Premier : Nexus: Hospitals put the pedal to the metal against significant headwinds
October 06, 2015 at 03:04 pm EDT
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As Congress seeks a path forward on critical budget issues, lawmakers should take great care not to make further cuts that could undermine quality hospital patient care or slow work to transform care delivery. An analysis by the Premier healthcare alliance shows what the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has been reporting for years–Medicare payments to hospitals continue to fall far short of covering the cost of providing care. At the same time, hospitals are reducing deaths, hospitalizations and costs among Medicare patients.1 Because of their commitment to their communities, the nation’s 24/7 care providers are rising to the challenges of quality imperatives and meeting the demands of an aging population. This success should be encouraged by policies that support investments in innovative patient care models and interoperable health information infrastructure, not stymied by arbitrary cuts to finance other unrelated policies.
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Nexus: Hospitals put the pedal to the metal against significant headwinds
Premier, Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,350 United States hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other providers and organizations. It operates through two segments: Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment includes the Companyâs group purchasing organizations (GPO), supply chain co-management, purchased services, and direct sourcing activities. The Performance Services segment consists of three sub-brands, which include PINC AI, the Companyâs technology and services platform; Contigo Health, the Companyâs direct-to-employer business; and Remitra, the Companyâs digital invoicing and payables business. It delivers technology-enabled platform that offers critical supply chain services, clinical, financial, operational and value-based care software as a service (SaaS) as well as clinical and enterprise analytics licenses, consulting services, and third-party administrator services.
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