Maharshi Patel, BS, MBA, COO

Value-Based Care, MACRA, and the Oncology Care Model: Where Are We Headed?

April 2017, Vol 7, No 4 - Oncology Care Model

The November 2016 presidential elections have cast a shadow in many minds about the future of the transition from the volume-driven, fee-for-service healthcare delivery model to the value-based care model. With the current promises of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, physicians and healthcare providers are left guessing as to what they will be expected to do, and where their future is heading. [ Read More ]

The Oncology Care Model: Aligning Financial Incentives to Improve Outcomes

December 2016, Vol 6, No 12 - Oncology Medical Home

The US healthcare system remains one of the most inefficient healthcare systems in the world. The Bloomberg Health-Care Efficiency Index ranked the United States 50th among 55 countries in 2014, with only Jordan, Colombia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, and Russia performing worse.1 [ Read More ]

Oncology Practice Transformation Journey from Volume to Value

September 2016, Vol 6, No 9 - Practice Processes

The US healthcare system has undergone seismic changes in the past several years. Beginning with the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, the current focus or [ Read More ]