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Characteristics and Performance of ACOs and Accountable Physician Groups: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?

Accountable Care Doctors

The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) engaged the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) to review recent literature to assess the current state of research on the characteristics and performance of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and accountable physician groups. Quality improvement.

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Financial health: Lean hacks to accelerate your recovery

CHQ Healthcare

Applying some of these basic quality improvement strategies from the Lean methodology can help you identify and eliminate waste and standardize your processes to increase efficiency, lower costs, and improve employee job satisfaction. “If Or maybe we can agree to make it a PDF and save time for people.”. asks Rhodes-Horsley.

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MIPS 2022 Measures for the Certified Nurse Midwife Category

p3care

There are four categories in this category of QPP reporting , which are: Quality. Improvements Activities. Each performance category accounts for a particular percentage of the overall MIPS score, which determines how much payment adjustment a clinician will receive for the following year’s performance. Categories.

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5 Ways Federated Computing Can Reshape Public Health

HIT Consultant

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

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When Advancing a Medical Device, Be A Partner First & Seller Second to Hospital Systems

HIT Consultant

This work occurs alongside evaluating how to integrate the medical device into the hospital system’s diagnostic paradigms, including in relation to quality improvement programs. Sepsis accounts for the highest in-patient deaths and costs and is additionally the most under-reimbursed for diagnosis and treatment.

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Investigating Research Gaps in Value-Based Care

Accountable Care Doctors

Earlier this year, CAPP asked the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) Executive Director Rob Mechanic to conduct a scan of the latest literature on accountable care entities, programs, and payment models in an effort to understand the factors that influence participation in such arrangements and on cost and quality performance.

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Investigating Research Gaps in Value-Based Care

Accountable Care Doctors

Earlier this year, CAPP asked the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) Executive Director Rob Mechanic to conduct a scan of the latest literature on accountable care entities, programs, and payment models in an effort to understand the factors that influence participation in such arrangements and on cost and quality performance.