CMS releases three initiatives to grow Medicare ACO participation

January 18, 2023acoCMS, healthcare, healthcare providers, hospital, Medicare, MSSP

To advance its goal of having 100% of people in traditional Medicare in an accountable care relationship in seven years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced three initiatives in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the ACO REACH and Kidney Care Choices models. More than 700,000 healthcare providers and organizations will participate…

What’s Ahead in 2022

February 10, 2022acodigital health, healthcare, Telehealth, value-based care, vbc

As 2022 unfolds, it is becoming increasingly clear that health care is at a crossroads. Do we keep reacting to crisis after crisis, potentially undermining our ability to provide consistent patient care over time? Or do we start rethinking traditional care delivery models, so they become nimbler and more attuned to our patients’ needs—the clinical…

Why the health care industry must prioritize health equity

January 31, 2022acoCOVID-19, health equity, healthcare, pandemic

There are few silver linings related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but one that stands out is the growing recognition that health equity must be an essential guiding principle for health care organizations going forward. The broader health care system suffered greatly due to the coronavirus outbreak that has infected tens of millions and killed hundreds…

Steve Klasko on diverging from the ‘natural order of things’ to move health care forward

November 2, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsApple, community health, creativity, digital health, health care, health disparities, health inequity, healthcare, healthcare innovation, Jefferson Health, SPAC, Steve Jobs, Steve Klasko, structural health disparities

Welcome to the “Lessons from the C-suite” series, featuring Advisory Board President Eric Larsen’s conversations with the most influential leaders in health care. In this edition, Dr. Steve Klasko, CEO of Jefferson Health, talks with Eric about revelations in a Barnes & Noble, navigating “principled” growth, and how he approaches health care through an “old…

62% of Consumers Unfamiliar with Value-Based Care, Study Finds

October 25, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, consumer education, consumers, healthcare, healthcare consumers, healthcare education, healthcare industry, Patient Education, patients, value-based care, vbc

More than half of consumers are unfamiliar with value-based care, and for the ones who are aware of it, only a quarter can define the healthcare model correctly, a new study from nonprofit health plan EmblemHealth revealed. The payer surveyed 970 consumers online between August 12 and August 22, 2021, and found that there is a…

10 issues every healthcare leader should be thinking about

September 3, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsautomation, care delivery, cost-effectiveness, COVID-19, cyber security, digital enablement, health analytics, health insights, health insurace, health IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare leaders, information security, Interoperability, IT effectiveness, IT performance, metrics, pandemic, Payers, post-pandemic, Reimbursement, staffing

As the toll of the pandemic has continued to be evident, many are contemplating what lasting changes healthcare providers and health systems may face at the end of pandemic. But what should healthcare leaders be thinking about now to prepare their organizations for the post-pandemic environment. Staffing Review your strategy for recruiting and retaining key…

Five Important Health Care Trends That Consumers Should Track

July 29, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, consumers, cost transparency, coverage, health care trends, health costs, health inequities, health literacy, healthcare, healthcare costs, healthcare trends, Informed Patient, patient health data, SDOH, value-based care, vbc

In the world of health care, change is never-ending. Politics, government regulation, scientific advancement, technology, and the economics and financing of health care foster shifts to reshape how care is delivered and how much it costs. Many of these shifts are completely invisible to us as health care consumers. But they also drive what is…

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