Analysis: Taking healthcare to the street is effective for patients and reduces healthcare costs
Healthcare can be more medically effective and cost effective by removing barriers, establishing relationships and engaging patients with interventions that begin where the patient is, including living on the streets.
Financial investment in SDOH is not all it will take to help patients
It’s laudable that health systems are committing to funding social determinants of health efforts, but managing interventions for patients will require more deliberate integration, linking of efforts and data sharing.
Social determinants of health: Pushing the boundaries of healthcare
Addressing the social determinants of health is vital to improving health outcomes, but meaningful improvement requires new levels of collaboration.
Analysis: Amazon acquires care navigator to integrate into virtual care solution
A review of how Amazon will monetize what it learns from managing populations now that they have own their own virtual care navigator.
Analysis: Implications for providers as Amazon offers its employees access to a virtual clinic
A review of what Amazon’s launch of a virtual health clinic for its employees may mean for providers.
Analysis: CMS final discharge planning rule
A review of the final rule and suggestions for related HFMA resources.
Analysis: Prevalence of screening for SDOH by U.S. physician practices and hospitals
HFMA’s Katie Gilfillan says although physicians don’t have the training, resources or time to address patients’ SDOH needs, they could screen and refer patients to clinicians and resources more equipped to provide social interventions.
Analysis: Optum to empower its physicians via advanced analytics to improve care and coordinate referrals
Once OptumHealth links its physician network to data it gleans from its data analytics engine, referrals from Optum employed and aligned providers will move from high-cost providers to lower-cost, more conservative ones.
Providers explore new territory with health plan ownership
Health systems are showing renewed interest in forming provider-sponsored health plans for a number of reasons, including rising enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and discontent with payer-provider partnerships.
Why PAC discharge choices are key to success under risk-based payments
As demonstrated by the experiences of two health systems, developing an effective post-acute care strategy requires a focus on the discharge-planning process, stakeholder engagement, and data to promote stakeholder awareness.