NCQA uses HEDIS scores to rate plans, a performance measure used by more than 90 percent of health insurers.
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Fatigue, scheduling, data all contributors to pervasive physician burnout epidemic
They’re having to interact with an EHR and are doing a lot more to advise and correct the system so they can get paid properly, as opposed to connecting with and empathizing with the patient.
Accountable care organizations: Time to make risk-adjustment more stable
In two separate moves on one day, ACO stakeholders ask CMS to keep upside-only risk model, while 29 others from Next Gen ACO Coalition want to make risk more predictable.
Accountable care organizations: Time to make risk-adjustment more stable
In two separate moves on one day, ACO stakeholders ask CMS to keep upside-only risk model, while 29 others from Next Gen ACO Coalition want to make risk more predictable.
How providers can innovate to combat physician burnout
Increasingly, health leaders are recognizing the need to utilize one or more approaches to the multifaceted problem.
How providers can innovate to combat physician burnout
Increasingly, health leaders are recognizing the need to utilize one or more approaches to the multifaceted problem.
Social determinants are threatening patient outcomes, burnout is a scourge but opioid scripts are down, physicians say
Majority say social determinants pose major threat to patient health and burnout threatens three-quarters, but patient relationships are a major boost.
Veterans Affairs report shows VA hospitals making strides in quality
About 71 percent of its total facilities have shown improvement, according to the internal report, with several no longer considered high-risk.
Low consumer health fluency could lead to billions in tax savings on table during open enrollment
Part of the issue is that consumers are often undisciplined about saving in general, and lack the necessary vocabulary for financial communication.
CMS: Innovative new payment models are coming — and some will be mandatory
CMS has made it clear that it wants health systems to share the risk of cost and outcomes.
