The recent SHP webinar, led by Jason Crosby with contributions from Mike Scribner and Phil Church, tackled the pressing issue of tariffs and their impact on healthcare supply chains. The discussion provided actionable insights for hospitals, physician practices, and supply…
On June 18, 2025, Strategic Healthcare Partners (SHP) and Corstrata co-hosted an insightful webinar exploring a significant challenge rural healthcare providers – wound and ostomy care. Titled “Bridging the Gap: Wound Care Solutions for Rural Communities,” the session brought together clinical,…
We’re excited to finally share that Season 5 of the podcast is here. It’s been a while, and some of you may have been wondering what’s been going on behind the scenes. The short answer: we’ve been working. A lot.…
QPP 2025 Updates If you haven’t noticed, CMS continues to refine the Quality Payment Program (QPP), with the ongoing goal to enhance quality, reduce costs, and reduce administrative barriers and burdens for clinicians. Providers should review these changes in detail…
After some great feedback from a previous blog regarding Revenue Cycle Management, we thought best to follow up with some general helpful KPI’s. You must keep in mind that an efficient RCM ensures that providers are reimbursed accurately and promptly…
In the past month, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final updates to Medicare payment policies for 2025, which is anticipated to impact physicians, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Part D prescription drug coverage, and home health…
In the past week, the 2025 federal budget was passed in the House, and introduces a number of impactful changes to healthcare funding and policy. Expected expenditures being what highlights the list. Such notable provisions include cuts to Medicaid, a…
During the March 2025 Semi-Annual Conference for the GA Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, SHP presented attendees with an update of the managed care landscape in the state of GA, along with insight into the ASC market. We discussed the…
In its most simple form, managed care contracting is a business agreement between insurance companies and other managed care organizations, and healthcare providers where a few items are defined and agreed upon – 1) How providers will get paid for…
Revenue cycle analytics in a provider setting refers to the use of data-driven insights of the financial processes (Billing, Collections, Registration, etc.) for healthcare organizations. It involves tracking, analyzing, and improving various components of the revenue cycle, from patient registration…