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August 5, 2022
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Health equity in America is a vast topic, and I’m sure there are people much more expert in this area than I am. However, as a Black man, and as the CEO of a healthcare technology company that works with thousands of clinical organizations, I believe it’s my obligation to learn, speak out, and take action. As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, and as we continue to see billions upon billions of dollars invested in technology that enables these digital interactions, I wonder if we’re putting the cart before the horse. Can effective tools and solutions be designed when the first step in the process isn’t learning about the unique needs of different patient and clinician populations?
CMS’ announcement of the redesigned Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) program, now ACO REACH, created an opportunity for REACH participants to focus on health equity and to finally receive reimbursement payments that are adjusted to their patients’ specific needs. This post is the second part of a two-part series. Now that we understand how ACO REACH benchmarks and health equity adjustments are made, let’s focus on how to “Plan” and “Act” to implement health equity plans that tackle the main drivers of health equity.
ACOs with independent participants have struggled with their highest performing practices being recruited by multi-ACO enabler entities. From the other perspective, provider practices are challenged with selecting from an increasing array of enabler contracts as alternatives to CMS’s BASIC, ENHANCED and REACH models. When making PY 2023 track decisions, affected ACOs and practices benefit from analyzing the opportunities and threats introduced by this new reality. Threatened ACOs can proactively monitor the growth of enablers in their geographies and the migration of patients to other organizations.
Healthcare Innovation | August 1, 2022
The nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance has revised quality measures for health plans in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) for measurement year 2023. NCQA has added race/ethnicity stratifications and made revisions to acknowledge and affirm member gender identity. Collecting race and ethnicity data is key to improving health disparities, NCQA said. Better transparency into health plan performance by race and ethnicity will aid the illumination and investigation of care gaps and inequitable care so that the industry can learn from top performers.
Sponsored Webinars
UPCOMING WEBINARS:

Your Roadmap to Building a Robust Health Equity Plan to Succeed in ACO REACH
  • Topic: Preparing for ACO REACH requirements
Sponsored by: CareSignal
August 9, 2022 | 1 PM EST

Weighing Participation in Multi-ACO Enabler Entities for PY 2023
  • Topic: How to compare and evaluate venture backed multi-ACO companies, as well as Payer-owned entities holding GPDC/REACH contracts
Sponsored by: Validate Health
August 10, 2022 | 1 PM EST

Using Your PY 2021 Settlement for PY 2023 Selections by Sept 9th
  • Topic: Common questions about settlement calculations and specific examples of settlement reports
Sponsored by: Validate Health
Expected August 12 - August 31, 2022 (date TBD) | 1 PM EST

Last chance to decide between MSSP and REACH
  • Topic: Considerations from financial opportunity and risk exposure perspective in choosing MSSP or REACH
Sponsored by: Validate Health
Expected August 22 - August 26, 2022 (date TBD) | 1 PM EST

RECORDED WEBINARS:

Financial Changes in the Proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • Topic: Understanding the proposed 2023 MPFS and its potential effects on PY 2023 and 2024 decisions, including considerations around benchmark
Sponsored by: Validate Health

SDOH and the Risk of Poor Outcomes: To Adjust, or not To Adjust
  • Topic: Understanding SDOH, its impacts, and its role in healthcare
Sponsored by: PointRight

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

Upcoming Conferences
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
FLASH INTERVIEW
This week's focus: Simplifying data extraction, normalization, and interoperability
Each week we showcase one of our solution providers in a 4-5 minute interview and ask them what they bring to the VBC Community and what sets them apart. 
Today's guest:

On a mission to improve healthcare by connecting every practice in America, Healthjump delivers data that matters. Healthjump manages the collection, storage, and movement of health data for organizations seeking to improve patient and provider outcomes. So far, Healthjump supports 58+ EHR/PM systems, and has a network of over a thousand practices with over one billion records being processed every day.
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