While the world of physical medicine has seen a steady progression in the development and adoption of value-based care models and payer contracts, behavioral health has been on a slower road to adoption. At the 2020 Open Minds Performance Management Institute earlier this month, payers, providers, and vendors convened to discuss a number of topics...
In my last blog, I talked about the communication gaps between primary care providers and specialists when it comes to referrals, the need for healthcare IT vendors to close this referral loop, and HealthEC’s success in already doing so.
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.
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.
When it comes to the proposed “Pathways to Success” for accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), my suggestion is this: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
