Accountable Care, Integration and Quality of Care

CMMI’s Proposed TEAM Model Offers Another Risk-Based Opportunity For Home Health Providers

Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which would eventually be mandatory if finalized, would have selected acute care hospitals put under full responsibility for the cost – and quality – of care from surgery up until the first 30 days after hospital discharge.

Accountability

Accountability Medicare Home Care Quality of Care

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

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability

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

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability

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

Medicaid Medicare Accountable Care Accountability

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

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

Medicaid

Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability

CMS Unveils “Innovation in Behavioral Health” Model to Tackle Dual Mental and Physical Health Challenges

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

By focusing on integrated care, addressing social determinants, and promoting health equity, the IBH Model has the potential to significantly improve the lives of millions of Americans. Performance-based incentives will further encourage quality improvement throughout the implementation period.

Medicaid

Medicaid Quality of Care Integration Medicare

CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care

Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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. These models encourage providers to work together to coordinate care with a focus on quality.

Accountable Care

Accountable Care Accountability Primary Care Medicare

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. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

Medicaid

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals

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

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

In many states, SHIPs serve as the driving mechanism for engaging health care systems and communities in statewide planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. Key examples include: Washington state established nine regional Accountable Communities for Health.

Medicaid

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health

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

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

From 2015 to 2018, Colorado Medicaid operated the enhanced primary care medical provider (PCMP-E) program, which rewarded those PCCM providers (referred to in Colorado as PCMPs) that met at least five of nine enhanced factors with a $0.50 Value care organizations may participate under a risk or shared savings only option.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement

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CMMI’s Proposed TEAM Model Offers Another Risk-Based Opportunity For Home Health Providers

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

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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

CMS Unveils “Innovation in Behavioral Health” Model to Tackle Dual Mental and Physical Health Challenges

CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care

Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

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

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

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