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Thinking Ahead on the AHEAD Model: Primary Care AHEAD

NASHP

This blog post summarizes both the Primary Care AHEAD requirements identified by CMS and additional strategic considerations for states. Primary Care AHEAD Overview and Requirements Primary Care AHEAD is a key component of the AHEAD Model. A core aspect is a focus on alignment between payers.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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GP federations: The silent partner in the NHS’s response to Covid and a key building block for future primary care strategy

Health Care Leader News

It’s high time GP federations are acknowledged for what they bring to the primary care table, argue Fiona Adamson and Andy Hilton from the NHS Confederation’s Primary Care Federation Network. We are emerging from the biggest health crisis of our generation, but the real challenge facing primary care has barely begun.

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The confluence of value-based care and population health

Health Blawg

In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. David Harlow.

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Thinking Ahead on the AHEAD Model: Hospital Global Budgets 

NASHP

Hospital Global Budget Key Considerations The overall goal of hospital global budgets in the AHEAD Model is to incentivize hospitals to focus on population health and health equity, limit avoidable utilization, and control total cost of care by removing FFS incentives and providing financial stability.

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Council of Accountable Physician Practices Elects Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, Atrius Health, to Board of Directors

Accountable Care Doctors

Coalition of Leading Medical Groups and Health Systems Confirms Board Appointments for 2021. The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of visionary medical groups and health systems supporting accountable value-based care, has added Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, to its board of directors.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs.