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  Results from the first two years an e-consult program in allergy and immonology at Massachusetts General Hospital found that e-consults were used for 66% of adverse drug reaction cases, while in-person visits were used for 9%. e-Consults were especially popular for penicillin allergy, representing 61% of all e-consults, and immunodeficiency, used in 15%. In-person consults were used for just 2% of the latter.

Excerpted from: Value Based Payment News, Volume 4 Issue 17, September First Edition 2019, "Study Sees Positive Impact from Using e-Consults for Allergies."
 
 
What's News
 
Primary Care as a Platform for Value
Managed Care, September 3, 2019
 
Blue Shield of Calif. aims to help independent doctors with value-based care
Modern Healthcare, August 29, 2019
 
Inside North Carolina’s Big Effort to Transform Health Care
The New York Times, August 26, 2019
 
Skilled Nursing Providers Could See Slight Changes in VBP Penalties, Bonuses
Skilled Nursing News, August 22, 2019
 
Largest Physician Quality Improvement Initiative in California History
PR Newswire, August 21, 2019
 
Signify Health, Remedy Partners announce merger to create VBP platform
FierceHealthcare, August 20, 2019
 
Leveraging Value-Based Payment Models to Reduce Sex Differences in Care
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, August 16, 2019
 
Development & Testing of Models to Predict Payment Using CMS Claims Data
JAMA Network Open, August 14, 2019
 
The Adoption of Hospital Care Coordination Activities Under VB Programs
The American Journal of Managed Care, August 14, 2019
 
AMGA Recommends Reforms to Support Value-Based Care
AMGA, August 12, 2019
 
Insights
  10 Things to Know about Medicaid Managed Care
Kaiser Family Foundation, September 6, 2019
 
     
  How providers can outperform their peers on MIPS regardless of CMS changes
MedCity News, September 2, 2019
 
     
3 ways providers can prepare for the new Medicare SN payment model
Dallas Business Journal, September 1, 2019
     
  NY Tackles Child-Centered VBPs to Improve Quality & Promote Health
United Hospital Fund, August 22, 2019
 
     
  Have You Mastered These 4 Financial Management Skills For VBR?
Open Minds, August 17, 2019
 
     
  Evolving CMS Quality Measures Move Towards More Patient-Centered Care
Health Catalyst, August 14, 2019
 
     
  How a Value Focus Could Change Health Care
The Health Care Blog, August 14, 2019
 
     
  Deploying VB Care Contracts Under the Umbrella of Pop Health Management
HealthCAWS, August 14, 2019
 
     
  Medical Groups Call for Value-Based Care Reforms to Reduce Burden
RevCycle Intelligence, August 13, 2019
 
     
  Premier Inc. Analysis: Primary Care Clinic Staffing Mix Should Depend
BusinessWire, August 8, 2019
 
This Month in VBP News
 
  • 1st Iteration of ‘VBID-X’ Aims to Trim Waste, Improve Access
  • Study Sees Positive Impact from Using e-Consults for Allergies
  • Industry News: CareAllies; Children's Mercy Kansas City; Innovaccer.
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