In an effort to reduce healthcare costs while improving the quality of care, healthcare stakeholders—including solo practices and even payers—are becoming increasingly integrated, giving rise to the organized customer. Key Points: Healthcare spending in the United States continues to grow—to the point where it’s simply not sustainable. To reduce costs... read more →
Sep
06
Aug
15
After being recognized by Medical Marketing and Media (MM&M) as a top 100 healthcare agency in July 2018 for the second year in a row, The Kinetix Group (TKG)was selected to participate in MM&M’s “Agency Leaders” video series. In the video, TKG’s Co-Founder and Chairman, John Strapp, discusses the changing dynamics between... read more →
Aug
06
By Katie Tsui The movement away from fee-for-service has brought to life a range of new healthcare delivery models, each with varying degrees of risk sharing, that support the implementation of value-based care. One model that is increasingly being used is the clinically integrated network (CIN). CINs consist of a... read more →
Aug
08
The Traditional Model In the traditional care delivery model, health systems have billed or reimbursed for each service or treatment provided rather than for an overall health outcome. In this volume-based model, patients are viewed as a source of revenue and doctors are viewed as revenue producers. Importantly, health systems... read more →
Jul
19
Jul
12
By Katie Tsui Increased interest in mobile health devices, fitness apps, and digital therapeutics has made the advent of digital health one of the most prominent healthcare industry trends. An estimated $4.7 billion was spent on digital health in 2017 and the collective market is projected to grow at a... read more →
Jun
27
By Will Owen In an era of the American economy popularly dubbed the “New Gilded Age,” many patients, providers, and lawmakers alike are skeptical of market consolidation in healthcare. As key stakeholders across the industry cluster into new partnerships, proposed megamergers in the payer sphere have proven especially controversial. In... read more →
May
10
Nationwide, innovative value-based contracts are demonstrating success among formerly siloed parties across the healthcare industry, including health systems, payers, and life science companies. At this year’s AMCP Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Boston, TKG’s Senior VP of Business Development, Merissa Oliver, highlighted this phenomenon while leading the... read more →
May
02
By Shane Devereux The healthcare environment is seeing a rise in market consolidation in both hospital and payer spheres. The number of planned hospital and health system mergers in 2017 was the highest in more than a decade, with hospitals announcing a total of 115 transactions in 2017.1 This year... read more →
Apr
16
By Hillary Bonuedie The Vision Expo East Conference was held on March 21st - 24th at New York City’s Javits Center. The event brought together over 3,500 optometrists, opticians, practice staff, and ophthalmic techs for a weekend to educate providers on the latest eye care advances and strategies to improve... read more →