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This week's industry news
1.) New Delivery Models Could Ease Predicted Physician Shortage
Expanding the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants could help eliminate the anticipated shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) over the next decade, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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2.) Medical Home Neighborhoods: Uplinking Specialists To Create Integrated Systems of Care
This webinar will examine the trend toward medical neighborhoods and effective strategies for building out the neighborhood. Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, director of BDC Advisors, will share his expertise in developing these systems of care.
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3.) Patient Satisfaction Increases When Patients Know Their Doctors
Nearly one-fourth of patients reported increased patient satisfaction when they knew their physician, according to a Vanderbilt study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
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4.) Guide to Physician Engagement
This resource deconstructs the physician culture and suggests tactics for converting reluctant physicians into champions for healthcare improvement. Q&A chapter answers more than 40 questions on the engagement of physicians.
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5.) Healthcare Business White Paper: Care Transitions in 2013 - Interventions Surge in Response to Payor Scrutiny; Home-Grown Approaches Trump Traditional Models
In its third annual e-survey on Care Transition Management, the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) captured efforts by 86 organizations to strive for Triple Aim goals of better care at improved cost during transitions of care. Conducted in April 2013, the survey measures existing and planned programs, targeted transitions and populations, transition team members and responsibilities, and much more. This HINtelligence Report provides data highlights on care transition program components, the most successful tools for care transition management, results and ROI; and much more.
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6.) Public Awareness of Health Insurance Marketplaces Has Tripled Since October 1st Launch
Despite widespread difficulty accessing the online health insurance marketplaces, public awareness has tripled since their October 1st launch, and a majority of those unable to access them will try again, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey.
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7.) New Chart: Care Management Components for Dual Eligibles
According to nearly 81 percent of healthcare companies who responded to HIN's industry survey on care coordination of dual eligibles, patient education and case management are the top components of their care management program for dual eligibles. We wanted to see which other elements comprise such programs.
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8.) Health Insurance Exchanges: Product Design, Promotion and Positioning
This resource features insights from key industry consultants, state regulators and health insurers on the primary issues that will affect product designs for state health insurance exchanges.
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9.) Colorado Medicaid Accountable Care Effort Doubles Savings in One Year
Three years into an Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) program, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing achieved $44 million in gross savings or cost avoidance, officials report, more than double the amount of cost avoidance achieved by the program last fiscal year.
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10.) 2013 Healthcare Benchmarks: Dual Eligibles Care Coordination
This resource examines emerging trends in duals care management, from the prevalence of existing programs to gains achieved in key quality metrics like patient satisfaction.
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11.) Carrot or Stick? Tips for Using Incentives in Population Health Management
While not right for everyone, offering NASCAR� tickets for completing a health risk assessment was the right incentive for one trucking company surveyed by Buck Consultants' National Clinical Practice, says principal Patricia Curran. Many companies offer employees incentives for wellness participation, but they need to look at their population and determine what would most motivate them.
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12.) Profiting from Population Health Management: Applying Analytics in Accountable Care
This resource provides both a primer in PHM, identifying the challenges and opportunities of a robust population health management program, and an advanced case study in the use of analytics in PHM.
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13.) HINfographic: 12 Trends on the ACO Frontier in 2014
The accountable care organization (ACO) movement shows no signs of slowing. In fact, looking ahead, there is a greater number of ACOs in the wings than one year ago. Forty-four percent of developing ACOs will be helmed by physician-hospital organizations, according to a new infographic from the Healthcare Intelligence Network. This HINfographic examines 12 emerging ACO trends at 138 healthcare organizations and delivers tactics from a top performing Pioneer ACO, Monarch HealthCare.
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14.) Managing Population Health with Integrated Registries and Effective Patient Touchpoints
A patient might expect a reminder about a missed colonoscopy during a primary care visit, but during a trip to the dermatologist? Providing health plan members with "consistent and ubiquitous reminders" via multiple touchpoints in their healthcare journey is one of Kaiser Permanente's key population health management strategies, reports Jim Bellows, PhD, senior director of evaluation and analytics for Kaiser Permanente.
Another is the vigorous use of registries - more than 50 in all, at last count - even for relatively rare diseases. Dr. Bellows defines the criteria for registry creation, expands on the choice and availability of patient touchpoints and explains the evolution of other Web-based PHM tools in use by Kaiser Permanente.
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