Accountable care organization (ACO) success depends in part on a broad network of health information exchange (HIE) partners to effectively coordinate care. Our study illustrates that although ACO participation broadens HIE networks, the effects accrue differently across markets with varying levels of ACO penetration. ACO hospitals in high–ACO penetration markets increase their HIE network breadth…
As we reported on Wednesday, Jan. 12, “The top officials at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday, Jan. 11, made a major public statement regarding the goal of moving the healthcare system towards health equity, and a major component of that statement focused on leveraging Medicare’s value-based programs, particularly those…
Yet another benefit of the pandemic’s telehealth expansion is more hospital-at-home (HAH) and remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs. Integra Community Care Network, the accountable care organization (ACO) for Care New England Health System, is launching both in partnership with tech company Biofourmis. And with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanding HAH waiver…
As the Biden administration continues to move Medicare reimbursement from volume-based payment to payments based on value, officials are expanding those efforts to include providers who care for “traditional” Medicare patients and currently bill under a fee-for-service system. The new Direct Contracting program, a demonstration program that began under the Trump administration, allows “a broad…
The world of health care has changed a lot in the past decade, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at CMS has been behind a lot of that change. Radio Advisory’s Rachel Woods sat down with Liz Fowler, director of CMMI, to talk about what innovations CMMI has worked on in the…
Join us for this conversation covering the challenge of connecting your post-acute analytics investment to an ROI. Move beyond anecdotes, guesses and gut feelings and review some concrete examples of predictive modeling and positive ROI. Speaker: – Janine Savage, RN, CHC Vice President, Product Management, Analytics and Business Intelligence – Kevin Keenahan, SVP, Business Development,…
Download Slides Stellar Health and Vytalize Health will share key learnings and recommendations for how ACOs can empower not only participating providers, but their practice staff and care teams, with the resources and incentive structures needed to change behavior at the point of care. Visit the Stellar Health Exhibit Booth
Several weeks ago, we launched a survey to determine the post-acute growth strategies that owners, operators, and managers would be focused on in the new year. Given the impacts COVID-19 has had on the post-acute industry, it was clear to us here at Trella that traditional, linear growth wasn’t going to be the focus for every organization or line of…
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in October announced a “strategy refresh” that would guide development of its future payment models. If executed effectively, the strategy could make a substantial difference in hospice and palliative care as well as the health care system at large, a trio of experts told Hospice News. The…
The federal agency responsible for developing new health care payment models wants every fee-for-service Medicare beneficiary to be getting care from a provider who’s part of an accountable care organization by 2030. That goal is laid out in a recent white paper from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), “Driving Health System Transformation—A Strategy for the CMS Innovation Center’s Second Decade.”…