A headline you’ve likely read in the last two months sounds something like this: “In its 10th performance year, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) saved Medicare $1.8 billion after accounting for shared savings and losses.” It probably goes on to talk about physician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) trumping non-physician-led ACOs, and low-revenue ACOs trumping high-revenue ACOs—trends shared almost annually when MSSP performance year results are published...

No matter how large or well-resourced a health system may be, making the right care decisions ultimately depends on its ability to exchange information with healthcare’s “digital have-nots”—organizations that weren’t eligible for EHR implementation incentives, like post-acute facilities, home health, substance use disorder clinics and assisted living facilities...

Generative AI IDs social determinants in EHR notes: Mass General Brigham

Becker's Health IT | January 10, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence can identify social determinants of health within EHR notes, accurately and without bias, determining which patients might need extra support, according to Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham. The health system’s researchers fine-tuned large language models to automatically extract information about social determinants — factors such as housing, employment and family status that can affect a person’s medical care — from clinician notes. The study was published Jan. 11 in npj Digital Medicine...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved New York state’s amendment of its ongoing Medicaid transformation efforts to allow the state to advance health equity, support the delivery of health-related social needs (HRSN) services, and promote workforce development. The state said the waiver would enable New York to invest nearly $6 billion of federal funding into its healthcare system over the next three years...

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