Primary care is associated with improved life expectancy and reduced health care disparities. It is the frontline of our health care system, and is critical for tackling the growing behavioral health crisis and addressing social needs of patients, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its value, several indicators suggest that the sustainability…
Healthcare organizations are spending significant resources – time, money, and human capital – to address social determinants of health (SDoH) and health equity. Effective execution requires going upstream of the programming itself to understand the social determinants of a population. According to Data Bridge Market Research, the U.S. SDoH market is growing with a compound…
It’s no secret that patients with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) are costly to care for and have significantly worse outcomes than their peers. But value-based care models could enable providers to get creative in caring for these patients, leading to better outcomes and lower costs. Specifically, the value-focused model could allow providers to use wrap-around…
On February 1, 2023, CMS released the Medicare Advantage (MA) Advance Notice which is a document used to give notice to MA plans about upcoming changes to the model for the following performance year. As we outlined in our prior blog post, the Advance Notice contained substantial changes to the risk scoring model. CMS provided…
Seasonality—the cyclical changes that occur around the same time each year—lends a certain predictability that countless industries have learned to leverage to their benefit. One prominent example: Holiday shopping season. Every fall, shoppers have come to expect Christmas decorations lining store shelves and enticing sales to lure them in. Since retailers rely so heavily on…
Food security is perhaps one of the most commonly discussed social determinants of health, with the medical and public health industries standing poised to address it. According to Healthy People 2030, food insecurity is “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Food insecurity has two different levels of…
Download Slides Join ATTAC experts for a discussion about the changing Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health landscape, key considerations for health plans, and planning for the future ATTAC Consulting Group Presenters:– Jennifer Venditti, SVP, Business Transformation– Lynn Kryfke MSN, RN, Senior Consultant Who should listen in:– Population health leadership and staff– Clinical…
Download Slides Discover how technology and digital trends are transforming how ACOs deliver value and minimize costs. mPulse’s very own Aram Khodiguian, Director of Value Based Care Solutions, and Greg Gould, Senior Solution Engineer, will discuss how going digital is transforming ACOs ability to scale patient outreach to drive optimal cost savings across high-value…
As more health systems are operating or planning hospital-at-home programs, leaders of some of those programs see the opportunity to improve health equity. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has allowed health systems to provide treatment, including acute care, in patients’ homes, with certain conditions. Health systems involved with those programs…
FHIR is on fire, with the application programming interfaces (APIs) emerging as essential for healthcare innovation, according to Titus Schleyer, PhD, DMD, Regenstrief Institute research scientist. Full Article