A broad coalition of physician groups and health care organizations is calling on Congress to continue incentives for participating in advanced alternative payment models (APMs) that include financial risk. In a letter to leaders of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, 23 physician and health care associations and more than 600 health systems, hospitals,…
The way physicians and nursing home organizations work together must improve, especially with value-based care continuing to grow in prominence among all care settings. More specifically, C-suite executives, nursing staff and other leaders – from both the physician group side and nursing home operator end – must have a close partnership and aligned business strategies…
Download Slides According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Primary Care serves as the cornerstone of a high-performing healthcare system, playing an indispensable role in enhancing patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs. The CMS Innovation Center has dedicated substantial resources to fortify primary care, enhance patient care quality, and tackle the…
Twice a week, Boston-area psychiatrist Elissa Ely volunteers at a US anonymous help line for physicians in crisis. The calls she takes are often from people in deep distress — physicians having panic attacks, abusing substances or alcohol, facing divorce or alienation from family and friends. A typical call, she said, could be from “an…
Download Slides Value-based care aims to shift the focus from the quantity of services provided to the quality and outcomes of patient care. While the concept is simple, value-based care contracts are more complicated. In this webinar, we’ll review the key components of value-based care contracts and explore the pitfalls you’ll want to avoid…
Numerous studies have shown that the failure to address individuals’ housing, food, transportation, and other health-related social needs (HRSNs) can result in poorer health outcomes and increased health care costs. Elizabeth Bradley and colleagues have published several empirical research studies and a book illustrating that the underinvestment in social services relative to health care, at…
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Download Slides The economic and clinical burden of cardiac arrhythmias in the U.S. is immense. Irregular heart rhythms like AFib are becoming alarmingly common, and are expected to grow in the coming years. Those with AFib are at 3x greater risk of developing heart failure, and 5x greater risk of stroke. These not only…
Health insurers, self-insured employers, and government plans wield significant power in the U.S. healthcare landscape. Their decisions on reimbursement, technology adoption choices, and how they communicate with members reverberate across the healthcare ecosystem. In order to gain more members and simply maintain their business, they will need to take on more risk and make themselves…
The end of each calendar year brings with it an atmosphere of heightened scrutiny for risk-bearing health care organizations. These organizations are in a race against time to close risk and quality gaps to maximize their performance and reimbursements in value-based care (VBC). The upcoming Healthcare Quality Week is a timely reminder for organizations to…