Fishing Lessons
Providers may object when value-based savings accrue to health plans. Although those objections have merit, other factors should be considered when formulating strategy.
APCs: An Important Primary Care Resource for Value-Based Care
Health systems should look to advanced practice clinicians, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as qualified providers who can fill the gaps in primary care resulting from a declining supply of primary care physicians.
Toward a Common Vision for Value Based Care Metrics
Reporting dozens of potentially conflicting metrics from government and commercial payers can be a burden on providers, who seek ways to streamline or prioritize the number of metrics.
Value-Based Care Looming
Tawnya Bosko explains why leaders who have plans to strengthen their bottom line will be better equipped to manage risk and plan for long-term sustainability in a value-based system.
Improving Healthcare Quality: Four Proven Health Plan Strategies That Providers Should Adopt
Emad Rizk outlines lessons healthcare providers can learn from health plans’ approach to value.
Case Example: A Large Medical Group Transitions to Value
The transition to value makes it necessary for healthcare organizations to find new ways to adapt to change.
Where’s the Risk
The secret to success under value based payments is an organization’s ability to identify and stratify risk. Risk falls into four basic categories Financial risk—managing with less revenue than in the pastQuality related risk—meeting requirements for qualityClinical risk—achieving agreed upon
Preparing for Value-Based Payment: Fundamental Change That Encompasses the Revenue Cycle
The transition to value makes it necessary for healthcare organizations to find new ways to adapt to change.
The Cost of Delaying the Move To Value Based Care
Using a calculator tool, healthcare finance leaders can project the costs and benefits of value-based care under different scenarios and make the case for what their organizations have to gain—or lose—by delaying or adopting value-based strategies.
Video: The Cost of Care: ACOs, Medicaid, and Value-Based Care
Ken Perez, vice president of healthcare policy and Omnicell, provides insight into the future of ACOs, Medicaid, and value-based care.