Accountable Care

NYU Langone embedded a provider-facing screening question into the EHR admission process that was cosigned on admission and at discharge by the attendant of record.

Adrian Zai, director of research at Partners HealthCare, discusses the need to create a framework that supports innovators so they can move new ideas forward.

CMS also updates Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design, offering more benefits to attract beneficiaries and increase competition.

The Blue Premier model ties total payments to the health systems' ability to manage costs and overall performance, as measured by industry standards.

Blockchain technology enables the flow of information between treatment points regardless of location to ensure patients get the treatment they need, says Shada AlSalamah, a visiting scholar at MIT.

Ali Rizwan, product manager for Solve.care, discusses the huge potential of blockchain to ensure different parties work together and collaborate to deliver high-quality care for patients by providing the optimum platforms for care providers.

The February 19 deadline does not give ACOs enough time to consider the upside risk they'll have to take in the overhauled program, NAACOS says.

Froedtert Health saved $1.5 million in CMS's joint replacement model by involving patients in bite-sized activities on a daily basis.

HIP program compensates physicians for improving the patient experience, safety and outcomes for Humana's commercial members.

Agency also releases results of Next Generation, the ACO that takes on the most risk for Medicare payments.