UPCOMING WEBINAR: Peer Learning Session: Women in Medicine: The Value Proposition of Gender Equity

October 22, 2021Garrett SchmittEvent, LibraryNo Commentsgender, gender equity, peer learning, physicians, women, women in medicine

It is well-documented that women in medicine experience substantial inequities in terms of opportunities for advancement and compensation. Institutional policies that effectively support their needs constitute a value proposition that can foster a culture of equity, trust, respect, and inclusion, and lead to better outcomes for organizations, staff, and patients. Register to join the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative…

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Innovations In Patient Engagement That Improve Outcomes & Economics

October 22, 2021Garrett SchmittEvent, LibraryNo CommentsChronic Care, Chronic Care Management, chronic conditions, chronic disease, health analytics, health economics, health technology, healthcare economics, healthcare systems, hypertension, patient outcomes, patients, Population Health, value-based care, vbc

With more than half of American adults suffering from high blood pressure, hypertension is the silent “other” pandemic facing the world today. But hypertension is just one of several chronic conditions that are demanding a change in how providers must empower their patients to adopt long-term behavioral change. Meanwhile, health systems and healthcare providers are…

UPCOMING WEBINAR: How Diagnostic Telemedicine Solutions Improve Eye-care Results Within The Diabetes Population

October 22, 2021Garrett SchmittEvent, LibraryNo Commentsdiabetes, diabetes care, diabetes management, diabetic retinopathy, diagnostic telemedicine, diagnostics, ey care, eye-care, point-of-care testing, retinopathy, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Webinar

In the year 2000, there were an estimated 20 million patients with diabetes. Today that number is around 30 million*. Unfortunately, a serious complication that affects this population’s eye care is not often discussed: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). In fact, DR is the number one cause of vision loss among people with diabetes but only 50%…

Chief Medical Officer’s Guide: Tracking Provider Performance, Reducing Low-value Care, and Improving Healthcare Accessibility

October 22, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo CommentsChief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer's Guide, CMO, healthcare accessibility, provider performance, quality of care, value of care

The role of chief medical officer (CMO) is ever-evolving, with crucial responsibilities added year-over-year, including guiding organizational strategy, managing gaps in care infrastructure, overseeing technology acquisition and implementation, and streamlining process improvement, among others. This guide presents solutions to CMO’s top-of- mind issues using CareJourney’s platform of clinically relevant analytics derived from one of the…

RECORDED WEBINAR: CCM & PCM: Netting Higher Patient Outcomes and Increased Financial Incentives

October 20, 2021Garrett SchmittLibrary, Webinar RecordingNo CommentsCCM, Chronic Care, Chronic Care Management, financial incentives, patient outcomes, PCM, Principal Care Management, value-based care, vbc

Download Slides Salient Healthcare will discuss the importance of Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Principal Care Management (PCM) initiatives. In this webinar you’ll learn: – How properly utilizing CCM and PCM services can benefit patients, providers, and value-based organizations – How to implement improvements in your CCM/PCM workflow – How to quickly analyze your CCM/PCM…

New ACO Playbook: How To Supercharge Your ACO

October 20, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo Commentsaccountable care, ACO, ACO Growth, ACO Performance Pathways, ACO success, ACOs, APP, Data, data sufficiency, Episodes of Care, patients, physicians

Throughout the last decade of ACO development, many have struggled to identify what actually makes ACOs successful. Analyses have been fraught with conflicting conclusions. Studies have tagged type of ownership (hospital-based vs. physician-led), geographic region or urban-rural factors, primary-care-only versus specialty participation, ACO payment model type, patient volume, and operations strategies as links to success…

Analysis: How COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Vary Across Different Communities

October 20, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo CommentsBiden administration, BioNTech, CMS, community health, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, EUA, FDA, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Medicare, Moderna, Pfizer, Pfizer-BioNTech

The year of 2020 was dominated by the news of how COVID-19 spread around the world, and how life has been changed by the disruption of this pandemic. We have witnessed the journeys of battling the disease, dedication and sacrifices by the front-line heroes, and the emotional roller coaster of wondering when this pandemic would…

Downside Risk Pays Off: 4 Best Practices for High ACO Performance

October 19, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo CommentsACO performance, ACO success, ACOs, CMS, Data, data aggregation, Downside Risk, Medicare, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MSSP, Patient Engagement, performance monitoring, population stratification, Risk

The Medicare Shared Savings Program, the accountable care organization (ACO) model that served 10.6 million seniors in 2020, collectively saved Medicare $4.1 billion last year, and $1.9 billion after accounting for shared savings payments, according to the National Association of ACOs and as recently published in Healthcare Finance. 513 ACOs participated in the Shared Savings Program in 2020, down…

Who is Generation C and how will healthcare adapt to meet their expectations?

October 17, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo Commentsconsumers, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Generation C, Generation Covid, pandemic, patient access, Patient Engagement, patient experience, patients, payments

While the term “Gen C” was first introduced circa 2012 by futurist Brian Solis as a way of describing a generation of connected consumers defined not by their age, geography, or income but by their hyper-connected, mobile-first mentality, it’s increasingly being used to describe post-pandemic-born babies. It’s also been applied to the mindset and expectations…

Key Characteristics for Successful Downside Risk Contracting

October 15, 2021Garrett SchmittLibraryNo Commentscontracting, downside risk contracting, healthcare payers, KLAS, Payers, Population Health, Population Health Management, Risk, risk contracting, risk management, value-baed reimbursement, value-based care, value-based contracting, VBR

Organizations that do strong vendor relationships, invest in the organization, and are willing to take on commercial risk will be poised to take on downside risk financial contracts. Through working with population health management vendors, KLAS released a recent report identifying which of their customers are most advanced in adopting downside risk contracts. In the…