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In October, the Biden administration set a goal of ensuring all Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in alternative payment models by 2030. Aneesh Chopra, who became the federal government’s first chief technology officer in 2009 and served under the Obama administration, thinks this push for alternative payment models will not only lead to a reduction in unnecessary expenditures, but also improve patient outcomes through higher preventive service utilization and primary care visits.
Home Health Care News | June 9, 2022
Caregiver training is a valuable tool for employee retention and satisfaction. But it is also a critical factor in improving care delivery. This can lead to other positive outcomes such as increased client satisfaction and a strong reputation. Organizations that understand the connection between training and quality care will not only serve their staff, but will also see improvement in the quality of the care their patients and clients receive. Connecting training with outcomes serves patients and staff, but the shift to value-based care means attention to outcomes is imperative...
MedPage Today | May 31, 2022
As regular readers surely know, I am a tireless advocate for population health and for the systemic changes that will be necessary for achieving equitable, value-based healthcare in the U.S. The pandemic magnified deep-seated, complex issues we’ve struggled with for decades – unacceptably poor healthcare outcomes, disparities in access to care, and untenable costs for individual citizens and governments. It also sharpened the focus on new capabilities that will be required for healthcare workers to manage the ongoing and inevitable shift from fee-for-service to value-based models.
In potentially a sign of evolving patient expectations of care, more and more younger people are looking for their providers to ask them about their social needs, or conduct social determinants of health screenings, according to surveying from the University of Michigan. Using data from the MyVoice National Poll of Youth, the researchers determined that a whopping 81 percent of people ages 14 to 20—mostly Gen Z—want their providers to ask them about social needs that are collectively known as the social determinants of health.
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Bridging Two Worlds: Utilizing Remote Patient Monitoring to Succeed in Fee for Service and Positioning for Value-based Care
  • Topic: Making the most of chronic care management and remote patient monitoring for both FFS and VBC
Sponsored by: CareSignal
June 16, 2022 | 1 PM EST

SDOH from the Theoretical to the Practical: A Story of Success in Dallas
  • Topic: Challenges and solutions for effectively addressing SDOH in patient populations
June 21, 2022 | 1 PM EST

The 5 Levers of Value-Based Care: Achieving Success Across the Continuum
  • Topic: Enhancing effectiveness of value-based programs, addressing whole person care initiatives, and complying with CMS regulatory requirements
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June 23, 2022 | 1 PM EST

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How to Successfully Engage ACOs and Affiliate Networks to Unleash Economic Value
  • Topic: Following the evolution of fee-for-service arrangements to true global risk contracts
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Solving the VBC Cost-Quality Paradox
  • Topic: Strategies to increase quality and lower costs for value-based care providers
Sponsored by: Calcium Health

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

Upcoming Conferences
National Primary Care Transformation Summit
July 26 - 29, 2022 | Virtual

RISE West 2022
Aug. 31 - Sep. 2, 2022 | Los Angeles, CA

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

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