Serving the Value-Based Care Community
October 14, 2022
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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) aim to improve healthcare quality for patients while reducing costs. Even as healthcare providers have operated in an unstable industry for the past few years, ACO programs have continued to achieve shared savings and promote the shift to value-based care. Programs like the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and Direct Contracting—soon to be ACO REACH—incentivize providers to bear more financial risk in exchange for shared savings. In particular, MSSP has been a champion of value-based care, according to Dr. Brian Steele, chief medical officer of Collaborative Health Systems (CHS).
Healthcare Innovation | October 7, 2022
For all the challenges facing the leaders of patient care organizations in moving forward in their value-based contracting in a time in healthcare strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and policy and payment changes, some integrated health systems are doing well and showing excellent results, including in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). One of those health systems that has been doing well in the MSSP is Advocate Aurora Health, the 27-hospital integrated health system dually headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and whose service area encompasses all of the eastern third of the state of Wisconsin and the entire northeast quadrant of Illinois. Immediately after CMS announced MSSP results on September 6, Advocate Aurora leaders issued a press releasenoting their results.
Are you considering entering into APM contracts with private payers? Bravo! Teaming with commercial health plans and employers is a strong opportunity for growing patients through APM arrangements. Expanding your APM agreements into all payment types will be essential to back the incentives you build into your workforce for performance-based pay. But those contracts must align with your APM strategies and support your goals. Our focus here is on APM contracts with health plans. Health plans may be eager to adopt these arrangements with you, if their analytics of your organization demonstrate good outcomes and reasonable costs. Population-based payments, which proved to keep many providers afloat during the pandemic, may help you financially and enable you to incrementally explore those benefits...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed for many the reality that vast inequities exist in the nation’s health care system. That can be particularly true for children and families, many of whom face barriers to access and unequal care outcomes as a result of many factors and social determinants of health. Finding a solution to make children’s health care more equitable for all requires a complex approach and strategic partnerships, said a group of pediatric health leaders and advocates in a recent webinar hosted by U.S. News & World Report. Providers and partners should consider a three-pronged approach to addressing social determinants of health by working with individuals and families, communities and broader systems and policies, said Dr. Snehal Shah...
Sponsored Webinars
UPCOMING WEBINARS:

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 3: Clinician Strategy for APM Success
  • Topic: Creating the best APM clinical network, including covering clinical needs without generating liability, building physician trust, taking pressure off of PCPs, and generating collaboration and enthusiasm
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence
October 25, 2022 | 1 PM EST

Hit your measures! Optimize reimbursements and achieve 15:1 ROI
  • Topic: Utilizing new workflows and technology to improve patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and shared savings
Sponsored by: FLAACOS
October 26, 2022 | 1 PM EST

MSSP to ACO REACH: TriHealth’s ACO Journey
  • Topic: A large community health system's transition to Direct Contracting/ACO REACH, how the decision was made, and what has helped them succeed
Sponsored by: Lumeris
November 1, 2022 | 12 PM EST

What Is Health ILLiteracy Costing You?
  • Topic: Quantifying the cost of healthcare illiteracy and utilizing digital strategies to improve healthcare literacy for patients and communities
Sponsored by: mPulse
November 3, 2022 | 1 PM EST

5 Steps To Success in Risk-Based Contracts
  • Topic: Understanding and utilizing key data for performance evaluation, demographic makeup, provider performance, leakage identification, and patient engagement
Sponsored by: CareJourney
November 10, 2022 | 1 PM EST


RECORDED WEBINARS:

A Panel Discussion: Our Post-COVID Healthcare System & What We Have Learned
  • Topic: Factors that contributed to the breakdown of healthcare systems, lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis, and recommendations for creating a stronger healthcare system
Sponsored by: InfoMC

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 2: Determining Your Risk Level
  • Topic: Evaluating and engineering a future in risk-based payments; determining best alignments with Medicare, Medicaid, Employers, or Medicaid Advantage; and the pros and cons of focusing on one payer arena
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence

Frictionless Healthcare: Fueling Behavior Change to Close Gaps and Improve Experience 
  • Topic: Understanding and utilizing behavioral science to improve patient experiences within healthcare organizations
Sponsored by: mPulse

Harnessing Data in Value-based Care: How Atlantic Health Drives Success in Shared Savings Programs
  • Topic: Using data and analytics to successfully streamline transitions of care
Sponsored by: CarePort

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 1: Build or Join? Determining your pathway
  • Topic: Evaluating market strengths, competition, organization, and positioning to determine whether to build or join an ACO
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence

Cultivation of Physician Wellbeing in the Value Journey
  • Topic: Addressing physician burnout and moral injury, its impact on the value-based care movement, and tools for transforming organizational culture

Check our our Webinar Archive to view past webinars on a variety of value-based care related topics!

Upcoming Conferences
Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) Annual Conference
October 17 - 19, 2022 | Orlando, FL

Transitions 2022 | APG Colloquium
October 31 - November 2, 2022 | Washington, DC

22nd Population Health Colloquium
November 7 - 9, 2022 | Philadelphia, PA

HLTH 2022
November 13 - 16, 2022 | Las Vegas, NV

Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit: Special Edition
Held in conjunction with Health Care Value Week
January 23-27, 2023 | Virtual

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