Health Care Transformation Task Force

Check out this resource from the Health Care Transformation Task Force highlighting 10 case studies on how payer, provider, and VBC enabler organizations are addressing specialty integration across specialties, model types, and populations. 👉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e9aTT-ym 

The Health Care Transformation Task Force along with other stakeholders joined together to urge Congress to extend Medicare's advanced alternative payment model (APM) incentive payments. These funds play a pivotal role in fostering #ValueBasedCare, encouraging broader participation, and expanding the benefits of APMs to rural and underserved communities.

Tomorrow December 4, at 12:30pm ET the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health and Axios are bringing together leaders in maternal health care and policy for conversations looking at the top challenges and solutions to improve postpartum care. Speakers will include Joy Burkhard, CEO of the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. Register below! 👇

The Health Care Transformation Task Force's November newsletter is out now! The latest edition features a column co-authored by Interim Executive Director Theresa Dreyer and Director Charlotte Burnett exploring strategies for advancing equitable health care. Through interviews with 14 organizations, we've learned how both payers and providers are working to close health equity gaps by leveraging data, building partnerships, and addressing social determinants of health. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eeYRCQE5

CALL FOR STATE APPLICATIONS | After decades of a worsening drug overdose crisis, primarily driven by opioids, recent national data show a reduction of over 10 percent in overdose deaths. This positive trend provides state policymakers and Medicaid programs with an opportunity to address inequities in substance use disorder (SUD) care and strengthen SUD care systems. All states and U.S. territories can apply for this 12-month learning collaborative that will support up to four teams with planning, developing, or refining SUD-related policies that promote equitable prevention, treatment, or recovery supports. Applications are due December 20. The initiative is led by the Center for Health Care Strategies with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts and Bloomberg Philanthropies. https://bit.ly/3UNbYzm

The Health Care Transformation Task Force has published a new resource called "The Next Frontier: Specialty Integration in Value-Based Care." Among others, it showcases Aledade's kidney care management program as an example of how to leverage value-based care to serve a complex patient population. https://ow.ly/r8ue50U9nZ7

In collaboration with senior leaders from payer, provider, and #ValueBasedCare enabler organizations, the Health Care Transformation Task Force developed a strategic framework that explores the evolution of specialty VBC models in the public and private sectors. Their latest resource dives into three key model categories that align incentives for value, quality, and equity: ▪️ Longitudinal Total Cost of Care  ▪️ Conditions & Episodes  ▪️ Performance Incentives 👉 Read the full resource to explore how these models are shaping the future of specialty care: https://lnkd.in/e9aTT-ym 

NEW EVENT ALERT: Keep Going: Sharing Progress in Community Partnerships Esperanza "Hope" Galvan, PhD, MS, CVRN-BC,CDE, Nicole Lander, and Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD are meeting us at The Intersection to discuss sharing progress in community partnerships. They will share how they define success in their Houston, TX partnership and how they keep going when progress is difficult to measure. Register for the event: https://bit.ly/40MAxAa

Combining value-based care with technology can improve the health of patients and generate long-term savings, as Premier Inc. demonstrated when they partnered with Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based St. Luke's University Health Network. The benefits to the 45,000 patients in SLUHN’s accountable care organization include a drastic reduction in wait times for breast-cancer diagnosis: 48 hours, compared to a national average of 26 days. St. Luke’s generated $38 million in savings in 2022 without sacrificing care to Medicare patients. More from America's Essential Hospitals: https://bit.ly/3YSihEc

The American Heart Association recently released findings from a research project examining the experience of medically complex patients, their family caregivers, and health care team members involved in #AccountableCareOrganizations (ACOs). Through 27 interviews, participants shared that ACOs deliver: ➡️ Better patient care and outcomes  ➡️ Improved experience for clinicians  ➡️ Smarter technology and performance tracking    Health care team members also reported enhanced practice experiences, demonstrating that ACOs foster improvements for both patients and providers. Thank you to Melanie Phelps, DrPH, JD, and team for leading this work! 📄Explore the executive summary and issue briefs: www.heart.org/bettercare