RECORDED WEBINAR: Transforming Community Health: El Centro de Corazón’s Innovative Approach to Reducing Health Disparities & Improving Outcomes

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 Download Slides Join leaders from El Centro de Corazón as they share their journey as an FQHC serving Houston’s East End community. Discover how El Centro has evolved to address the health needs of its patients, focusing on quality, innovation, and community-driven care. Hear about its implementation of deviceless remote patient monitoring which has…

Organizational Factors Associated With Variation in Primary Care Providers in ACOs

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The rapid expansion of the accountable care organization (ACO) program implemented by CMS in 2012 has resulted in different types of health care organizations participating in this value-based payment model.1,2 The ACO model encourages providers to coordinate patient care across the continuum and financially rewards participants through shared savings for containing costs while improving the quality…

Why health systems are turning to VBC consultants

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  As interest in value-based care (VBC) grows, more health systems are turning to consultants to help them transition from a traditional fee-for-service model to VBC.  More health systems invest in VBC Over the last few years, interest in VBC has accelerated and is expected to continue to grow. According to a 2022 report from McKinsey…

5 Value-Based Care Strategies to Control Patient Care Costs

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The staggering reality that health care could soon account for one fifth of all domestic spending has put a bull’s eye on health care cost control. Is your ACO, health system, or physician organization ready to manage the coming congressional budget cuts? The only effective way to tackle Total Costs of Patient Care (TCoC) without cutting services is through a…

RECORDED WEBINAR: An Inside Look: The Illusive Fundamentals of Operating a Provider Business

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 Download Slides Lucerna Health will provide a behind the scenes look at how to develop actionable insights and connect provider operational processes to improve business effectiveness and efficiency. We will discuss how to turn your data into an asset, creating actionable insight, so you aren’t flying blind and can better manage performance improvement efforts….

Risant Health Fills Out Its Value-Based Care Team

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Risant Health, a nonprofit organization created by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in 2023 and dedicated to increasing access to value-based care, has filled out its leadership ranks, naming Jessica Bartell, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., its chief medical information officer. Also Deepak Sadagopan has joined Risant as business lead, value-based platform. KP Medical Foundation physician Chris Cable, M.D.,…

Addressing Malnutrition Through Advances In Value-Based Care

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Malnutrition, defined as the “inadequate intake of nutrients, particularly protein, over time,” affects 20 percent to 50 percent of hospitalized patients despite only 8 percent being diagnosed. Malnutrition has been shown to increase hospital costs (34 percent more) and 30-day readmission rates (54 percent higher) compared to hospitalizations in patients without a malnutrition diagnosis. Addressing malnutrition through targeted nutrition interventions improves…

The North Star of Behavioral Health: Aligning Payer, Provider Goals in Value-Based Care

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Value-based care in behavioral health is confusing. All the jargon makes it seem like everyone is speaking a different language. A value-based care arrangement can mean many things, including full-risk, pay-for-performance, or even shared savings. But the biggest obstacle to a value-based care future is the lack of national standards. To complicate matters, these conversations…

Bridging Care Gaps With a Systemwide Value-Based Care Strategy

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Many health systems struggle to achieve cost savings in value-based care due to care management gaps and fragmented care delivery, particularly for patients with complex needs. To address these silos, health systems must adopt proactive, continuous care management with standardized communications and leadership support across all organizational levels. This can be accomplished by mapping care…