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Lani Alison on How Innovation Is Being Used to Improve Quality Metrics in Oncology
August 6th 2019Innovation is being used to improve quality metrics in oncology care at the patient forefront and in data, explained Lani M. Alison, BSN, MS, HCQ, PCMH, CCE, vice president of Clinical Affairs, Regional Cancer Care Associates.
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V-BID X: A Template for Aligning Cost Sharing With Value of Services
July 30th 2019The University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID), in collaboration with a group of healthcare stakeholders, has announced the details of V-BID X, a template for reducing cost sharing for certain high-value services and raising cost sharing for certain low-value services while not increasing premiums or deductibles.
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Addressing the Complexities of Value-Based Payment Models
July 24th 2019As value-based models continue to change the payment landscape in healthcare, the models require more sophisticated data, analytics, and payment structures, which can lead to more administrative burden, as well as siloed data.
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Managing Costs in Diabetes Means Intervening Early to Avoid Complications Later, Experts Say
June 30th 2019The Los Angeles gathering of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine focused on the need to intervene early in the course of diabetes, so that patients can avoid long-term complications. Over the past decade, cardiovascular outcomes trials for glucose-lowering therapies have revealed unexpected benefits, offering new opportunities for cardiologists.
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Kellie Rodriguez: Diabetes Education Is Critical
June 26th 2019Diabetes is a self-managed disease, which makes the role of diabetes education crucial in order for patients to succeed in managing their disease, said Kellie Rodriguez, RN, MSN, MBA, CDE, director, Global Diabetes Program, Parkland Health & Hospital System.
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Kellie Rodriguez Outlines the Role of a Diabetes Educator With Financial Challenges
June 15th 2019Diabetes educators can help patients with diabetes who face financial challenges make appropriate choices and receive assistance to afford medications, said Kellie Rodriguez, RN, MSN, MBA, CDE, director, Global Diabetes Program, Parkland Health & Hospital System.
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Kellie Rodriguez Discusses Person-Centered Factors Driving Diabetes Outcomes
June 4th 2019The person-centered factors that drive outcomes in diabetes requires hospital systems that can actually address those needs, said Kellie Rodriguez, RN, MSN, MBA, CDE, director, Global Diabetes Program, Parkland Health & Hospital System.
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Seema Verma Envisions a US Health System That Shares Data, Is Truly Value-Based
May 31st 2019Creating a healthcare system that prioritizes a well-informed consumer and rewards improvements in quality requires overhauling the current system. Through a series of programs and initiatives, CMS, under Administrator Seema Verma’s leadership, is trying to fix some of the issues that plague the current US health system and make accessing care challenging for patients.
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Kellie Rodriguez Discusses the Changing Challenges of Managing Diabetes
May 25th 2019In the last 2 decades, the cost of healthcare has risen, but the expectations of self-management for people with diabetes has stayed the same, which has made it more challenging to live with the disease, said Kellie Rodriguez, RN, MSN, MBA, CDE, director, Global Diabetes Program, Parkland Health & Hospital System.
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Dr Jason Mitchell: How Freestanding EDs Can Be Utilized in Shift to Value-Based Care
May 22nd 2019Jason Mitchell, MD, chief medical and clinical transformation officer, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, discusses how freestanding emergency departments can be utilized in the move toward value-based care.
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Barry Russo: Alliances Between Practices Are Invaluable to the Future of Cancer Care
May 19th 2019Alliances are going to help community oncology participate in things that, as individual practices, they don‘t have the opportunity to do, said Barry Russo, chief executive officer of The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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Connecting Cancer Practices to Share Data, Deliver Better Care, Identify Best Practices
May 14th 2019Outcomes for patients with cancer are continuously improving, but the increasingly complex healthcare system, new payment and delivery models that place more risk on practices, and rising costs of therapies has made it difficult for independent oncology practices to thrive and survive. However, independent practices present an important part of cancer care, delivering care to patients who are not near large hospital-based systems at lower costs.
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Dr Ray Page Details Using Triage Pathways and Scaling Them Across Multiple Practices
May 10th 2019Triage pathways can transform practices and save practices and CMS money by keeping people out of the emergency department and hospital, said Ray Page, DO, PhD, president and director of research at The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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Barry Russo Explains How Artificial Intelligence Programs Can Simplify Cancer Care
May 3rd 2019An artificial intelligence system can digest what would take a person 29 hours to read in about 30 seconds, so everything is right in front of providers at the point of care, says Barry Russo, chief executive officer of The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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Dr Stephen Grubbs on the Refresh of ASCO's PCOP Model
May 2nd 2019Stephen Grubbs, MD, vice president of clinical affairs at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, explains what stakeholders can expect from the new updates to the Patient-Centered Oncology Payment (PCOP) model, as well as some key differences between PCOP and the Oncology Care Model.
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Dr Blase Polite on the State of the OCM
May 1st 2019Blase Polite, MD, associate professor of medicine and the executive director for accountable care at the University of Chicago, discusses why he chose to focus on the state of the Oncology Care Model at the April 25 meeting of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine.
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HHS Announces 5 New Primary Care Payment Models to Encourage Value-Based Care
April 22nd 2019At the American Medical Association headquarters Monday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced 5 new Medicare primary care payment models designed to eventually incentivize the entire healthcare system to transition to value-based care, particulary for patients with chronic conditions.
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Barry Russo Discusses How CMS and HHS Regulatory Changes Are Affecting Practices
April 21st 2019With all the regulatory changes that CMS and HHS are rolling out, community oncology practices are facing significant changes in how they take care of patients, said Barry Russo, chief executive officer of The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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Dr Ray Page Details How Physicians Currently Use Data at the Point of Care
April 19th 2019Using oncology care pathways and treatment pathways has helped practices use evidence-based data to facilitate them to be sure they are using the right drug for the right patient at the right time, said Ray Page, DO, PhD, president and director of research at The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
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As Comorbidities Pile Up, True Diabetes Cost Measured by More Than Insulin, Panel Says
April 14th 2019For endocrinologists, a cardiologist, a diabetes educator, and a room full of fellow health workers, the cost of doing nothing—not just to treat diabetes, but also to prevent it— is what feeds into the exorbitant cost of the disease, according to presentations and a panel at the inaugural meeting of the Institute for Value Based Medicine (IVBM) in Diabetes, an initiative of The American Journal of Managed Care®.
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