Accountable Care, Hospitals, Prevention and Quality of Care

Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Healthcare It News

MARCH 4, 2022

Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. Care coordination challenges exist not just in the transition from hospital to home but also in the reverse.

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Ohio State & CVS Form ACO to Elevate Medicare Care in Central Ohio

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

What You Should Know: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center a nd CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS), today announced the creation of an accountable care organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by Ohio State providers in central Ohio.

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Why Becoming ACO Improves Your Quality Payment Reporting?

p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists.

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Why Becoming ACO Improves Your Quality Payment Reporting?

p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists.

Doctors

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CMS Proposed Changes for ACO Reporting 2021

p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From the next performance year (2021), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) expect different reporting requirements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The purpose of the new proposed rules is to lower down the administrative burden of ACOs and to improve the quality of patients’ outcomes. Quality of Care by ACOs.

Medicare

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Why Avoiding Costly Coding Mistakes Is More Critical Than Ever

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But even an innocent mistake can cause well-intentioned hospitals and health systems to attract attention from federal auditors, and result in stiff penalties for physicians and those who input the wrong billing codes. Physicians should emphasize their value in terms of patient outcomes, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness.

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P3Care Investigates: QPP MIPS 2021 Proposed Rules

p3care

OCTOBER 30, 2020

For instance, CMS asks physicians to focus on the quality of care rather than the volume of patients. However, with the pandemic, there was no choice left other than catering to the volume of patients while being careful and value-driven to every extent possible. ACO (Accountable Care Organization) Reporting.

Medicare

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Quality, Service and Affordability Are Key Goals of Employer/Provider Collaboration

Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

“Primary care must be supported as the hub of integrated service delivery, with an emphasis on delivering preventive care and coordinating services through the various settings and specializations. Having person-centered metrics versus tracking activity-centered tasks will tell us that we are delivering true quality of care.

Primary Care

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Quality, Service and Affordability Are Key Goals of Employer/Provider Collaboration

Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

“Primary care must be supported as the hub of integrated service delivery, with an emphasis on delivering preventive care and coordinating services through the various settings and specializations. Having person-centered metrics versus tracking activity-centered tasks will tell us that we are delivering true quality of care.

Primary Care

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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.

Medicaid

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN): Proceedings from the National Forum on Care Coordination for CYSHCN

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center is currently supporting the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) model across seven sites in six states. This model aims to improve quality of care for children, including CYSHCN, through integrated care delivery systems that include care coordination.[12].

Medicaid

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Interviewees shared a range of perspectives, including those of local health departments, the state’s sheriff’s association, the state medical society, community health centers, hospital and primary care associations, funders, a CBO, aging and assisted living partners, consumer advocacy groups, and legislators.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Reach out to state professional and hospital associations. Use the state’s palliative care task force as a resource.

Medicaid

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

[ii] These shortages of primary care providers (PCPs), who serve as the entry point to medical care and often play a large role in coordinating patient care, create challenges for residents of rural areas, the PCPs who serve them, and the Medicaid agencies responsible for providing access to services for program participants throughout the state.

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Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Ohio State & CVS Form ACO to Elevate Medicare Care in Central Ohio

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Quality, Service and Affordability Are Key Goals of Employer/Provider Collaboration

Quality, Service and Affordability Are Key Goals of Employer/Provider Collaboration

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN): Proceedings from the National Forum on Care Coordination for CYSHCN

Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

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