Second Read

Writing

One essay about the practice, and one for each instrument that has one, grouped by the area of the suite each instrument sits in.

The practice

We Built Our Consulting Practice as a Set of Instruments. Here's Why.

Method

The Levers Move Less Than the Weather. That Is the Whole Finding.

P&L Simulator

Revenue

Your Growth Plan Books Revenue the Payment System Doesn't Pay

Growth

The Only Big Test of Duals Integration Raised Spending. Decks Skip That Slide.

Duals

Nobody Has Measured What a Benefit Buys. The Bids Assume It Anyway.

Product

Your Revenue Plan Rests on a Number That Moved Five Points Between Draft and Final

Rate

The Most Prosecuted Dollar in Health Care Is Made in a Chart Review

Risk Adjustment

Quality

A Half-Star Is Worth a Fortune or Nothing. Most Plans Price It Wrong.

Quality Revenue

Access & Price

Half Your Provider Directory Is a Rumor

Network

The Contracted Rate Is Not the Paid Rate

Contracting

Care

Most Cost-of-Care Savings Numbers Are Produced by Hand, Once — and Then Argued About Forever

Cost of Care

Most Prior Authorization Lists Have Never Been Audited by Anyone Who Wasn't Defending Them

PA Portfolio

That Care Management Savings Number Is Probably Regression to the Mean

Care Management

You Cannot Audit Your Own Drug Costs. Congress Just Admitted It.

Pharmacy

The Question Under Every Personal Care Hours Fight: What Is the Waiver Actually Buying?

PAS Hours

Private Duty Nursing Disputes Are Won and Lost on One Word: Continuous

PDN Hours

One Case Just Moved Your Month. The Climate Did Not Move.

High Claimants

Integrity

Your Payment Integrity Program Keeps Less Than Half of What It Reports. The Government Just Told You So.

Payment Integrity

Operations

Before You Fix Your Department, Find Out What You're Actually Running

Unit Assessment