PHM, IDD Patients and the Importance of Practical Approaches
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.
Value-based Care
Factors ACOs Must Consider as They Transition from CMS’s Medicare Shared Savings Program to Pathways to Success
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:
Trouble Ahead for Some Medicare Shared Savings Program Providers
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.
Year in Review and a Look Towards 2019
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.
It’s Too Early for ACO Pathways to Success under MSSP
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.
Primary Care Physicians: Strategy for Closing Communications Gap
About 30 years ago the World Wide Web was developed. About 15 years ago researchers cracked the human genome. About 10 years ago the first iPhone was rolled out. Yet, in the year 2018 at the height of the digital age, why is it so difficult to visualize a scenario where every single patient’s primary …
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