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What You Need To Know About the NYU Emergency Department Visit Algorithm
The purpose of the Emergency Department (ED) is to save lives by providing immediate care for individuals with life-threatening conditions. Over the past 2 decades, the U.S. has seen an increasing abuse of EDs for conditions that could be avoided if better managed in...
Social Determinants of Health: The Building Blocks to Improving Our Healthcare System
Millions of individuals are out of work. Food insecurity is on the rise. Access to safe and affordable housing has declined. Anxiety and depression are at an all-time high due to stress and isolation. While anyone can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19),...
Five Steps to Understanding ROI in Care Management
Numerous research articles published in peer-reviewed journals demonstrate the Value of Investing (VOI) in care management programs. A 2020 evaluation of Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations highlights the importance these programs have had on reducing...
Attribution: The Underlying Conundrum in Population Health Management
The ultimate goal of any managed care model (e.g., HMO, PPO, POS, PCMH, ACO, etc.) is to improve the health of the population, enhance the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reduce per capita costs of care. All of these models have at least three things in...
Medicare Insolvency, What you Need to Know
Despite efforts and trends to slow the growth of U.S. national health expenditures, we have just 7 years until we experience insolvency in the Medicare Part A trust fund, otherwise known as the Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund. This is according to the 2019 Annual...
Vulnerability & Risk Are Not Synonymous in Population Health Management
The term “vulnerable” keeps popping up in the context of population health management. More and more, I am seeing marketing around solutions that identify vulnerable populations and how they are using these factors to manage patients more effectively Through some...
Measuring Risk by Vulnerability, Not Just Burden of Illness
A primary objective of value-based care is to increase provider accountability in delivering better health outcomes. This is driven out through Alternative Payment Models (APMs) such as capitation, gainsharing, and bundled payment arrangements. As a provider, one of...
Are the Vulnerable and High-risk, at Risk, Under Accountable Payment Models?
Are accountable care organizations failing to help the high-risk and vulnerable populations it was intended to serve? Are providers hesitating to shift their most vulnerable patients to payment models tied to quality and performance? Are we de incentivizing providers...
CMS Announces First Ever Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference
CMS announced June 20th, 2018 that they will be holding their first ever developer conference for the Blue Button 2.0 initiative. The conference is to be held August 13, 2018, in Washington D.C. “The inaugural Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference will bring together...