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How to Negotiate Value-Based Contracting in Healthcare

healthec, value based contracting, value based reimbursement

Negotiating value-based reimbursement & Value-based contracting is a complex process for healthcare providers. Organizations participating in value-based agreements need to consider the specific population covered under the contract, the particular reimbursement model used, and which quality and utilization measures will be tracked. And because each contract varies, negotiators rely on every available insight to truly …

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CMS Boosts States’ SDOH Efforts: New Opportunities Focus on Medicaid and CHIP

CHIP, healthec, Medicaid, population health management, sdoh, sdoh programs, Social Determinants of Health

State health officials received a much-needed New Year’s present on January 7, 2021 from CMS. Cash-strapped and resource-drained after nine months of a pandemic, states health officials welcomed the center’s tidings of guidance, funding, and services to better address social determinants of health ( SDOH). The 51-page Medicaid Director’s letter from CMS provides leadership and …

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How Health IT Can Mitigate the Effects of Physician Burnout

COVID-19, healthec, population health management

Exhaustion. Depersonalization. Lack of Efficacy. These three cardinal symptoms that characterize physician burnout, as defined by the World Health Organization, and measurable by the Maslach Burnout InventoryTM, developed by Christina Maslach and her colleagues at the University of San Francisco in the 1970s. These symptoms also describe the realities of medical personnel working endlessly to …

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Prince George’s Health Alliance & Health Department Address SDOH, Improve Public Health

COVID-19, healthec, population health management, public health, sdoh, Social Determinants of Health

HealthEC customer Prince George’s Health Alliance was recently interviewed by Healthcare Innovation regarding their collaboration with the Prince George’s County Health Department. In a community-wide effort around social determinants of health (SDOH), the two organizations are working together to improve public health, reduce hospital visits and cut hospital charges per patient from $18,929 to only …

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