How One Health System Mastered Bundled Payments
Healthcare Innovation January 8, 2021
In the first article in a two-part series, Donna Sabol, R.N. of St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania shares her system’s secrets of success around its bundled payment contracting
Last month, senior executives at the Charlotte-based Premier Inc. named the Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network, a fully integrated, nationally recognized health network serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the winner of Premier’s 2020 Richard A. Norling Premier Alliance Excellence Award.
A press release issued on that December 7 noted that “Premier presented the annual award to St. Luke’s for exemplifying the highest level of industry innovation and advancements in delivering high-quality, cost-effective care. The St. Luke’s system – which includes 12 hospitals, more than 1,900 physicians...