RECORDED WEBINAR: How Houston Methodist ACO is cracking the code on HCCs

December 2, 2025Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, hospice, palliative care, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Medicare ACO is #1in Savings Per Patient for Academic Medical Centers. 98th percentile in Total Earned Savings = $50.4 million. 98th Percentile in Quality Nationally = 96. One of their leaders, Wajiha Waheed, Director of Finance and Operations, will join us to discuss HCC recapture tools and change…

RECORDED WEBINAR: From Data to Dignity: Using Predictive Analytics to Drive Proactive, Patient-Aligned Care

July 31, 2025Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, hospice, palliative care, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides This webinar will demonstrate how an ACO integrated AI-powered predictive models into its advanced care planning programs to identify patients earlier and improve alignment with their care goals. Participants will explore how these tools analyze complex patient data to forecast risk, support timely advanced care planning, and optimize resource allocation. Real-world case…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Beyond GUIDE: HCC Recapture Made Smarter, Not Harder​: Data-Driven Insights of HCC Opportunities with Minimal Impact to Workflow

September 26, 2024Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, hospice, palliative care, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides TP-ACO experts, Jay Simmons, MS-ISM, Vice President, Physician Services, Lauren Stuteville, RN, BSN, Transition of Care Coordinator, and HDAI’s Julie Woods, Manager of Customer Success, will share how an interdisciplinary team collaborated to successfully use HDAI’s HCC Recapture tool to address and optimize Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) capture within their ACO population.​…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Beyond GUIDE: How data-driven strategies are paving the path for better dementia care

June 6, 2024Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, hospice, palliative care, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides This summer, CMS will launch its eight-year Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model where Medicare patients living with dementia and their family caregivers will be able to access comprehensive care and wraparound support services for free. This new payment model supercharges organizations like Remo Health to deliver accessible, affordable, quality dementia &…

Payer, Provider Value-Based Care Contract Targets Equity, Population Health

December 20, 2022Garrett SchmittBehavioral Health, palliative care, payer-provider collaboration, racial disparities, racial equity, Telehealth

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) has announced that it will renew its long-term value-based care contract with Jefferson Health. The provider will participate in Independence’s Total Value of Care value-based care program starting on January 1, 2023. Independence, a payer in southeastern Pennsylvania, has already been in a value-based care partnership with the non-profit health system and teaching…

Health Matters: The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care

August 6, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsEOL, hospice, palliative, palliative care

Keeping patients calm and comfortable during treatment of a serious illness—that’s the goal of palliative care. “Often patients are fearful when they hear the term palliative care because it’s often associated with hospice. We are trying to dispel some of that fear because quality at any stage of an illness is important,” said Dr. Jonathan…

5 steps to ensure your patients—like my husband—receive the end-of-life care they want

June 12, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACP, Advance Care Planning, End of life care, EOL, palliative, palliative care

It was my first bereavement group meeting. One after another, people recounted heart-wrenching tales full of tears, anger, regret and loneliness over the loss of their spouse. Their partners had died in hospitals, with medical personnel trying to work miracles right up to the bitter end. They did not feel good about their spouses’ medical…

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