Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that differs from traditional fee-for-service because rather than compensating providers based on the number of services provided, it ties the amount providers earn to the results they deliver for their patients. The quality of these healthcare services is measured by patient outcomes that are based on metrics such as rate of hospital readmission, timeliness of care, and overall patient satisfaction. This VBC model holds providers
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Get Well to Roll Out New Social Determinants of Health Screening Solution Nationwide
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Get Well, a global leader in digital patient engagement, today announced it has expanded its industry-leading digital patient engagement portfolio to include new social determinants of health (SDOH) screening solutions.The new solution will be available to more than 200 enterprise healthcare organizations nationwide that are using GetWell Inpatient, an interactive patient care and hospital experience management product, at no additional cost.
Enabling Enterprise
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Improving Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Driving Better Outcomes for Patients and Health Plans
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible. Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) plays a crucial role in helping patients get to where care is delivered. As healthcare reform efforts continue to gain momentum, transportation benefits have become an increasingly critical component of providing equitable care to patients. NEMT helps close the health equity gap
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Emcara Health Taps Innovaccer to Accelerate Scale in Value-Based Care
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Innovaccer Inc. announced that Emcara Health, PopHealthCare’s national value-based medical group that delivers advanced in-home primary care for seniors and vulnerable populations, has selected Innovaccer’s Best in KLAS data platform to accelerate its ability to drive growth and rapidly scale Emcara Health’s integrated care solution to more communities nationwide.The Innovaccer data platform will enhance Emcara Health’s ability to create unified patient records that
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NCQA Launches Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network
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- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today launched the Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network, a free, interactive, online tool that offers data and best practices to help health plans improve how they collect race and ethnicity data on their enrollees. Improving data collection of race and ethnicity data is vital to improving health equity.
- The data available in this new resource summarize the care of 20 million people
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VA, Rockefeller Foundation Expand Food is Medicine Programs for Veterans
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and The Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up to expand Food is Medicine programs, from medically tailored meals to produce prescription programs, at key VA health care facilities across the country.VA and The Rockefeller Foundation will support two Produce Prescription pilot projects and associated research pilot programs at VA health care systems in Salt Lake City, Utah and Houston, Texas, with the goal of
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Value-Based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit
Despite holding the promise of delivering superior patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs, many providers remain reluctant to embrace value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models. Progress toward VBC adoption hasn’t achieved its potential yet, hovering around 60% of all payment models from 2018 to 2021, with the remaining 40% comprised of traditional fee for service (FFS).
Though some providers simply are hesitant to abandon the FFS model that has served them well, others are leery
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Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with Patients
Today, food insecurity affects more than 41 million Americans and is prevalent among children and the elderly population. Food insecurity is defined as the limited availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or the inability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways. As a result, food insecurity can exacerbate medical conditions driving up hospital/health systems patient care costs. To learn more about how healthcare providers can address food insecurity, we sat down with Dr.
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Walmart & CareSource Partner to Address Racial Health Inequities
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- Today, Walmart announced a three-year agreement with the nonprofit organization, CareSource to address cardiometabolic conditions and maternal health in under-resourced and underserved communities.
- The partnership expands the work Walmart and CareSource are doing to help improve care around maternal and child health in Georgia - the two launched a pilot in Georgia earlier this year to help Black maternal health across the state.
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Unite Us Advances Black Maternal Health in Miami-Dade
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- Today, Unite Us -- a software company enabling collaboration across sectors to improve the health and well-being of communities -- announced a partnership with Metro Mommy Agency, a full-spectrum doula service provider to improve the quality of maternity care for Black women in Miami-Dade County.
- Black women in Miami-Dade face maternal and infant mortality rates 168% higher than white and Hispanic women in the county. Doula care
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