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The Value and Challenges of EMPI

Matching data from multiple disparate information sources to the same unique individual has been and continues to be a challenge...


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Addressing Network Leakage in the Value-Based World

Healthcare Executives know that network leakage, also known as patient or patient referral leakage, is a huge and ongoing issue....


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Value-Based Care Contracting for Risk-Bearing Entities

Risk-bearing entities such as hospital systems, IDNs, and IPAs are central actors in the stage play that is the value-based care...


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Incorporating SDoH into VBC Contracting

A risk bearing entity, whether it is a health plan, an ACO, or an IPA, should consider including SDoH contracting into their...


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How Health Plans Can Ensure Capitated Arrangements Succeed

With more and more health plans, like Humana, announcing the development of value-based capitated payment programs, capitated...


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Solving Value-Based Contract Modeling Riddles

Value-based care (VBC) changes the way payers and providers (ACOs, IPAs, etc.) contract with each other. The complexity of the...


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Social Determinants of Health and Their Impact on Value-Based Care

For the past ten years social determinants of Health (SDoH) have gained greater importance from health care organizations and...


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What to Expect from a Biden Presidency: VBC Contracting for Health Plans

With a new president in office, the entire country is wondering how one of Biden’s major platforms—healthcare reform—will...


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How Health Plans Can Use Cohort Management for Maximum Impact

Successful value-based care (VBC) programs use cohort management to impact care beyond a clinical level and address many of the...


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Real Time Incentives for Providers to Achieve VBC Goals During COVID-19

Since February 2020, COVID-19 has continued its course throughout the United States. As the year comes to a close, stakeholders...


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CMS CHART Model is Transforming Rural Health

What Does Rural Mean?

The large majority of American land is rural, so it can often feel like a daunting task to define which...


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How a National Patient ID Could Impact Value-Based Care

National patient identification has been a hot topic since HIPAA was enacted in 1996, calling for the development of a unique...


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How Health Plans Can Use SDoH Data to Succeed in Value-Based Care

COVID-19 has reignited the conversation regarding social determinants of health (SDoH) as certain minority groups are at a...


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The Value of Transparency in VBC Contracts

Physicians’ attitudes toward value-based care (VBC) have changed within the last four years. In 2016, the majority of physicians...


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How Health Plans Can Take Value-Based Care from Contract to Practice in 5 Steps

We’ve all had great ideas on paper. But for our endeavors to come to fruition, they need to be successfully implemented. The same...


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4 Steps to Transition to Prospective Payment Agreements

As value-based care adoption continues to grow, prospective payment continues to emerge as a preferred and proven cost savings...


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How Coronavirus Will Impact Telehealth & the Future of Value Based Care

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, the U.S. has become the country with the highest number of confirmed cases. As Americans...


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Tags: Value Based Payments, Health Plans, COVID 19