Download Slides Many healthcare organizations can see performance—but far fewer can translate that performance into financial truth. As providers, ACOs, payers, and community health centers move deeper into value-based care, the gap between analytics and contract reality becomes a critical risk. In this session, Syntax—a division of Lightbeam Health Solutions—introduces the missing layer in…
Download Slides Specialty costs have long been a gnarly issue for ACOs, which currently have no ability to either steer or manage specialty costs. But Change is in the air, and it’s coming through ASM and TEAM, two large-scale specialty care risk payment models. Both payment models require referrals to primary care physicians for…
Download Slides Staffing your care gap closure efforts can be extremely difficult. This is due to the massive staffing shortage in healthcare today, tighter budgets, and a lack of management capacity. We discovered a novel workforce that is cost effective, large in size, and excited to start contributing to the healthcare system today! In…
Download slides Staffing your care gap closure efforts can be extremely difficult. This is due to the massive staffing shortage in healthcare today, tighter budgets, and a lack of management capacity. We discovered a novel workforce that is cost effective, large in size, and excited to start contributing to the healthcare system today! In…
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hits reset on an important value-based care initiative popular with health care providers, including nursing homes, providers will need to make considerations this spring on whether to participate in the new model called LEAD – short for Long-term Enhanced ACO Design. Starting in 2027, the federal…
Download Slides As healthcare organizations take on greater accountability for outcomes and cost, managing chronic disease requires more than retrospective reporting. This session examines how earlier risk identification, sustained patient engagement, and coordinated care delivery can work together to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable utilization—particularly in high-burden chronic conditions. Speakers: Reynaldo Villar, Digital Architect…
The healthcare industry is at a critical inflection point and the promise of value-based care is at risk due to operational complexity and clinician burnout. AI offers a potential lifeline to streamline processes and restore focus on patient care. However, widespread adoption is stalling. Concerns around trust, transparency, and usability are slowing progress. This isn’t just…
Download Slides As of January 1, 2026, CMS’s Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) is live – and for selected hospitals, participation is mandatory. TEAM is more than a reimbursement change. It is a readiness test for value-based care, demanding tighter financial, clinical, and operational coordination. Unlike voluntary programs such as BPCI Advanced, TEAM requires…
Download Slides Last year we saw a shift in the CMS Value-Based Care Program, with the announcement of two specialty care risk payment models, and the retirement of several models like Primary Care First, Making Care Primary, and alterations in Kidney Care Choices. CMS also restated its strategies for Value-Based Care, requiring the inclusion…
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) and the AIM for Health Equity and Accountable Care Growth (AHEAD) model, it wasn’t tinkering with policy at the margins — it was redefining what hospitals are accountable for. The new rules make one truth unavoidable: the hospital’s responsibility doesn’t…