Physician Alignment

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important to lay out an overall vision that reflects new realities in the marketplace.

Instead of “fee-for-service” realities, these providers need to understand that these

mechanisms typically have built-in quality incentives and goals. ey sometimes

can include only hospital payments, such as for DRGs (diagnosis related groups),

but they typically include hospital and physician payments and often expand to

outpatient medications, physical therapy, and postacute services. To be successful,

one must redesign and optimize care, looking for efficiencies with good outcomes

since the responsibility of complications and read ...