Value Based Care

How to Improve Quality of US Health Care: Dr Patricia Salber Interviews Dr Elizabeth McGlynn

September 29th 2020, 8:48pm

Despite decades of experimentation, there have not been large increases in health care quality in the United States. What will move the needle?

When the Topic Is Dying: A Conversation With Kashyap Patel, MD

August 25th 2020, 4:35pm

Kashyap Patel, MD, CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care, associate editor of Evidence-Based Oncology, and vice president of the Community Oncology Alliance, discusses his new book.

Second Webinar in the ISPOR-IVI Series Explores Whether Value Assessment Methods Are Up to the Task in the Age of COVID-19

August 24th 2020, 4:00am

The second of a 5-part webinar series examining value assessment in the COVID-19 era hosted by ISPOR and the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) will explore whether the methods on which health economists have relied are up to the task or in need of improvement for the pandemic era.

Administration Offers Progress Report on Kidney Care Initiative

August 18th 2020, 6:45pm

An HHS report outlines efforts to reduce kidney failure and increase options such as home-based dialysis. COVID-19 has made kidney care a higher priority.

Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Black, White Mortality Disparities in Rural America and Other Health News

August 16th 2020, 11:00am

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Experts Argue COVID-19 Provides Opportunity to Implement Value-Based Care Practices

August 13th 2020, 9:15pm

In a webinar, experts outlined challenges providers face amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the benefits of increased access to high-value care during the outbreak and beyond.

Effective Care Management by Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations

July 14th 2020, 8:00pm

A complex care management program implemented at 5 Next Generation accountable care organizations reduced all-cause inpatient admissions and total medical expenditures for participating beneficiaries.

Accountable Care Organizations and Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Health Expenditures and Health Services

July 2nd 2020, 1:54am

This study compares health care costs and health services utilization patterns of patients receiving care in accountable care organization (ACO), patient-centered medical home (PCMH), hybrid (ACO + PCMH), and standard (neither ACO/PCMH) facilities.

Minimizing Administrative Burden in the Provider Relief Fund: Spending Money on Care, Not Accounting

June 28th 2020, 5:31pm

How Can Data Sharing Evolve Population Health Management?

June 25th 2020, 10:38pm

During the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations Virtual 2020 Spring Conference, panelists discussed how data sharing can be implemented in health care systems and spur the evolution of population health management.