The electronic health record (EHR) is an essential tool for linking demographic and clinical data within and across health care systems, as well as to public health databases. Data collected within the EHR are crucial for understanding and addressing inequities that negatively impact health and health care outcomes of marginalized communities, including persons with disabilities….
Today, behavioral health providers want to deliver effective treatment that brings hope and healing to patients. They also want to be reimbursed well and quickly so they can invest in the best resources and personnel. Value-based care can help providers achieve both. It orients practices and payers toward the most important factor in mental health…
As the United States government ramps up efforts to close healthcare gaps and achieve health equity across the country, dental care looms as a significant obstacle. Many Americans don’t have access to the dental care they need, a problem exacerbated by the lack of universal integration of oral health into primary or behavioral healthcare. The…
Engaging affiliates is critical to health system success in value- based care (VBC) arrangements. Providers are increasingly turning towards alternative payment arrangements as a new revenue strategy amidst rising competition. At the same time, health systems continue to acquire or affiliate with private physician practices as a result of increased consolidation and competition for network referrals. And…
Most primary care physicians (PCPs) are engaging with value-based care, with 69 percent participating in some type of alternative payment model. But a new report from Chartis Group has identified the PCPs leading this transition away from fee-for-service. Value-based care “Leaders,” according to the report, are PCPs who report participating in at least a partial-risk…
While the immediate fears, uncertainty, and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have practically disappeared, the mental health crisis sparked by these issues have not been so easily erased. Moreover, the number of people who need mental and behavioral health services continues to surge. October is National Depression Education and Awareness Month. The goal of this…
You’ve read it and you’ve experienced it: consumer frustration with an impersonal health care bureaucracy offering few conveniences, difficult navigation, high cost, and lack of transparency. Even as some organizations try to move forward with consumer-focused strategies, these are often still fledgling efforts with little overarching structure that fail to attract consumer attention. Beyond implementing…
Download Slides If you are just starting your approach to Value-Based Care and considering an ACO or other type of APM, where in the world should you start? While some of the early adopters began by rounding up their usual physicians and filing an ACO application, it’s no longer that easy. Value-based care payments now…
A public health crisis is growing more acute in rural America, disproportionately impacting individuals with both Medicaid and Medicare (the “dually eligible”). Rural residents suffer a “rural mortality penalty,” with rurality and poverty as predictors of mortality. In one study, researchers found that the U.S. rural-urban age-adjusted mortality disparity rate for adults had widened, nearly…
Delivering high-quality, value-based care is a strategic goal for most US healthcare organizations, though the means to the end varies. For one senior-focused primary care provider, in-home care supplemented by telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) has proved to be the answer. Called Heal, the organization aims to bring the primary care experience to seniors…