Our strategy consultant discusses her background in EMS, her burden for rural healthcare … and her love of the outdoors.
Meet the Team: Patricia Dowbiggin
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Why Private Equity Is No Strategy for Struggling Hospitals
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Ascendient Aids County After Hospital Closure (Video)
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When a rural hospital was closed unexpectedly, Ascendient stepped in to find a more sustainable option for local healthcare.
ChatGPT for Hospitals: 3 Burning Questions
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Healthcare Consulting Partnerships: 3 Executive Testimonials
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Three healthcare leaders in a variety of roles discuss Ascendient’s value as a long-term partner.
Physician Alignment: Watch Out for Corporate Competitors
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Corporate buyers are snapping up physician practices at a record pace. Here are 4 implications for hospitals’ physician alignment strategy.
Rural Emergency Hospital Questions: Just the FAQs
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Strategic Planning for Hospitals: Why Worry About the Surge
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Healthcare Strategy: 4 Lessons from Amazon Care
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
What the 2023 IPPS Tells Us About CMS Priorities
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
How a Church-Based Clinic Is Making Primary Care More Accessible
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Public Health Strategic Planning: Don’t Skimp on the SWOT
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A good SWOT analysis is foundational to public health strategic planning. Here’s a step-by-step guide for doing it right.
Corporations Are Betting Big on Value-Based Care
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
What Hospitals Need to Know About Medicare Advantage Growth
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With CMS targeting 100% accountable care for Medicare enrollees, Medicare Advantage is poised for even faster growth.
Rural Healthcare Strategy Consulting: A CEO Testimonial
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Joann Anderson, a longtime rural healthcare CEO, on the role of values & mission alignment in a consulting relationship.
Hospital at Home: Answering the $30,000 Question
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Why the Deafening Silence Around Medicare Insolvency?
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Healthcare providers face a 6% reimbursement cut in the event of Medicare insolvency – a scenario that looks increasingly likely.
Hospital Community Benefit: How Do You Measure and Why Should You Care?
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Hospital community benefit is tough to measure, but it’s worth the effort – both for more equitable healthcare and better hospital finances.
Formalizing Our Commitment to Rural Healthcare
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The rural healthcare crisis is getting worse, with record hospital closures in 2020. Here’s what Ascendient is doing about it.
Re-Thinking Retail
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As Amazon and others invest in healthcare delivery, traditional providers need to re-think their approach to consumers.
Reconfiguring Rural Healthcare Access
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“Saving” hospitals isn’t the lone solution for struggling communities. Instead, think about prioritizing services for rural healthcare access.
Hospital at Home: A Valuable Tool for Transformation
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A PHE waiver gave a huge boost to the Hospital at Home model, which shows great promise for advancing the “healthcare trifecta.”
Ascendient Healthcare Advisors Adds Three Senior-Level Positions
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Meet the managing consultants joining Ascendient as part of the firm’s largest-ever expansion.
Four Things You Must Know Before the First M&A Conversation
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
The Maryland Model (Part 3): Lessons Learned from Maryland’s Payment Models
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Maryland’s experiment with healthcare transformation has been encouraging but not perfect. Here are some of the biggest lessons learned.
The Maryland Model (Part 2): Understanding How Maryland’s Payment Models Work
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In the second of our three-part series, we examine how Maryland’s unique payment models work – and what other states can learn.
The Maryland Model (Part 1): Understanding Maryland’s Medicare Waiver
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Maryland’s Medicare waiver is getting national attention as CMS rolls out its new AHEAD model. Here are the essentials you need to know.
The Importance of Hospital and Health System Planning in an Uncertain Healthcare Environment
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
The Cardiovascular Services Revolution: How Will This Impact Your Bottom Line?
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Why the Outcome of the Election Doesn’t Matter
Devastation of Site-Neutral Payment: October 2020 Update
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Healthcare’s New Normal: Understanding the Importance and Impact of Virtual Care in a Post-COVID-19 World (Part 2)
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Healthcare’s New Normal: Understanding the Importance and Impact of Virtual Care in a Post-COVID-19 World (Part 1)
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Saving Rural Healthcare Access: Three Core Recommendations
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Six Tips for Rapid Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
The New Normal: How Healthcare Transformation Prepared Healthytown for a Pandemic
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Community Health Assessments [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Ascendient’s Healthytown Model Forecasted Today’s Healthcare Transformation
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
The Importance of Payment and Care Delivery Transformation for the Benefit of Medicare
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Primary Care Done Right – The Five Key Elements to Improving Primary Care
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Healthcare Providers Facing Strong Financial Challenges
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Accounting for Externalities in Strategic Planning [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Microhospitals: Evolving Regulations [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Six Critical Disciplines To Integrate For a Transformed Healthcare Delivery Model
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Will Amazon Healthcare Work? [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Do Microhospitals Fit in HealthyTown? [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Understanding Microhospitals [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Provider Recruitment – Key Community Need Considerations [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More
Medicare Wall [VIDEO]
Dawn Carter, Ascendient After decades of unabated growth in healthcare costs, payors, consumers and the government alike are finally taking action to eliminate cost-shifting and to force providers to assume more risk. From MACRA and the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare Advantage to the growing use of freestanding sites, hospitals are facing a transformational shift… Read More