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.
Using Gainsharing to Transition to an ACO at JFK Health: 6 Critical Success Factors
Implementing an ACO is one of the most difficult strategic transformations that a health care system can attempt. The alignment of physicians and hospitals that comes from gainsharing helps to ensure a successful ACO launch.
Using Gainsharing to Transition to an ACO at JFK Health: 6 Critical Success Factors examines one organization’s experience with how a gainsharing program helped in its transition to an ACO. The article was featured in the December 2014 issue of Accountable Care News, and is coauthored by myself and William Oser, MD, the Acting Executive Director, JFK Health ACO; Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, JFK Health (Edison, NJ).
5 Steps to Physician Alignment Using Gainsharing
Gainsharing provides a stepping stone by beginning the process of getting physicians and hospitals to work together to successfully transition to value-based models. On November 25, 2014, Becker’s Hospital Review released an article written by myself and AMS VP Anthony Stanowski called “5 steps to physician alignment using gainsharing.”
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6 Essential Differences Between Gainsharing and Shared Savings Programs
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.
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Profiles NJHA/AMS Medicare Gainsharing Pilot Demonstration
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
Recent Posts
- Revolution and Evolution at Widener University’s Healthcare Management Alumni Association 2016 Annual Meeting
- March 2016 Presentations to Focus on Gainsharing’s Links to Performance Improvement
- Autumn 2015 Gainsharing Presentations Reflect Industry Interest
- Pay For Performance: Are Hospitals Becoming More Efficient in Improving Their Patient Experience?
- AHA Trustee Magazine “Two Paths to Savings” includes Gainsharing and Shared Savings
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- on Revolution and Evolution at Widener University’s Healthcare Management Alumni Association 2016 Annual Meeting
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- on ACHE-NJ Innovation Award to be Shared by NJHA and AMS Share for Implementation of Gainsharing Program
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Jo Surpin
Jo is President of AMS and has extensive healthcare finance, regulatory and reimbursement experience. She has been involved in the development of the AMS PBIS® methodology and has coordinated all AMS Gainsharing Programs.
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