VBP Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of VBP News                                August 2021  
     
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  "With new models in value-based care, we’ve solved the technology and data problem. We now have analytics that are very precise about where the opportunities are to perform better in terms of cost and quality. We’re able to solve these issues via the advancement of technology. Care is now well positioned to evolve in alignment with how we’ve evolved technology."
- David Snow, Chairman and CEO, Cedar Gate Technologies
 

 
Factoid
  According to a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. healthcare consumers by PointClickCare:
  • 62% of respondents had never heard of value-based care.
  • 59% said they would support a healthcare system where providers are paid based on the quality of work versus volume.
  • 58% currently are NOT open to their doctor using their medical history to provide better care and prevent health issues.
  • 54% do not feel their doctor’s follow-through is adequate.
Source: PointClickCare, August 17, 2021
 
 
HealthSprocket List
 
5 Best Practices for a Payer's Value-based Care Program

1.
Integrate CBOs [community-based organizations] and SDOH [social determinants of health] into your current business model.
2. Layer SDOH technology platforms into your existing infrastructure.
3. Put procedures in place to emphasize security, since there will be data sharing outside the purview of HIPAA.
4. Enhance interoperability.
5. Be flexible about technology and payment methods.

Notes: From an article entitled, "How to Add, Pay Community-Based Organizations in Value-based Care Contracts," by Lynn Carroll and John Schwartz.

Source: Managed Healthcare Executive, August 12, 2021
     
 
Healthshare TV
 
How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare CBO Innovation in the Era of Value-Based Care

As value-based care has become more popular, more healthcare systems or health plans have initiated partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs).  In this presentation, Drs. Wong and Rosenbaum use caregiver support as a use case to illustrate how community organizations can innovate.

 
 
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Insights
  Keep a grip on your quality controls as VB purchasing expands in home health
McKnight's Senior Living, August 19, 20211
 
     
  How Population Health Analytics Drives Value-Based Care Success
Health IT Analytics, August 17, 2021
 
     
  Fresenius, Cigna expand value-based kidney care partnership
FierceHealthcare, August 17, 2021
 
     
  Value-Based Care Assessment: The First Step to Value-Based Care
RevCycle Intelligence, August 16, 2021
 
     
  Evolving approach to federal VBP models will emphasize equity, affordability
Healthcare Financial Management Association blog, August 16, 2021
 
     
  What Medicare Can Teach Medicaid About Value-Based Care
JAMA Health Forum, August 13, 2021
 
     
  Value-Based Healthcare: How It Expanded During COVID-19
HealthLeaders, August 9, 2021
 
     
  Value-based care: What it will take to be ready for downside risk by 2025
Watson Health Prespectives blog/IBM, August 9, 2021
 
     
  Value-Based Care Challenges, Opportunities for Payers in 2021
HealthPayer Intelligence, August 5, 2021
 
     
What's News
 
Modeling Financial Outcomes & Quantifying Risk in Episode-Based Payment
The American Journal of Managed Care, August 23, 2021
 
Assoc. of Patient Outcomes with Bundled Payments Among Hospitalized Patients
JAMA Health Forum, August 20, 2021
 
Reducing Health Care Spending: What Tools Can States Leverage?
The Commonwealth Fund, August 18, 2021
 
Pursuing VB Prices for Drugs: Comparison of State Rx Drug–Pricing Boards
The Milbank Quarterly, August 10, 2021
 
Association Between the Physician Quality Score in MIPS & Hospital Performance
JAMA Network Open, August 3, 2021
 
 
This Month in VBP News
 
 

In this month's first issue:

  • New Science' Exceeds Growth Predictions, Accenture Finds
  • Stakeholders 'Praise Reintroduction of Bill to Accelerate Medicare's Move to VBP'
  • Industry news with briefs regarding: Alignment Healthcare, Regence BlueShield and DispatchHealth, and Humana
  • Capital Rx: Survey Sees 'Billions' in Savings Using NADAC Universally

In this month's second issue:

  • ACLC and Innovaccer to Jointly Launch Industry's Largest Value-Based Care Collaborative
  • GuideWell Invests in Vim to 'Accelerate Value-Based Care'
  • Report Sees Little Comparative Value in US Healthcare System
  • DataGen, Sage Report on Market Forces, Changes in Payment Reform

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