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WEBAscendient is a top-25 healthcare strategy, planning, and feasibility consulting firm. We provide future-focused research and analysis to help facilities positively transform the …

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The Importance of Hospital and Health System Planning in

WEBHere are three things leaders should consider as part of their health system planning efforts: Conduct scenario planning: Scenario planning allows executives to look …

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Look-Alike Health Centers: the Ascendient Guide

WEBFirst things first: A Federally Qualified Health Center – look-alike or otherwise – bears almost no resemblance to the traditional model of hospital-owned primary care. By law, …

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Health System Strategy: The Affiliation Option

WEBAffiliation should always be considered an option in health system strategy – provided the process is deliberate rather than desperate. Here’s how one small system kept control of its destiny and its mission by choosing to pursue affiliation from a position of strength. By Dawn Carter. Politicians and journalists often portray consolidation

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Public Health Strategic Planning: the Ascendient Guide

WEBAt Ascendient, when we’re engaged for public health strategic planning, we typically analyze six to twelve key trends affecting our clients, including demographic shifts, …

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Healthcare Strategic Planning: Forget the 5 Pillars

WEBStuder asks on p. 54 of Hardwiring Excellence. “The goals set under each Pillar – Service, Quality, Finance, People, and Growth – are desired targets.”. The problem is, most …

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Public Health Consulting

WEBPublic health consultants with a mission at our core. As state and local budgets shrink, many public health agencies are feeling the financial squeeze.

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Healthcare Strategy

WEBAt Ascendient, our team focuses on healthcare strategic planning to ensure short-term and long-term success in a rapidly changing market. We help organizations of all sizes – and …

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The Maryland Model (Part 3): Lessons Learned from Maryland

WEBThe Maryland Model (Part 3): Lessons Learned from Maryland’s Payment Models. Maryland is the only state in the country that has a waiver from the Medicare …

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Healthcare Executive Coaching

WEBOur healthcare executive coaching practice is led by Joann Anderson, a 45-year industry veteran who has navigated practically every leadership role in both for-profit and not-for …

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The Maryland Model (Part 2): Understanding How Maryland's

WEBThe waiver allows the State to manage its healthcare costs through the evolution and implementation of the State’s unique payment model, as we discussed in …

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Mobile Integrated Healthcare: A Valuable Tool for Healthcare …

WEBIn 2016, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (“NAEMT”) and other partnering organizations updated their vision statement that …

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The Five Key Elements to Improving Primary Care

WEBBelow are five key elements to improving primary care: Faster Appointment Bookings and Same Day Access. Primary care done right requires that it be accessible …

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Can a New CMS Model Move Healthcare Transformation AHEAD

WEBThe model incentivizes hospitals to move patients to lower-cost outpatient settings, where there is less visibility into costs and health outcomes. A strong majority …

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Health Equity Strategy: 6 Things to Know About New CMS Rules

WEBFirst, a definition is in order. To CMS, health equity means that “everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, …

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Rural Emergency Hospital Questions: Just the FAQs

WEBIf you have questions about the new Rural Emergency Hospital model, we finally have some answers. Two years since Congress passed the law authorizing …

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Health-Related Social Needs: Get Ready for CMS Mandates

WEBhousing instability. transportation needs. utility difficulties. interpersonal safety. CMS is calling these five factors Health-Related Social Needs, or HRSNs. The …

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Healthcare Strategy: 4 Lessons from Amazon Care

WEBPractice the pivot. The end of Amazon Care was actually the second major pivot in healthcare strategy for Bezos and company. In the mid-teens, Amazon formed a …

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