While the introduction of the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (CMS-2393-P) grabbed headlines at last week’s National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference, discussions about social determinants of health could also be considered front-page news.
As a patient, have you ever felt a bit confused about next steps after your primary care provider (PCP) refers you to a specialist?
Remember when the doctor dusted off a paper copy of your medical record ahead of an office visit? While the days of medical record isolation are long gone, data remains a critical part of today’s healthcare market.
An organization’s computers may run on the most powerful software in the world, but if the servers aren’t plugged in, the system will be, shall we say…ineffective.
Remember the baseball movie Field of Dreams?
Community health centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are in a tricky position. They are poised to benefit from the innovative data aggregation and analytics platforms available in today’s healthcare marketplace, but don’t have the resources available to implement these solutions.
ACOs have big decisions to make regarding CMS’s Pathways to Success value-based initiative. With new rules dictating how long they can stay in the Shared Savings track before moving towards a risk arrangement, eligible ACOs must now determine:
A healthcare storm is brewing between CMS and Medicare Shared Savings Program providers who have not engaged with the agency’s value-based care efforts, an essential step in readying for the new “Pathways to Success” initiative.
“Easy” isn’t a term that government healthcare professionals throw around very often. In fact, when you consider the constantly changing dynamics of the healthcare landscape — especially Medicaid — nothing is easy.
We strive each day to help healthcare organizations succeed with value-based care and population health management (PHM), but let’s take our foot off the gas for just a moment to reflect on the past year, with an eye on what’s coming in 2019.
