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Innovation in Colorectal Cancer Screening - There Has to Be a Better WayGiving patients a convenient, at-home option and a navigation system for colorectal cancer screening can help boost low testing rates.
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Moving Beyond Theory: The Need for Active Cultivation of the Value FlowerMoving beyond academic rhetoric is the bold step needed to make a wider field of value flowers take root and flourish.
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Men's Health Month: How Primary Care Providers Can Reduce Gender Health DisparitiesJune 1 kicked off the 22nd annual Men’s Health Month. While raising awareness among male patients is a focus of Men’s Health Month, primary care providers can also play a role
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Quality Data: Simplify Data Governance, Advance Interoperability, and Improve AnalyticsUnsustainable healthcare costs are driving seismic changes to the way payers do business and are requiring the ability to extract deeper insights from data assets.
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Contributor: Navigating Health Equity in 2024: The Evolution of Accountability, Part 2The article emphasizes the significance of accreditations in addressing health disparities and promoting health equity, highlighting programs for achieving accreditation and advocating for the integration of social determinants of health (SDOH) and health equity practices within pharmacy and health care.
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Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary Care–Based Accountable Care OrganizationsIn this article, the authors describe their experiences addressing provider perceptions and methods to overcome several challenges to clinical pharmacist integration in primary care–based accountable care organizations.
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The Future of Value-Based Care for Family PhysiciansAs the country increases the pace of shifting to value-based payments, a significant question remains: how can independent primary care doctors operate in this new environment?
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Corporate America Must Address Employee Chronic Conditions to Help Achieve the Triple AimThe Triple Aim will be within reach when there is greater stakeholder engagement and systemic ownership. A good start is for more employers to provide more American workers with access to high-quality wellness programs that can impact chronic disease with population health strategies.
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Exchanging Healthcare Data: A Look at 3 Standards Competing to Provide InteroperabilityThree standards—Direct, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), and cloud fax—all hold promise for helping healthcare organizations more easily share information.
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A Vision for the Next Generation of PractitionersWhy do I teach? A vision for the next generation of practitioners.
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How Managed Care Can Advance Responsible Genetic TestingHealth plans and patients need to know they can trust their diagnostic service provider, because genetic tests are not always the best option.
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Seeking Innovative Solutions to Patient Cost SharingAn interview with The American Journal of Managed Care about the PAN Challenge grant.
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Living While at High Risk of Developing Alzheimer DiseaseIn 2017, an estimated 5.5 million Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD) and 200,000 under 65 years of age are described as having early-onset AD. Even more striking is the finding that 47 million Americans are presymptomatic with stage I AD. These dire statistics beg the question about the merits of getting tested for AD since lifestyle changes can help people at risk, but they are less likely to improve the conditions of those already experiencing cognitive impairment or dementia.
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Payers: Embrace the Value of Physical Therapy to Reduce CostsAs our country continues its push to lower the cost of healthcare, especially among the burgeoning population of seniors with age-related disabilities, transitioning to a value-based insurance design payment model that rewards value, rather than quantity, will become progressively more important. In the realms of musculoskeletal pain and movement dysfunction, this transition must be accompanied with sincere efforts to identify treatments that can effectively manage pain and reduce the total cost of care.
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Contributor: How a Health Cloud Can Help Create Seamless Virtual Health Care Experience in a Post–COVID-19 WorldPatients worldwide are reluctant to visit clinics and hospitals amid fears of COVID-19. Implementing virtual care capabilities can not only relieve the patients of this fear by minimizing in-person exposure and preventing the virus from spreading, but also improve patient-centered care delivery.
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Contributor: Agility Required to Keep Pace With Code Changes During PandemicAndria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer for PCG Software, discusses 3 billing and claims issues facing the health care industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Andy Slavitt: Patient Advocate, Public Servant, Model of Government Leadership TransparencyAs we approach the January 20 inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States, we come to the end of an all-too-brief era of unparalleled government transparency and leadership accessibility: Acting Administrator of CMS Andy Slavitt will be stepping down from his post.
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Healthcare Re-Reform: Value-Based Care Remains a Constant ThemeWhile many questions on the outlook of healthcare “re-reform” remain afloat, many important insights into President Donald Trump’s potential path forward are now identified.
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The ROI of Addressing Social Determinants of HealthConvincing your chief financial officer to invest in technology that addresses patients’ social determinants of health.
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2019 Is Off to a Great Start—Take a Leading RoleMoving from a comfortable place to one with new paths, new experiences, and new goals is both challenging and invigorating at the same time. Good fortune is when you choose to change because the future belongs to those who adapt.
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Type 2 Diabetes: Changing the Paradigm From Management to ReversalResults from the first 70 days of the Virta Clinic trial suggest the historic dietary approach to management of type 2 diabetes has been all wrong.
