RECORDED WEBINAR: Value-Based Surgical Care: How Predictive-Prevention Platforms Lower Readmissions, Improve Outcomes, and Increase Margins

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 Download Slides Surgical care is one of the most significant drivers of cost, outcomes, and financial performance in value-based healthcare. Yet many surgical complications, readmissions, and same-day cancellations are not random—they are predictable and preventable. In this webinar, we’ll explore how predictive-prevention platforms are transforming perioperative care by enabling hospitals to identify high-risk patients…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Utilizing AI Employees to Free-Up Bandwidth for Practices

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 Download Slides In this webinar, we discuss real examples of AI agents working across EHRs offloading routine admin work like risk adjustment and quality while surfacing only what clinicians need to see. Discover how leading groups are building AI-native operations that scale without added staffing or burnout. Speakers: Mark Pothen – CEO & Co-Founder of…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Why Your ACO’s Data Strategy Is Your Biggest Competitive Advantage – And How to Build It

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 Download Slides ACOs are only recently beginning to aggregate their patient data. Required to adopt data aggregation by new APP Reporting requirements, many now understand some of the difficulty with multiple EHRs. ACOs are now all too aware of the lack of practice staff capable of queuing up data or resolving data issues, and…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Setting the Record Straight: Unmasking TEAM Target Prices

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 Download Slides If you’re a TEAM participant, you know the responsibility that comes with it: managing the cost of care and driving care delivery innovation across 30-day episodes for five surgical procedures. Yet many hospitals are struggling with one of the most complex — and often misunderstood — components of the model: target price…

As CMS Expands ACOs, Nursing Homes Push for More Aligned Model as 90% Are Left Out

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As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) strives to improve and expand accountable care organization (ACO) models for the future, there’s a prime opportunity to better serve long-term care populations, including residents in nursing homes. For starters, the federal agency should consider simplifying the bureaucratic hurdles that keep more skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Automation with Accountability: How ACOs can Scale Patient Engagement Without Burning Out Teams

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 Download Slides ACOs are under immense pressure to close more care gaps, hit TOC windows, and drive preventive care—yet most teams are already stretched thin. This webinar breaks down how to scale patient engagement responsibly, using automation that’s transparent, governed, and designed to support (not replace) care teams. In this session, we’ll unpack the…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Preventing Avoidable ED Visits: How Predictive Analytics Transforms Utilization Management in Value-Based Care

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 Download Slides Emergency department utilization is one of the most powerful cost accelerators in value-based care arrangements. For ACOs, Medicare Advantage organizations, and provider groups operating under downside risk, preventable ED visits can quickly erode shared savings and destabilize financial performance. The challenge is not simply managing ED use after it occurs- it is…

RECORDED WEBINAR: The Missing Layer in Value-Based Care: Turning Performance into Financial Truth

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 Download Slides Many healthcare organizations can see performance—but far fewer can translate that performance into financial truth. As providers, ACOs, payers, and community health centers move deeper into value-based care, the gap between analytics and contract reality becomes a critical risk. In this session, Syntax—a division of Lightbeam Health Solutions—introduces the missing layer in…

RECORDED WEBINAR: How ACOs Can Leverage ASM and TEAM to Develop a High Performance Specialty Network?

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 Download Slides Specialty costs have long been a gnarly issue for ACOs, which currently have no ability to either steer or manage specialty costs. But Change is in the air, and it’s coming through ASM and TEAM, two large-scale specialty care risk payment models. Both payment models require referrals to primary care physicians for…

Medication Management’s Role in Medicare Advantage Stars

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The Medicare Advantage (MA) Star Ratings program is undergoing a fundamental shift. Instead of primarily rewarding health plans’ operational compliance and administrative performance, the focus is moving toward measurable clinical outcomes and member experience. As a result, medication management will increasingly influence both Star Ratings performance and financial outcomes, making it a critical area for…