Category: Thought Leadership

For decades, the healthcare industry has struggled with how to best distribute risk and responsibility for financing healthcare costs. Downstream risk arrangements between health plans and providers first emerged in (…)

We’re Sandy Shroyer and Julie Spalding, colleagues at Lumeris. We recently attended Modern Healthcare’s Women in Leadership conference in Chicago and found it to be inspiring, with outstanding speakers, great (…)

I’m protected! I’ve amassed a massive “clinically integrated” group of physicians and provider entities! As one of the central strategic initiatives of nearly every hospital and health system today, physician (…)

When developing value-based care strategies, employer groups—particularly large employers—in your community must be included in your approach. From 2013-2017, employers’ healthcare costs increased on average 3.9% each year versus an (…)

Author: Craig Hittle, Vice President, Lumeris Since 1919, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) has been committed to improving the quality of healthcare for communities throughout Michigan. The changing (…)