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October 7, 2022
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RevCycleIntelligence | September 28, 2022
Healthcare has a spending problem. For all the investments made in healthcare—$4.1 trillion to be exact—outcomes are not where they should be. In fact, the US has the lowest life expectancy compared to other high-income countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth Fund also reports that, compared to these peers, the US has the highest chronic disease burden, highest number of hospitalizations from preventable causes, and highest rate of avoidable deaths. “We have a life expectancy that is on par with Chile or the Czech Republic, which are not the countries we would consider our peers economically,” said Robert Fields, MD, MHA, EVP and chief population health officer at Mount Sinai Health System, citing data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
HIT Consultant | October 5, 2022
The saying “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” applies to all aspects of healthcare delivery, but it is especially true in value-based care. After all, payers, providers, and the patients they care for need to know what high-value care looks like at an individual level – and how it can be applied at the population level. Delivery and technology infrastructure. All too often, data is captured in disparate systems, forcing administrative staff – or, worse, physicians and nurses – to find the right diagnostic and billing codes that apply to each episode of care. It’s no wonder that this leads to further frustration from overburdened staff who are forced to enter the same information in many places in multiple formats simply to meet reporting requirements.
A number of major health technology companies have partnered with the White House in an effort to standardize the sharing of patient data on social determinants of health. The White House announced a Sync for Social Needs coalition that includes Oracle-Cerner, Geisinger, Epic, Rush University System for Health and many more. As part of the program, the coalition, which also includes the Department of Veterans Affairs, will collectively evaluate and pilot the integration of specific social screening tools in electronic medical record (EMR) systems. The coalition will also commit to working with participants to scale the standardized practices to lower the clinician burden to screen for social needs.
Congress must extend Medicare’s payment bonus to doctors participating in alternative payment models (APMs) to incentivize them to continue, doctors and health policy experts said Thursday at a Capitol Hill briefing. “It’s not like you can go from fee-for-service today and then jump into an APM tomorrow,” said Kisha Davis, MD, MPH, vice president of health equity at Aledade, a company that helps medical groups set up accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers who come together to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients.
Sponsored Webinars
UPCOMING WEBINARS:

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 2: Determining Your Risk Level
  • Topic: Evaluating and engineering a future in risk-based payments; determining best alignments with Medicare, Medicaid, Employers, or Medicaid Advantage; and the pros and cons of focusing on one payer arena
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence
October 11, 2022 | 1 PM EST

A Panel Discussion: Our Post-COVID Healthcare System & What We Have Learned
  • Topic: Factors that contributed to the breakdown of healthcare systems, lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis, and recommendations for creating a stronger healthcare system
Sponsored by: InfoMC
October 13, 2022 | 2 PM EST

Hit your measures! Optimize reimbursements and achieve 15:1 ROI
  • Topic: Utilizing new workflows and technology to improve patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and shared savings
Sponsored by: FLAACOS
October 26, 2022 | 1 PM EST

MSSP to ACO REACH: TriHealth’s ACO Journey
  • Topic: A large community health system's transition to Direct Contracting/ACO REACH, how the decision was made, and what has helped them succeed
Sponsored by: Lumeris
November 1, 2022 | 12 PM EST

RECORDED WEBINARS:

Frictionless Healthcare: Fueling Behavior Change to Close Gaps and Improve Experience 
  • Topic: Understanding and utilizing behavioral science to improve patient experiences within healthcare organizations
Sponsored by: mPulse

Harnessing Data in Value-based Care: How Atlantic Health Drives Success in Shared Savings Programs
  • Topic: Using data and analytics to successfully streamline transitions of care
Sponsored by: CarePort

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 1: Build or Join? Determining your pathway
  • Topic: Evaluating market strengths, competition, organization, and positioning to determine whether to build or join an ACO
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence

Cultivation of Physician Wellbeing in the Value Journey
  • Topic: Addressing physician burnout and moral injury, its impact on the value-based care movement, and tools for transforming organizational culture

The Teacher Becomes the Student: How to Successfully Implement Value-Based Care Strategies into Academic Medical Centers
  • Topic: Making value-based care in academic medical centers possible and successful using best practices
Sponsored by: Stellar Health

Check our our Webinar Archive to view past webinars on a variety of value-based care related topics!

Upcoming Conferences
Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) Annual Conference
October 17 - 19, 2022 | Orlando, FL

Transitions 2022 | APG Colloquium
October 31 - November 2, 2022 | Washington, DC

22nd Population Health Colloquium
November 7 - 9, 2022 | Philadelphia, PA

HLTH 2022
November 13 - 16, 2022 | Las Vegas, NV

Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit: Special Edition
Held in conjunction with Health Care Value Week
January 23-27, 2023 | Virtual

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