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The top officials at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday, Jan. 11, made a major public statement regarding the goal of moving the healthcare system towards health equity, and a major component of that statement focused on leveraging Medicare’s value-based programs, particularly those focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs) to help drive change.
HealthLeaders | January 12, 2022
An increased public recognition of the need for behavioral health treatment is one of the top trends in behavioral health care for 2022, an expert says. Jason Washburn, PhD, MA, is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as well as a member of the board of advisors at Owl. His research interests include nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide, and implementation of psychological practices. HealthLeaders recently asked Washburn about the top behavioral health trends for 2022. The following is a lightly edited transcript of his comments...
With strengthened provider data sharing employed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and new interoperability standards applied, 95% of all survey respondents in Q1 2022 expect an increase in related data expenses for health systems and integration problems with vendors. Less than 4% of all respondents foresee any governmental incentives for providers that actively participate in the information-blocking rule fixes in the next calendar year.
As the Biden administration continues to move Medicare reimbursement from volume-based payment to payments based on value, officials are expanding those efforts to include providers who care for “traditional” Medicare patients and currently bill under a fee-for-service system. The new Direct Contracting program, a demonstration program that began under the Trump administration...
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Strong Post-Acute Care Partnerships: Critical Pieces for Your ACO’s Network Optimization Puzzle
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2022 Technology Revolution: Using Innovation to Drive Quality in Value-Based Care Organizations 
  • Topic: top priorities, trends, data and analytics, adoption and quality of current and future healthcare technology
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