Addressing Social Determinants of Health Closes Health Disparities

October 26, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentshealth disparities, Population Health, Population Health Management, racial disparities, SDOH, social determinants of health

A cancer care delivery model that specifically accounts for social determinants of health not only improved overall cancer survival rates, but closed racial health disparities in cancer care outcomes, researchers reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. Particularly, the healthcare delivery model—which included protocol to flag and address social determinants of health—improved cancer…

Key Characteristics for Successful Downside Risk Contracting

October 15, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentscontracting, downside risk contracting, healthcare payers, KLAS, Payers, Population Health, Population Health Management, Risk, risk contracting, risk management, value-baed reimbursement, value-based care, value-based contracting, VBR

Organizations that do strong vendor relationships, invest in the organization, and are willing to take on commercial risk will be poised to take on downside risk financial contracts. Through working with population health management vendors, KLAS released a recent report identifying which of their customers are most advanced in adopting downside risk contracts. In the…

FLASH INTERVIEW — HealthEC — October 2021

October 5, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, advisory services, CareConnect, clinically-proven, community health, community-based resources, Dr. Sanjay Seth, HealthEC, KLAS, Population Health, Population Health Management, value-based care, value-based healthcare, vbc

 HealthEC offers a KLAS-recognized, end-to-end population health management platform designed to help ACOs succeed with value-based care. Our HealthEC CareConnect® generates personalized, clinically-proven plans that enable teams, including community-based resources, to deliver patient-centric care. Advisory services are also available to guide our ACO partners in defining their strategic goals as they transition from volume…

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…

Barriers specialists face in population health management

June 27, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPopulation Health Management

With the rise of value-based care, payers increasingly require specialists to take on financial and holistic accountability for patients with some of our healthcare system’s most complex – and costly – diseases, from diabetes and congestive heart failure to cancer. This has precipitated a significant shift in what many healthcare stakeholders considered specialists’ traditional responsibilities….

NextGen ACO: 3 Steps to Value-Based Care

May 3, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsData Analytics, Downside Risk, Next Generation, Nextgen, Population Health Management, Value based contracts

UnityPoint Health’s participation in the initial rollout of CMS’ Next Generation ACO Model helped them succeed beyond their expectations in their transition to reimbursement risk. In performance year 1 (2016), UnityPoint’s 85,000-member Iowa Health ACO earned more than $10.5 million in shared savings. Like most health systems, UnityPoint still gets more revenue from fee-for-service than…

Population health program leverages social determinant data with help of regional HIE

April 25, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPopulation Health, Population Health Management, social determinants

In 2013, Earnest Carter, MD, deputy health officer of Maryland’s Prince George’s County Health Department, sought and received grant funding to improve population health in the community. His vision was to involve various local stakeholders and focus on social issues impacting an individual’s ability to live a healthy life. In 2016, Prince George’s partnered with…

Vendors Enabling the ACO: New Class of Vendors Matures

March 1, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsInteroperability, PHM, Population Health Management, Vendors

Successfully enabling an Accountable Care Organization is extremely challenging: There isn’t one standard ACO model; there isn’t one single ACO national policy; there isn’t one specific map to follow to build an ACO nor measure its success. There are few if any best practices readily available for healthcare organizations to adopt and make a successful…

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