White Papers

Rebuilding the Gulf Coast through Health Care Information Technology
The devastating hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 had a major impact on the healthcare system in that area, and throughout the country.  In Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Texas, the healthcare community was forced to essentially rebuild the healthcare delivery system from the ground up, and this is a task that is still in process, and still presenting many challenges for provider organizations in those areas. 

 

Pay-for-Performance in Health Care: Achieving Balance and Efficiency
Pay-for-performance is no longer just a buzzword, as far as the healthcare industry is concerned.  With the declining rate of physician reimbursement under government-payer programs, such as Medicare, and the rising costs of providing quality healthcare services, P4P, as it is often referred, is a concept that many believe to be a key to insuring that healthcare providers receive adequate and sufficient payment for providing their healthcare services, particularly with the rising number of Medicare beneficiaries in the country today, which will only continue to increase over time.