Here’s what primary care will look like in the future

April 13, 2022acoPrimary Care, Telehealth

Covid-19 played a pivotal role in accelerating years of digital health adoption, with the proliferation of telehealth at the forefront. According to a McKinsey report, telehealth utilization for office visits and outpatient care increased by 78 times between February and April 2020, as patients, providers and payers sought to navigate the safe delivery of healthcare…

Raising the Bar: Using Primary Care Practice Standards to Advance Health Equity in Medicaid

February 3, 2022acohealth equity, PCP, Primary Care

States are increasingly focusing on health equity, and in particular racial health equity, as a key priority within their Medicaid programs ― often explicitly building health equity requirements into managed care contracts. Ensuring equitable access to high-quality and comprehensive primary care is central to achieving meaningful progress toward this goal. As a result of structural…

Small primary care practices that received training in quality measures to enhance care improved patient outcomes

November 9, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsenhanced care, patient outcomes, PCPs, Primary Care, primary care practices, quality measures, training

A team of family medicine researchers conducted an assessment to determine if the implementation of policies and workflows designed to improve quality of care in smaller primary care practices was associated with improved health outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease. The study also examined whether enhancements in quality improvement capacity are associated with a change…

ACOs Angling for a Bigger Role in Health Equity

October 4, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsaccountable care, ACO, ACOs, CMS, health equity, HHS, Medicare, NAACOS, Population Health, Primary Care, primary care centers, SDOH, Social Services

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) can improve health equity in their patient populations, but they need more funding and flexibility to do so, according to a report from a group representing 370 ACOs. “ACOs are already beginning to do the work of addressing negative [social determinants of health] to improve quality and control costs for the…

New ACO Playbook: Three Ultimate ACO Strategies To Keep Physician Practices Onboard

August 19, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, consolidation, Medicare, PCPs, physician participation, physician practice, physicians, Primary Care, value-based care, value-based payment, value-based payment models, vbc

ACOs have zealously protected their favored status under Medicare Value-Based payment models, ensuring enough time for organizations to feel comfortable with financial risk and make investments in infrastructure. But if your own ACO is losing physicians to new equity-financed networks or to hospitals consolidating practices, more time does not help you. Primary care physicians are…

Investing in Primary Care to Ensure High-Quality Care for All Americans

August 10, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPrimary Care, quality care

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the grave consequences of underinvestment in primary care and primary care research. Although we have known for decades that health systems with a strong foundation in primary care can improve access to care, health outcomes (including reduced mortality), and health equity, important work remains to be done….

Telemedicine Use Higher Among PCPs with Value-Based Payment

July 16, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPCPs, Primary Care, Telehealth, Telemedicine, value-based care, value-based payment, vbc

Telemedicine use skyrocketed among primary care practices during the pandemic, specifically for those with a value-based payment model, according to a research letter published in JAMA Health Forum. Many patients were forced to delay primary care due to the pandemic, which resulted in significant revenue losses for primary care organizations. Telemedicine use naturally increased to make up for lost revenue…

Healthcare Payment Reform is Critical to Improving Primary Care

May 18, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsPayers, payment reform, PCPs, Primary Care, value-based care, value-based payment, value-based reimbursement, vbc

High-quality primary care implementation requires significant healthcare payment reform, expanded telehealth capabilities, and team-based care, according to a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.   According to the report, 85 deaths per day are associated with the declining workforce in primary care. Compensation in primary care is typically lower than that of specialty…

Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary Care–Based Accountable Care Organizations

April 7, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACORN SEED, Burnout, Chronic Care, Collaboration, CPAs, patient experience, physician Satisfaction, Primary Care, Provider Education, Quality Reporting, Workflow, Workflow Disruption

Clinical pharmacists are in an ideal position to manage multiple aspects of patient care within value-based care models. In 2015, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy founded the Accountable Care Organization Research Network, Services, and Education (ACORN SEED), a team of pharmacy practice faculty dedicated to using innovative approaches to patient care while providing unique…

Integrating behavioral health and primary care

April 5, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBHI, MAT, Primary Care

When primary care physician Dr. Karen Smith noticed that opioid abuse rates were skyrocketing in her community of Raeford, North Carolina, she decided to do something about it: She partnered with a behavioral health agency to roll out a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program within the four walls of her practice. Here’s how it worked: Smith…

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