How to Use Healthcare Analytics to Improve Care Access

May 4, 2022acoCMMI, CMS, Physician Engagement, physicians, SDOH

In recent years, momentum among Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve health equity has increased. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ announcement of the redesigned ACO REACH contracting model to improve health equity will only accelerate this momentum. In this blog, we will help ACOs and healthcare payers understand how healthcare analytics can be used to identify health equity challenges…

How to Evaluate Physician Performance Using Appropriateness

March 30, 2022acoCMMI, CMS, Physician Engagement, physicians, SDOH

Appropriate Care: What’s the big deal? It is well known that the United States spends more than any other nation on healthcare, but as a nation, our health outcomes miss the mark. As evidence-based medicine evolves, it is important that our healthcare practices adapt. With burnout at an all-time high and staff shortages on the…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Achieving ACO Success by Engaging Provider Group Staff

November 30, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACO care teams, ACO staff, ACOs, care teams, incentives, network development, participating providers, physician education, Physician Engagement, point of care, practice staff, providers, staff, value-based care, vbc, Webinar

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

Efficiency One Key to Success in Value-Based Care Engagement

September 19, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCOVID-19, efficiency, pandemic, Physician Engagement, Population Health Management, value-based care, vbc

Speaking during a Sept. 15 eHealth Initiative panel discussion, Devdutta Sangvai, M.D., M.B.A., executive director of Duke Connected Care, said clinicians are under such stress during the pandemic that value-based care initiatives need to focus on enhancing efficiency to ease their burden. “If you can create efficiency in your value-based model, I think you’re likely…

Value-Based Contracting 101: Preparing, Negotiating, and Succeeding

June 1, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentscontracting, Fee for service, MSSP, negotiating, negotiations, Next Generation ACOs, payer-provider collaboration, Payers, Physician Engagement, Value based contracts, value-based care

The Triple Aim. The Quadruple Aim. Right care at the right place at the right time. Whether one works in a hospital or small independent practice, healthcare providers are leaning on these concepts to deliver valuable care to their patients, and that is in its simplest form: care that results in the best patient outcomes…

Patients, doctors like telehealth. Here’s what should come next.

May 17, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAMA, COVID-19, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Engagement, Telehealth

Patients and physicians like telehealth and want it to continue after the pandemic comes to an end, according to one of the largest studies to examine the mode of practice during COVID-19. But there’s work to be done to make the most of the technology going forward. The AMA collaborated with the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition—comprised…

ACOs may affect physician employment patterns, JAMA study finds

July 30, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Commentsemployment, JAMA, physician burnout, Physician comp, Physician Compensation, Physician Engagement, physician Satisfaction

Dive Brief: The growth of accountable care organizations is cutting physician work hours as well as the likelihood of doctors being self-employed, according to a new JAMA report. The study of nearly 50,000 doctors found a 10% increase in ACO enrollment in a hospital referral region is connected with 0.82 fewer work hours per week…

Many physicians see part of their compensation tied to their productivity

April 26, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPhysician Compensation, Physician Engagement, Physician Led, physician Satisfaction

Physicians are still getting a lot of their pay from personal productivity despite broader attempts to shift to value-based payment models. An analysis (PDF) from the American Medical Association found that 31.8% of the average physician’s compensation came from personal productivity in 2016. Salary continued to be the dominant method of physician compensation, but productivity was…

The ABC of Physician Engagement: Point-of-Care Support For More Holistic Care

February 7, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPhysician Engagement, physician Satisfaction

In January 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services set a goal to tie 50% of the Medicare payments to value or quality by 2018. This transition has put physicians on the frontlines of healthcare, as they play a major role in the value-based roadmap of an organization. However, on the downside, this shift…

Specialty Group Works to Boost Physician Well-Being and Satisfaction

January 10, 2018acoNo CommentsPhysician Engagement, physician Satisfaction

A Health Affairs blog article co-authored this past year by 10 prominent health system CEOs describes the problem of physician burnout as a national public health crisis and “a matter of absolute urgency.” The numbers support their contention.  The Medscape Lifestyle Survey 2017 reveals that 51 percent of physicians report experiencing this energy-depleting affliction, characterized…

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