by Rick Ybarra | Mar 18, 2015 | Blog, Hogg Blog
There is much attention given to older Americans and health care, and countless sources of information on the topic. A foundation colleague recently sent me this infograph published by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. It is...
by Rick Ybarra | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog, Hogg Blog
Every day in health care settings across the country, payers, providers and patients make decisions that impact service delivery and patient outcomes. The struggle continues as the health care system goes through, in some cases, radical transformation. The health care...
by Rick Ybarra | May 28, 2014 | Blog, Hogg Blog
by Rick Ybarra Ok, I’ll admit it. I read the Harvard Business Review. I am fascinated with business models, new concepts, innovations and the cutting edge in business science. I also see how these concepts and applications can easily transfer to our health care...
by Rick Ybarra | May 16, 2014 | Blog, Hogg Blog
Kudos to the Commonwealth Fund for their recent publishing of the Scorecard on State Health System Performance, 2014. The Scorecard assesses states on 42 indicators of health care access, quality, costs and outcomes from 2007 to 2012. Overall, changes in health system...
by Rick Ybarra | Jan 22, 2014 | Blog, Hogg Blog
Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, MD is a primary care physician and Executive Director of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. He is best known for his ground-breaking and innovative work in “hotspotting,” the concept of lowering medical costs by providing the neediest...
