Expertise corporations are proving to be the nice equalizer

[Part 1 of a 12-Part Series] Healthcare is rife with vital challenges that may in some instances be minimized on the very minimal and generally be eradicated by way of know-how. The 12-part collection begins by elaborating on macro-level challenges that the healthcare trade is beginning to handle with know-how to stem the bleeding/reverse the ... Read More

Alvernia’s O’Pake Institute client OCOA wins business plan competition

From left: Dr. Rodney S. Ridley Sr., Cory Varona-Corniel, Nicol Varona-Cancelmo, and Michelle Conway, MBA. Three finalists representing SPARK Business Incubator Alvernia University’s O’Pake Institute SPARK Business Incubator client OCOA, a curly hair care company in Reading, Pa. owned by Cory Varona-Corniel and Nicol Varona-Cancelmo, won the $10,000 prize at the tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition ... Read More

CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. ... Read More