RECORDED WEBINAR: Your ACO Guide to Targeting Costs with Data-Driven Strategies: Data Flush? Best ACO Options for Prioritizing Cost Initiatives

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 Download Slides ACOs have struggled with lowering costs, and having the data to use smart strategies. Examine your options and possible data strategies for targeting a key area of cost avoidance: avoidable utilization and other expenses. In this webinar we’ll review the types of data that ACOs have available to them for targeting avoidable costs, and which…

LLMs in Healthcare at Scale – the promise, the reality, the cost, and the path forward

Garrett Schmitt

Background As the inevitable transition to an “intelligent health system” accelerates, the development, implementation, and deployment of AI-powered solutions is moving at speeds uncharacteristic of healthcare. Leveraging intelligence in all aspects of healthcare management and operations is becoming essential in helping to address many of the industry’s most pressing challenges, including clinician burnout, increased complexity…

EHR Association Makes Recommendations on SDOH Data Capture

Garrett Schmitt

A task force of the EHR Association has made recommendations for how social determinants of health (SDOH) data should be captured in electronic health records. The association’s Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Task Force’s recently published “Recommendations for Determinant Capture,” notes that there is currently a lack of consensus around which SDOH domains…

RECORDED WEBINAR: An Inside Look: The Formula for Health Engagement and Revenue Growth

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 Download Slides Join Lucerna’s healthcare engagement experts Craig Thomas, CEO, and Lynn Locke, Sr. Director of Consumer Engagement and Insights, for an inside look at how Lucerna drives increased Healthcare Engagement and Revenue Growth with an impressive 31% average conversion rate to appointments completed and over 200% lift. Whether you are a health system,…

Three things to know about CMS’s approach to behavioral health in 2024

Garrett Schmitt

On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled its 2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule. It includes changes to greatly increase access to behavioral healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries. Because many compliance rules in behavioral health will be changing in 2024, and simultaneously, a new set of behavioral health professionals will…

AI-driven prior authorizations: an opportunity for advancing health equity

Garrett Schmitt

Attaining health equity remains a paramount objective for health care professionals aiming to transcend the impact of socioeconomic factors on individuals’ health outcomes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has emphasized advancing health equity to address care disparities. Despite this effort, many communities grapple with health care access and outcomes disparities, often exacerbated…

The Role Of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations In Maternal Health

Garrett Schmitt

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country, and it has increased in recent years. Other more common negative maternal health outcomes such as severe maternal morbidity are also on the rise. Improving the quality of perinatal care to address these poor maternal health outcomes is a pressing policy concern….

Report: More Employers Are Looking To Deploy Value-Based Care

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About a third of employers are integrating value-based care into their employer-sponsored insurance, according to a new survey. Another third of employers are determining the “best-fit strategies for their organization” when it comes to accountable care. The report was published Sunday by the Milken Institute with support from Morgan Health, a JPMorgan Chase healthcare unit…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Navigating MSSP Quality Reporting: EHR Connection vs QRDA 1

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 Download Slides In the complex landscape of healthcare, quality reporting is a critical aspect that impacts both patient care and the operational efficiency of healthcare providers. “Navigating MSSP Quality Reporting: EHR Connection vs. QRDA-1” is a webinar designed to shed light on the intricacies of selecting the most effective reporting path for healthcare organizations….

CareFirst, Children’s National Hospital Develop Value-Based Care Alliance

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., have entered into a value-based care alliance to address three key priority health conditions: behavioral and mental health, diabetes, and infant mortality. The first initiative involves addressing the youth mental health crisis. As part of this alliance, nonprofit CareFirst has increased the reimbursement for preventive…