Author: Anthony Domanico
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Sci-fi series ‘Black Mirror’ finds a new home on Netflix
Get ready for even more bleak looks into the future. Netflix announced on Friday that the company will make 12 new episodes of the cult British sci-fi series “Black Mirror.” For the uninitiated, “Black Mirror” takes a dark look at our obsession with technology with suspenseful, thought-provoking episodes about our technological future. For example, one of the…
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Cheaper prosthetic arms let kids become a Jedi Knight, Iron Man or Elsa
Robert Downey Jr. won’t be able to personally deliver them like he did for one lucky child who got a custom-built Iron Man prosthetic arm, but soon child amputees around the world will be able to get their very own Iron Man, Star Wars or “Frozen”-themed bionic prosthetic hands from Open Bionics for much cheaper than traditional prosthetics.…
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6 Reasons You Should Switch From iOS to Android
The differences between Android and iOS have been getting awfully slim lately. With each new software release, the two mobile operating systems look more and more alike, with each of them actively borrowing the best features from the other. As a result, though I’ve been an unapologetic iPhone user since the iPhone 5 came out in…
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The future of Health Care is here
How technology will help us lower the cost of care and increase population health. Yesterday saw the launch of Doctor on Demand, a new service backed by the likes of Dr. Phil and led by SF Tech Entrepreneur Adam Jackson and former Stanford Physician and current White House fellow Dr. Pat Basu. The service aims to…
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Here’s why I think you should fund the hell out of ‘That Dragon, Cancer”
Let’s talk about dragons. No, not those dragons. I want to talk about a game about dragons, that really isn’t a game about dragons at all. The game is called That Dragon, Cancer. You may have heard of it. The game has been in development for over a year now, and is seeking $85,000 to finish the…
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Survey Says: The Time to Evaluate Your Market-Based Physician Compensation Plan Designs Is Now
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting compensation and productivity levels in 2020, significant changes to wRVU values in the 2021 Medicare physician fee schedule, and the continued industry move from volume to value-based reimbursement and compensation models, VMG Health previously recommended a cautioned approach to compensation surveys in 2021, 2022 and potentially beyond. While it is still early…
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Looking to Formalize Your Physician Compensation Strategy? Follow the 1-3-5 Rule
As a strategy consultant focusing on the physician enterprise, and more specifically on physician compensation design, one question I frequently get asked is how to develop a strategic plan for managing physician and advanced practice provider (APP) compensation. Specifically, organizations look for guidance on how often they should be rebasing and/or recalibrating their compensation plans to…
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Designing & Valuing Quality Incentive Programs for Physicians
While the healthcare industry has been moving from volume to value for the last two decades, the movement toward true value-based care has really taken off within the last few years. This is because the way health systems are paid has been largely based on fee-for-service payments with a relatively small share of a health…
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Structuring Value-Based Compensation Plans to Maximize Revenue Under Alternative Payment Models
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, traditional fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement models are being replaced by alternative payment models that focus on value-based care in addition to, or even sometimes fully in replacement of, fee-for-service reimbursement. This shift from volume to value necessitates a strategic rethinking of compensation plans for healthcare providers to align incentives,…
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Insights into Healthcare Provider Compensation Trends for 2024
With significant changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in recent years and an aging physician population leading to potentially significant shortages of over 100,000 physicians by 2030,1 how organizations recruit and retain these key healthcare providers continues to evolve and become more competitive. As we hit the midway point of 2024’s first quarter, VMG…
