rural areas where care could be hard to access.
The telehealth expansion and the role of government
What did the federal government get right and wrong about telehealth?
How well has the massive expansion of telehealth during the pandemic worked for both doctors and patients?
Telehealth has helped patients, but better technology is still needed.
Advice for starting a CIN
Tips on how to launch a clinically integrated network
The threat from hospital systems
Watching hospital systems poach physicians and buy up practices led to the creation of IPCLI
The challenge of culture change
Small practices must overcome the culture of viewing each other as competitors if they are to survive.
2021 digital health trends physicians need to know about
The technology trends coming in 2021 that physicians need to know about, on this week’s Medical Economics Pulse.
At what point does a CIN become too big to accomplish its goals?
How the optimal size for a CIN is determined
How CINs enhance provider satisfaction
The ability to remain independent has many benefits
10 things physicians should never do
What should physicians avoid doing? Neil Baum, M.D., breaks it down on Five Minute Practice Fix.
How CINs enable data sharing
How IPCLI has integrated data from its members’ EHR systems
The support value of a CIN
Being part of IPCLI enabled members to share practical advice and provide moral support
How clinically integrated networks enable small practices to qualify for value-based contracts
Being part of a CIN provides small practices with greater access
Taking on the obesity crisis: How physicians can talk with, manage and motivate patients
The right way to treat and talk about obesity, on this week’s Medical Economics Pulse.
What services does IPCLI provide to its member practices?
The IPCLCI can obtain better prices from vendors than could an individual practice.
Learning about other practices
Belonging to a CIN has helped Rogu understand the challenges other practices face
What steps and expertise are required to form a CIN?
Establishing the IPCLI required many steps
Obstacles to forming a CIN
George Rogu, MD, describes the biggest obstacle he faced
Why was the Independent Practice Collaborative of Long Island established?
IPCLI and other CINs are a response to the ongoing consolidation of independent practices
Getting paid for remote patient monitoring
How can physicians get started on a profitable remote patient monitoring program?
What is a CIN?
Juan Espinoza, MD, vice president of the Independent Pediatric Collaborative of Long Island, explains
New medical malpractice risks physicians must watch for
A pandemic means new malpractice risks for physicians. We discuss, on today's Medical Economics Pulse.
How should leaders communicate bad news during COVID, which could range from having to layoff colleagues to the death of a co-worker?
Bad news requires truthfulness and an emphasis on the future.
Are there communication strategies that work best during a crisis that leaders should be employing?
Start by being present and timely, and avoid spin at all costs.
Is effective planning possible during COVID when so many things are changing on a daily basis?
Look at examples outside your organization to help you find what’s working, and make solid plans for the future.
How should physician leaders balance achieving “normal” organizational goals with just getting through the COVID crisis?
Having a team that focuses on the “now” and one that focuses on what happens after the pandemic is a good first step.
