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Q&A: Using an Alternative Payment Model to Support Community Health Worker Sustainability in Maine’s Primary Care Plus Program

NASHP

During a recent virtual meeting focused on alternative payment approaches, Maine state officials detailed how the state intends to use its Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) program to reimburse for CHW services.­ Including a scan also helps the state assess practices’ needs and take their varying knowledge of CHW roles into account.

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CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care

Sheppard Health Law

CMS’s strategic refresh initiative aims to meet five objectives: drive accountable care, advance health equity, support care innovations, improve access and affordability, and establish partnerships to achieve these objectives. Why align specialty care with value-based models?

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Unlock efficiency and quality of care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Care management

Cloud Blogs

Enhance health team coordination and collaboration Care coordination is a complex process involving multiple stakeholders, including primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals. Modern care management platforms facilitate seamless collaboration and information sharing among care teams.

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What Hospital Success Looks Like Under Value-Based Care

HIT Consultant

With the right technology, providers can monitor patients across the continuum, identify when patients present to the ED, intervene in a timely manner, and reroute patients to a less costly level of care. As touched on above, post-acute care delivered in the SNF setting accounts for a significant portion of Medicare fee-for-service costs.

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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond

HIT Consultant

Today, physicians, patients and payers benefit from virtual care options that can be scaled to provide users with access to a wide range of providers, healthcare services and diagnostics that enable remote monitoring and testing which is especially important for chronic condition management.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

The five strategic objectives for advancing this systemwide transformation include (1) Drive Accountable Care, (2) Advance Health Equity, (3) Support Innovation, (4) Address Affordability, and (5) Partner to Achieve System Transformation. Strategic Objective 1: Drive Accountable Care.

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Implementation Guide

NASHP

Shared Plan of Care. Care Coordination Workforce. Care Transitions. health plans, providers, families of CYSHCN) in using, adapting, and implementing the National Care Coordination Standards for CYSHCN to develop or improve care coordination systems. Team-Based Communication. How to Use This Guide.