At the California Healthcare Association Behavioral Health Care Symposium on December 10 & 11, 2018, Telecare presented on the PFS model, the model’s goals, lessons we have learned so far, and the financial and clinical impacts this type of model has on the larger system of care.
Modernize Your Mental Health Practice to Save Time and Improve Care DeliveryKareo
Join Dr. Nina Vasan and Dr. Ganielle Hooper as they use their expertise in the mental health industry to help you run a successful mental health practice amidst uncertain times. They will discuss:
-The current state of the mental health industry and the public “stigma” of seeking mental health services
-Recent policy changes pertaining to insurance reimbursement, telehealth and MACRA
-How technology can support your practice’s growth and success
-Lessons learned in running a successful practice from a provider who has recently expanded her practice and what she did to overcome common barriers
Overcoming Telehealth Barriers to Mobilize Your Practice and Maximize RevenueKareo
In this live webinar, Director of Product Marketing and Partner Alliances, Sonny Singh, will:
-Discuss current industry trends and telehealth statistics
-Outline what healthcare services can be provided remotely
-Discuss how offering a telehealth option (including telemedicine) will help your practice grow amidst uncertainty
-Address the common pitfalls that you told us you’re experiencing
Collecting Patient Payments During COVID-19 and Beyond - a Blueprint for SuccessKareo
The impact of COVID-19 is substantial and the way healthcare providers practice medicine has changed, and it’s not going back. Make sure your business has the right blueprint for success so you can continue collecting patient payments while providing quality care to keep your patients healthy and your practice profitable.
How to Earn Your 9% MIPS Incentive Despite 2020 ChallengesKareo
In this webinar, Sr. Training Specialist, Marina Verdara, will provide you with the information and tools you need to ensure that you or your billing clients’ practices avoid receiving monetary penalties related to MIPS.
On Thursday, April 18 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge team provided an informational overview of the challenge.
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What Implication Will Reimbursement Cuts For 2013 Have on Radiology Collectio...Medical Billers and Coders
Radiology collections, which have been far from being impressive in the recent years, may further go down amidst a host of issues likely to surface throughout 2013. Significant of those issues is the reimbursement cuts, which is supposed to lead to a reduction of almost 19% in the collections of radiology practices.
The Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on January 15, 2020 to provide an overview of the Direct Contracting Model's payment methodology. During the session, the Direct Contracting model team presented key aspects of the Direct Contracting financial model, such as its risk-sharing options and risk mitigation strategies, as well as its capitation and other advanced payment alternatives. The forum also provided an opportunity for potential applicants to ask the team questions regarding these topics and other topics related to the model application.
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This document provides an overview of three models being offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI): Primary Care First, Direct Contracting, and Kidney Care Choices. It summarizes the presentation for a cross-model office hours session on these three models, including brief descriptions of each model's goals, payment structures, eligibility criteria, and timelines. The document also lists the presenters and includes polls for the audience.
Modernize Your Mental Health Practice to Save Time and Improve Care DeliveryKareo
Join Dr. Nina Vasan and Dr. Ganielle Hooper as they use their expertise in the mental health industry to help you run a successful mental health practice amidst uncertain times. They will discuss:
-The current state of the mental health industry and the public “stigma” of seeking mental health services
-Recent policy changes pertaining to insurance reimbursement, telehealth and MACRA
-How technology can support your practice’s growth and success
-Lessons learned in running a successful practice from a provider who has recently expanded her practice and what she did to overcome common barriers
Overcoming Telehealth Barriers to Mobilize Your Practice and Maximize RevenueKareo
In this live webinar, Director of Product Marketing and Partner Alliances, Sonny Singh, will:
-Discuss current industry trends and telehealth statistics
-Outline what healthcare services can be provided remotely
-Discuss how offering a telehealth option (including telemedicine) will help your practice grow amidst uncertainty
-Address the common pitfalls that you told us you’re experiencing
Collecting Patient Payments During COVID-19 and Beyond - a Blueprint for SuccessKareo
The impact of COVID-19 is substantial and the way healthcare providers practice medicine has changed, and it’s not going back. Make sure your business has the right blueprint for success so you can continue collecting patient payments while providing quality care to keep your patients healthy and your practice profitable.
How to Earn Your 9% MIPS Incentive Despite 2020 ChallengesKareo
In this webinar, Sr. Training Specialist, Marina Verdara, will provide you with the information and tools you need to ensure that you or your billing clients’ practices avoid receiving monetary penalties related to MIPS.
On Thursday, April 18 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge team provided an informational overview of the challenge.
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What Implication Will Reimbursement Cuts For 2013 Have on Radiology Collectio...Medical Billers and Coders
Radiology collections, which have been far from being impressive in the recent years, may further go down amidst a host of issues likely to surface throughout 2013. Significant of those issues is the reimbursement cuts, which is supposed to lead to a reduction of almost 19% in the collections of radiology practices.
The Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on January 15, 2020 to provide an overview of the Direct Contracting Model's payment methodology. During the session, the Direct Contracting model team presented key aspects of the Direct Contracting financial model, such as its risk-sharing options and risk mitigation strategies, as well as its capitation and other advanced payment alternatives. The forum also provided an opportunity for potential applicants to ask the team questions regarding these topics and other topics related to the model application.
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This document provides an overview of three models being offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI): Primary Care First, Direct Contracting, and Kidney Care Choices. It summarizes the presentation for a cross-model office hours session on these three models, including brief descriptions of each model's goals, payment structures, eligibility criteria, and timelines. The document also lists the presenters and includes polls for the audience.
DrugScope conducts an annual appraisal of the drug and alcohol treatment sector on behalf of the Recovery Partnership; taking a snapshot of the current conditions for and adaptation of the sector in England.
Drawing on an online survey of managers of adult community and residential services from across the country followed up with in-depth interviews and the views of Chief Executives, State of the Sector provides a detailed insight into the changing nature of drug and alcohol treatment services, the partnerships that are vital to creating recovery outcomes, and challenges for the system.
Due to popular demand, the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) team hosted a repeat of the webinar that was originally held on Thursday, April 21, 2016. During this webinar Model team members provided an overview of the model specifically for health IT vendors.
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Opportunities in today's healthcare delivery system finalWilliam Cockrell
William Cockrell discussed incentives and opportunities in healthcare following the passage of the Affordable Care Act. He outlined three levels of incentives - those given just for being liked, those requiring proof that practices like the payer, and those requiring proof payers should like the practice. Cockrell then detailed specific incentive programs from Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield including bonuses for primary care, use of electronic records, care transitions, and quality metrics. Participation in these programs and improving operations will position practices for future value-based payment models.
Proven Steps to Accelerate Star and HEDIS Performance 091714Deb DiCicco
This document summarizes a presentation on improving Star and HEDIS performance measures. It discusses the importance of provider collaboration and focusing on the whole patient. It also outlines how in-home testing can help close gaps in measures by making it more convenient for patients. Specific strategies discussed include distributing test kits to patients, notifying providers and patients of abnormal results, and using Star data to guide care improvement efforts.
BetterDoctor Provider Directory Webinar | February 2017BetterDoctor
BetterDoctor’s monthly webinar series on provider directory best practices and regulation guidance. Join the discussion alongside health plans, provider groups, policy makers, and industry experts.
The CMS Innovation Center held the third in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 1:30–3:00pm EDT, focused on the remaining two of the four innovation categories.
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Kareo Billing Product Overview and Training: Success SummitKareo
This document provides an overview and training on Kareo's billing product. The agenda includes introductions, reviewing insurance enrollment enhancements, sending clean claims, improving patient collections, and a Q&A session. Key highlights include new insurance enrollment dashboards for tracking progress, tools for fixing rejected claims, collecting patient payments through email statements and credit card processing, and categories for managing patient collections.
The CMS Innovation Center offered a kickoff webinar event for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 4:00–5 p.m. EDT. This webinar focused on model objectives, terms of the award, eligibility criteria, changes from the first public solicitation and important deadlines. A 20 minute question and answer period followed the presentation.
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CommCare Workshop_Javetski and Wacksmon_4.22.13CORE Group
The document provides an overview of a workshop on planning CommCare projects. It discusses how CommCare can help address challenges faced by community health workers related to accountability, access, quality, and experience. The summary includes evidence from studies that show CommCare improves timeliness of visits, adherence to protocols, CHW knowledge, and engagement of clients. The workshop materials to be provided aim to guide attendees in designing their own CommCare applications and implementing CommCare projects.
The implementation of a Home Delivery Mail Pharmacy (HDMP) program at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) led to several changes:
1) There was a significant decrease in the number of prescriptions and patients at the retail pharmacy, but no significant change in the number of retail prescriptions.
2) There was a significant increase in the number of prescriptions filled through the HDMP program and patient satisfaction scores.
3) Wait times and the number of total prescriptions and patients decreased at the main outpatient pharmacies after implementing the HDMP program.
This document discusses leveraging social health insurance in the Philippines to ensure access to primary care services for the poorest families. It finds that the National Health Insurance System payment for primary care benefits has increased access to primary care providers by 81% and utilization of services by 77.5%. However, full care at outpatient settings is not assured due to low doctor-patient ratios and increasing out-of-pocket costs. The document recommends engaging private providers, enhancing benefit packages, improving payment mechanisms, establishing responsive health information systems, and strengthening communication strategies to better ensure access to primary care benefits.
Structuring Your Contracts for the Current ClimateKareo
This document discusses strategies for structuring contracts between healthcare providers and billing companies in the current healthcare climate. It notes that revenue cycle management has evolved with the rise of high deductible health plans, shifting more financial responsibility to patients. As a result, billing companies can no longer rely on traditional fee structures and must clearly define responsibilities in contracts. It emphasizes that patient collections now requires collaboration between billing companies and provider staff, and that billing companies may need to have "tough love" conversations with providers to ensure practices can remain financially viable.
Strategic Management Presentation Final PPT Juan Valverde
This document analyzes the strategic position of Presence Mercy Medical Center. It conducts a situation analysis including a remote analysis of the healthcare industry, Porter's 5 forces analysis, and a SWOT analysis. It profiles Presence Mercy and its main competitor, Rush-Copley Medical Center. The document recommends a two-phase strategy. Phase one focuses on controlling costs through technology upgrades and developing physician relationships. Phase two suggests expanding services through new clinics in underserved areas to capture more market share from competitors like Rush-Copley.
PSCH and MHA-NYC partnered to implement a Central Access and Referral Service to improve access to PSCH's network of services. The service launched in May 2014 and is run by MHA-NYC's Here2Help Connect division using a call center to provide centralized intake and referrals. The goals are to enhance crisis response, same-day assessments, discharge planning, and patient information services while improving key metrics like outcomes and operational efficiencies.
Crowne Benefit Consulting was established in 1986 to provide employee benefit consulting services and has over 100 years of combined industry experience. They offer various capabilities including health benefits management, on-site employer health center administration, stop loss expertise, alternate funding consulting, and ongoing service. Crowne has a proven track record of controlling costs and reducing medical trend rates for their clients as shown in case studies of local government organizations that saw annual trend reductions and savings after working with Crowne.
As part of a broader partnership, CMMI, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are jointly sponsoring a webinar titled, Unleashing the Capabilities of MAOs to Deliver Health Innovation for Older Adults in Underserved Settings on October 7 from 2:30-4:00 PM ET to highlight the emerging, numerous opportunities for MAOs to support beneficiaries in more fully meeting their care needs and goals through novel approaches and services enabled by technology.
The webinar will provide an overview of the data supporting these opportunities and will include a panel of three speakers from payer organizations, each of whom will provide an overview of their experience and results in innovating in the use of technology to address unmet enrollee health needs. Panelists include Mona Siddiqui MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality at Humana, who will discuss Humana’s approach to the use of data and predictive modeling to proactively engage and provide care for the highest risk and most vulnerable populations; John Wiecha, Medical Director, Senior Products Division at Point32Health, representing the newly combined organizations of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will provide an overview of a recent pilot project to improve dementia care through a digital caregiver support program; and Caesar A. DeLeo, MD, MHSA Vice President & Executive Medical Director Strategic Initiatives, Highmark Health Enterprise Clinical Organization, Highmark BCBS who will discuss Highmark’s experience with telemedicine to approach substance use disorders during the pandemic and results from a five-year data driven program addressing appropriate opiate prescribing through profiling and academic detailing.
The webinar offers attendees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the evidence and potential of several technology-enabled services in improving access, quality and outcomes of care, including, importantly, for underserved populations and will provide MAOs with insights more broadly on the challenges and solutions in design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and technology-enabled service. MAOs that are considering such innovations who may wish to target the use of technology-enabled and/or other services based on chronic illness and/or Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) status through the VBID Model are encouraged to attend.
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Radiology Benefit Management is a system created by Relevant Healthcare to better manage the costs and services of expensive diagnostic procedures like MRIs, CTs, and PET scans. It directs patients to credentialed imaging facilities within its network at greatly reduced rates, passing the savings onto employers. Relevant Healthcare's executive management and scheduling department have over 250,000 diagnostic claims managed, resulting in over $250 million in savings. A case study shows one employer saved $454,000 annually by using Relevant Healthcare instead of its regular PPO for radiology services, with no implementation fees.
Turning High-Utilizers into Partners: Pay for Success (PFS) & Behavioral Healthcommteam
At the California Healthcare Association Behavioral Health Care Symposium on December 10 & 11, 2018, Telecare presented on the PFS model, the model’s goals, lessons we have learned so far, and the financial and clinical impacts this type of model has on the larger system of care.
The Importance of a Quality Reporting Process in a Pay-for-Performance Enviro...Mallory Johnson
This document summarizes key factors for successful reporting in pay-for-performance healthcare programs. It discusses the growing push for pay-for-performance under the Affordable Care Act and in Medicaid programs. Successful reporting requires clearly defined processes, preparation and validation of reports, flexibility to adapt to changing requirements, using data to drive decision-making, and aligning organizational strategy with reporting needs. Reporting is important to demonstrate achievement of quality goals and access incentive payments.
DrugScope conducts an annual appraisal of the drug and alcohol treatment sector on behalf of the Recovery Partnership; taking a snapshot of the current conditions for and adaptation of the sector in England.
Drawing on an online survey of managers of adult community and residential services from across the country followed up with in-depth interviews and the views of Chief Executives, State of the Sector provides a detailed insight into the changing nature of drug and alcohol treatment services, the partnerships that are vital to creating recovery outcomes, and challenges for the system.
Due to popular demand, the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) team hosted a repeat of the webinar that was originally held on Thursday, April 21, 2016. During this webinar Model team members provided an overview of the model specifically for health IT vendors.
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Opportunities in today's healthcare delivery system finalWilliam Cockrell
William Cockrell discussed incentives and opportunities in healthcare following the passage of the Affordable Care Act. He outlined three levels of incentives - those given just for being liked, those requiring proof that practices like the payer, and those requiring proof payers should like the practice. Cockrell then detailed specific incentive programs from Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield including bonuses for primary care, use of electronic records, care transitions, and quality metrics. Participation in these programs and improving operations will position practices for future value-based payment models.
Proven Steps to Accelerate Star and HEDIS Performance 091714Deb DiCicco
This document summarizes a presentation on improving Star and HEDIS performance measures. It discusses the importance of provider collaboration and focusing on the whole patient. It also outlines how in-home testing can help close gaps in measures by making it more convenient for patients. Specific strategies discussed include distributing test kits to patients, notifying providers and patients of abnormal results, and using Star data to guide care improvement efforts.
BetterDoctor Provider Directory Webinar | February 2017BetterDoctor
BetterDoctor’s monthly webinar series on provider directory best practices and regulation guidance. Join the discussion alongside health plans, provider groups, policy makers, and industry experts.
The CMS Innovation Center held the third in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 1:30–3:00pm EDT, focused on the remaining two of the four innovation categories.
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Kareo Billing Product Overview and Training: Success SummitKareo
This document provides an overview and training on Kareo's billing product. The agenda includes introductions, reviewing insurance enrollment enhancements, sending clean claims, improving patient collections, and a Q&A session. Key highlights include new insurance enrollment dashboards for tracking progress, tools for fixing rejected claims, collecting patient payments through email statements and credit card processing, and categories for managing patient collections.
The CMS Innovation Center offered a kickoff webinar event for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 4:00–5 p.m. EDT. This webinar focused on model objectives, terms of the award, eligibility criteria, changes from the first public solicitation and important deadlines. A 20 minute question and answer period followed the presentation.
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CommCare Workshop_Javetski and Wacksmon_4.22.13CORE Group
The document provides an overview of a workshop on planning CommCare projects. It discusses how CommCare can help address challenges faced by community health workers related to accountability, access, quality, and experience. The summary includes evidence from studies that show CommCare improves timeliness of visits, adherence to protocols, CHW knowledge, and engagement of clients. The workshop materials to be provided aim to guide attendees in designing their own CommCare applications and implementing CommCare projects.
The implementation of a Home Delivery Mail Pharmacy (HDMP) program at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) led to several changes:
1) There was a significant decrease in the number of prescriptions and patients at the retail pharmacy, but no significant change in the number of retail prescriptions.
2) There was a significant increase in the number of prescriptions filled through the HDMP program and patient satisfaction scores.
3) Wait times and the number of total prescriptions and patients decreased at the main outpatient pharmacies after implementing the HDMP program.
This document discusses leveraging social health insurance in the Philippines to ensure access to primary care services for the poorest families. It finds that the National Health Insurance System payment for primary care benefits has increased access to primary care providers by 81% and utilization of services by 77.5%. However, full care at outpatient settings is not assured due to low doctor-patient ratios and increasing out-of-pocket costs. The document recommends engaging private providers, enhancing benefit packages, improving payment mechanisms, establishing responsive health information systems, and strengthening communication strategies to better ensure access to primary care benefits.
Structuring Your Contracts for the Current ClimateKareo
This document discusses strategies for structuring contracts between healthcare providers and billing companies in the current healthcare climate. It notes that revenue cycle management has evolved with the rise of high deductible health plans, shifting more financial responsibility to patients. As a result, billing companies can no longer rely on traditional fee structures and must clearly define responsibilities in contracts. It emphasizes that patient collections now requires collaboration between billing companies and provider staff, and that billing companies may need to have "tough love" conversations with providers to ensure practices can remain financially viable.
Strategic Management Presentation Final PPT Juan Valverde
This document analyzes the strategic position of Presence Mercy Medical Center. It conducts a situation analysis including a remote analysis of the healthcare industry, Porter's 5 forces analysis, and a SWOT analysis. It profiles Presence Mercy and its main competitor, Rush-Copley Medical Center. The document recommends a two-phase strategy. Phase one focuses on controlling costs through technology upgrades and developing physician relationships. Phase two suggests expanding services through new clinics in underserved areas to capture more market share from competitors like Rush-Copley.
PSCH and MHA-NYC partnered to implement a Central Access and Referral Service to improve access to PSCH's network of services. The service launched in May 2014 and is run by MHA-NYC's Here2Help Connect division using a call center to provide centralized intake and referrals. The goals are to enhance crisis response, same-day assessments, discharge planning, and patient information services while improving key metrics like outcomes and operational efficiencies.
Crowne Benefit Consulting was established in 1986 to provide employee benefit consulting services and has over 100 years of combined industry experience. They offer various capabilities including health benefits management, on-site employer health center administration, stop loss expertise, alternate funding consulting, and ongoing service. Crowne has a proven track record of controlling costs and reducing medical trend rates for their clients as shown in case studies of local government organizations that saw annual trend reductions and savings after working with Crowne.
As part of a broader partnership, CMMI, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are jointly sponsoring a webinar titled, Unleashing the Capabilities of MAOs to Deliver Health Innovation for Older Adults in Underserved Settings on October 7 from 2:30-4:00 PM ET to highlight the emerging, numerous opportunities for MAOs to support beneficiaries in more fully meeting their care needs and goals through novel approaches and services enabled by technology.
The webinar will provide an overview of the data supporting these opportunities and will include a panel of three speakers from payer organizations, each of whom will provide an overview of their experience and results in innovating in the use of technology to address unmet enrollee health needs. Panelists include Mona Siddiqui MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality at Humana, who will discuss Humana’s approach to the use of data and predictive modeling to proactively engage and provide care for the highest risk and most vulnerable populations; John Wiecha, Medical Director, Senior Products Division at Point32Health, representing the newly combined organizations of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will provide an overview of a recent pilot project to improve dementia care through a digital caregiver support program; and Caesar A. DeLeo, MD, MHSA Vice President & Executive Medical Director Strategic Initiatives, Highmark Health Enterprise Clinical Organization, Highmark BCBS who will discuss Highmark’s experience with telemedicine to approach substance use disorders during the pandemic and results from a five-year data driven program addressing appropriate opiate prescribing through profiling and academic detailing.
The webinar offers attendees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the evidence and potential of several technology-enabled services in improving access, quality and outcomes of care, including, importantly, for underserved populations and will provide MAOs with insights more broadly on the challenges and solutions in design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and technology-enabled service. MAOs that are considering such innovations who may wish to target the use of technology-enabled and/or other services based on chronic illness and/or Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) status through the VBID Model are encouraged to attend.
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Radiology Benefit Management is a system created by Relevant Healthcare to better manage the costs and services of expensive diagnostic procedures like MRIs, CTs, and PET scans. It directs patients to credentialed imaging facilities within its network at greatly reduced rates, passing the savings onto employers. Relevant Healthcare's executive management and scheduling department have over 250,000 diagnostic claims managed, resulting in over $250 million in savings. A case study shows one employer saved $454,000 annually by using Relevant Healthcare instead of its regular PPO for radiology services, with no implementation fees.
Turning High-Utilizers into Partners: Pay for Success (PFS) & Behavioral Healthcommteam
At the California Healthcare Association Behavioral Health Care Symposium on December 10 & 11, 2018, Telecare presented on the PFS model, the model’s goals, lessons we have learned so far, and the financial and clinical impacts this type of model has on the larger system of care.
The Importance of a Quality Reporting Process in a Pay-for-Performance Enviro...Mallory Johnson
This document summarizes key factors for successful reporting in pay-for-performance healthcare programs. It discusses the growing push for pay-for-performance under the Affordable Care Act and in Medicaid programs. Successful reporting requires clearly defined processes, preparation and validation of reports, flexibility to adapt to changing requirements, using data to drive decision-making, and aligning organizational strategy with reporting needs. Reporting is important to demonstrate achievement of quality goals and access incentive payments.
The healthcare industry has gone and continues to go through major systems transformation, and healthcare providers need to be ready to implement and adapt to such rapid changes. At DAO our focus is helping you achieve your operational, clinical, and quality goals by navigating quality and regulatory challenges, and adapting practical and consistent solutions that can be implemented and sustained at all levels of the organization.
DAO is a healthcare strategic management consulting firm with over 9 years experience serving healthcare institutions and community-based organizations, with a focus on industries transformation.
The healthcare industry has gone and continues to go through major systems transformation, and healthcare providers need to be ready to implement and adapt to such rapid changes. At DAO our focus is helping you achieve your operational, clinical, and quality goals by navigating quality and regulatory challenges, and adapting practical and consistent solutions that can be implemented and sustained at all levels of the organization.
DAO is a healthcare strategic management consulting firm with over 9 years experience serving healthcare institutions and community-based organizations, with a focus on industries transformation.
The FMBHP is a collaboration among frontier/rural healthcare communities; Mineral Community Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Medical Education Center; iVantage, an industry leader providing comprehensive hospital evaluation tools; Mayo Clinic’s Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN); and the Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium (A-OPTIC). The FMBHP will partner with CMS, IHS, Veteran Administration and other private insurers to develop a seamless and sustainable model of patient-centered and community-based healthcare that produces better outcomes cost-effectively.
This document discusses CMS 2390-P, a proposed rule that aims to align Medicaid managed care programs more closely with Medicare Advantage and commercial qualified health plans. It provides an overview of major provisions in the proposed rule, including expanding federal oversight of state rate-setting and requiring states to implement comprehensive quality strategies. It also discusses the growth of Medicaid managed care programs and the increasing role they play in Medicaid spending. Conifer Health Solutions is presented as an expert that can help organizations succeed with managed Medicaid through services like care coordination, network management, risk modeling, and reporting and compliance.
Since the launch of the Marketplaces and Medicaid expansion, one out of every 20 Americans has been added to the Medicaid roll. More than 51 million Americans receive physical health benefits from a private Medicaid health plan (or 70% of all beneficiaries) and as of Q3 2015, 41 states had some form of private managed Medicaid. Along with the rapid expansion of Medicaid, comes the push for managed care plans to adopt value-based care approaches that tie provider reimbursement to quality measures and better outcomes. This presentation gives physicians crucial details about Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Proposed Rule CMS 2390-P, and the five factors for value-based payment success in the era of Managed Medicaid.”
The Million Hearts: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model team hosted an open door forum on Thursday, September 3, 2015. Attendees received an overview of the application as well an opportunity for question and answers about the Model. Joining the team was Paul Meissner, Director of Research Program Development at Montefiore Medical Center, who talked about why the Model is important to his organization.
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This document proposes establishing a for-profit PACE center in Nashville to provide comprehensive long-term care services to those aged 55 and older. It seeks $5.4 million in funding, 80% of the total capital needs. The proposed PACE center would partner with local healthcare networks and insurers. It projects strong financial returns, with a 153% ROI over 6 years of operation. The business plan outlines key details of the PACE model, target market analysis, competitive advantages, and financial and operational goals.
South EIP Programme Support and Assurance 2018-19Sarah Amani
A brief summary of the focus of the work of the South of England Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Programme in 2018-19 as we work across systems, organisations and teams to drive better quality and outcomes for people with early psychosis and their families.
The document discusses the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and its Quality Payment Program. Some key points:
- MACRA rolled several existing programs (PQRS, Meaningful Use, Value Modifier) into a single program with two tracks: MIPS and Advanced APMs. MIPS assesses clinicians on quality, cost, improvement activities, and advancing care information.
- Most clinicians will be subject to MIPS based on Medicare billing amounts and patient volumes. MIPS scoring is based on a composite of these categories, with financial incentives or penalties applied after a two-year delay.
- The categories have different measures and reporting methods. Quality makes up 30% of
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3. PFS Model:
Why Now?
More PFS
Models to
Come
Increased
Attention &
Funding
Likely
Growing
Opportunity
for
Innovation
and Impact
• $100M in federal
funding
• 1115 & Specialty
MH Waivers –
renewal in 2020
• More focus: value
based purchasing
Resources:
Urban Institute
Social Impact Partnerships to
Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA)
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What are the most difficult
system of care challenges you
face with county MH clients?
5. PFS
Model:
Potential
How Does PFS Relate to These Larger
System of Care Challenges?
• Effective across systems
• Reduces barriers within the system
• Creates new strategies for
collaboration
• Shared effort to address shared
system challenges
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8. Tell us about the complex individuals
not well served in your system of care
What 4 Words Come to Mind?
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9. Our PFS:
Typical
Partner
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Accept all
Referrals
• We See It All – Complex Needs
Mental Health (psychosis, mania,
depression, anxiety…)
Active Substance Use
Physical Health (diabetes,
hypertension, hyperlipidemia…)
Complex Life Needs (unhoused,
not working, isolated, history of
violence)
Meet Enrollment Criteria
High Utilization
SMI (severe MH diagnosis)
Life Needs can be met
Randomized In/Out
Partners in Wellness
Control Group
10. Cristiano
Age 41
Schizoaffective Disorder,
Bipolar Type
Before
Graduated high school
6 years as plumber
Age 25, first break
For 14 years
In PES 2-3 times a year
(assault, drunk &
disorderly)
In outpatient case
management, including
forensic
Meth & Alcohol
Unhoused
First 6 months of 2016 in
PES, Jail, IMD
Dec 2016 randomized into
our program
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0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
CrisisResidential
UrgentCare(episodes)PES(episodes)IM
D
(m
onths)
AcuteHospital(m
onths)
Year Prior
Year Prior
11. Cristiano
Age 41
Schizoaffective Disorder,
Bipolar Type
Before
Graduated high school
6 years as plumber
Age 25, first break
For 14 years
In PES 2-3 times a year
(assault, drunk &
disorderly)
In outpatient case
management, including
forensic
Meth & Alcohol
Unhoused
First 6 months of 2016 in
PES, Jail, IMD
Dec 2016 randomized into
our program
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His Goals:
obtain independent living
get off probation
reduce alcohol & meth
get off conservatorship
volunteer in community
12. Our PFS:
Clinical
Services
Partnerships Whole Health
Data- and
Performance-
Driven Treatment
Flexible Array of
Clinical Services
Self
Management
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13. Our PFS:
How It’s
Different
Pay for Success
• Responsible in & out of
program
• Highest risk population, can’t
say no to referrals
• Accountability (even after
graduation)
• Outcome measures
• At risk – financial/clinical
Typical Outpatient
Mental Health
• Responsible within clinic
• Discretion on referrals
• Accessibility ends with
episode
• Process measures (typically
measure access)
• Fee for Service
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14. What would you most
like to hear about next?
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o CLARIFY: Goals of PFS
o CLARIFY: PFS Model
o NEW: Key Criteria for a PFS Project
o NEW: Flow of PFS Data, Services, and Funds
o NEW: Steps in Building a PFS Project
15. Key Criteria for
a PFS Project
15
Source: Santa Clara County Pay for Success
Case Study provided for RFP
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16. Social Impact Bond Overview:
Flow of Funds and Services
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17. Project
Selection
Release RFP on
Acute Mental Health
PFS
Project Selection
Project Launch
Begin Budget
Negotiations
Service Delivery; Begin
evaluation of outcomes
Select Lead Agency Formal Announcement Determine success metric
definition
Launch Ramp-Up
MAY 2015
DEC 2014 JULY 2015
AUG 2015 JUNE 2016
JAN 2017
• Finalize project design, programmatic details, operational plan, evaluation
design and economic model
• Determine target outcomes and intervention impact
• Contract negotiations between stakeholders
• Board of Supervisors approval,
MOU, Press Releases
• Determine target
outcomes/measures tied to
payment
• Begin ramp-up period prior to full
project launch
• Pilot service delivery
Project Construction Timeline
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18. Our PFS:
Lessons
Learned
Data matters (historical data analysis &
modeling, real-time data dashboards,
leadership comfort & skill)
Reduce novelty (new customer, new program-
type, new payment model)
Organizational size & culture matter
(entrepreneurial, bench strength, investment)
Relationships & candor are vital (internal,
customer, system of care)
Share the risk (reputation and financial)
Triple check high-risk costs (housing)
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21. What have you heard that excites you or
seems to offer promise to your system of care?
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22. For
Hospitals:
Practical
Benefits Challenging
Partners
Served More
Quickly &
Effectively
Conserving
resources for
other
community
needs
Moving People
Out of ERs to
Appropriate
Levels of Care
Reducing
Disruption in
Waiting Rooms,
ER, Etc.
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Resources:
Telecarecorp.com/pfs
23. Cristiano
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Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type
Progress on His Goals
Obtain independent living
Get off probation
Reduce alcohol & meth use
Get off conservatorship
Volunteer in community
24. Cristiano
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His Outcomes: Whole Health
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Hope
(HHI)
Alcohol(AUDIT)
Drugs(DAST)
Depression
(PGQ-9)
Anxiety(GAD-7)
Blood
Pressure
LDL("Bad"Cholesterol)
BM
I
Sm
oking
(CO)
Admission
Current
25. Cristiano
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0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Crisis
Residential
(months)
Urgent
Care
(episodes)
PES
(episodes)
IMD
(months)
Acute
Hospital
(months)
Year Prior
First 12 months
Next 10 months
His Outcomes: Utilization
26. Telecare Corporation
www.telecarecorp.com
Faith Richie, SVP of Development, frichie@telecarecorp.com
Shannon Mong, Director of Innovation, smong@telecarecorp.com
In 2015, Telecare celebrated 50 years of providing support to people with co-occurring conditions and complex
needs. Founded in 1965, we're a family- and employee-owned organization delivering a wide range of services.
Learn more about Telecare at www.telecarecorp.com.
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Editor's Notes
(8 min) 4:00 – 4:08 pm
INTRODUCTIONS
SPEAKER: NA, being introduced
ACTIONS: Connect PPT, ensure video plays and audio works
TALKING POINTS: NA
LINKS TO REFERENCE:
(1 min) 4:08 – 4:09pm
WHO WE ARE
SPEAKER: Faith & Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Speakers each self-identify (Hi, I’m ___)
FAITH
Not a tele-health provider
MH provider
Full spectrum of services
50+ years in operation
Specialize in SMI, complex needs
More info at booth
Forgive us in advance – we often use words like patient, partner, member, client interchangeably
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
(2 min) 4:09 – 4:11 pm
CONTEXT
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Change is in the air
lots of chatter about
value-based purchasing
1115 Waiver, will expire 12/31/2020
Specialty MH waiver will expire 6/30/20
As these waivers are renewed – creates opening for new design elements/reimbursement
$100M federally (out of THIS administration!) [there are 2 links here]
Implications for the system:
Other PFS models exist – started out as Justice initiative – trying to reduce jail/prison recidivism
This is what we imagine, envision for the future
$100M federally
LINKS TO REFERENCE: Urban Institute and SIPPRA Legislation
https://pfs.urban.org/get-started/issue-areas/content/social-impact-partnership-pay-results-act-sippra
http://socialinnovationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PFS-2018.pdf
(10 min) 4:11 – 4:21pm
ENGAGEMENT: Hospital sx challenges
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS: Activate Word Cloud poll
TALKING POINTS:
Present activity
Please provide a single word or very short phrase in response to this question: “As your hospital works with county mental health patients, what are the most difficult system of care challenges you face?”
Review results (these will show up as single words, some larger than others). Our interest is in the challenges they are experiencing within their hospitals, as well as within the larger system of care.
Possible system of care pain points
Relationships between county BH systems and local hospitals
Unmet needs
Funding siloes
Funding rules (annual contracts; fee for service or cost reimbursed; not necessarily related to performance)
Regulatory restrictions
Licensing and certifications (medical necessity criteria)
Potential hospital pain points
Inadequate psych beds for adults and for kids
Complex relationships with county MH, managed care plans, insurers, conservators, poverty, homelessness)
Discharge options
Homeless needs
ER needs
ER backup and overcrowding
Conserved client needs
Extremely complex needs clients
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
CHA to check the activity and give us “okay” (or provide updated PPT) by 12/5
Shannon to test the activity by 12/6 – identify if Word Cloud is okay or if we will use a different interaction
Shannon – write sample poll responses for our test presentation
Shannon – make scraps by 12/6 with sample responses for test audience to select/enter in internal test presentation
(2 min) 4:21 – 4:23pm
CONNECT Pain points to PFS model
SPEAKER: Shannon & Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Link pain points people expressed to PFS – how it can help address these broader systems challenges. These bullet points are intentionally broad
Effective across systems
Reduces barriers within the system
Creates new strategies for collaboration
Shared effort to address shared system challenges
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
(2 min) 4:23 – 4:25pm
PFS Model (Typical Goals)
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Engaging outside investors is a way to connect private & public sectors. This approach gets different players invested in becoming champions of social change.
Jump-start change
Social services have traditionally not used data to identify their target population or to measure outcomes. By paying for performance the PFS model forces increased rigor in social science arena.
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
Shannon – add to talking points by 12/5
(4 min) 4:25 – 4:29pm
PFS Model (Highlights)
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
PFS model
New model of funding – Investors provide upfront capital – repaid by Government if outcomes achieved. At risk on behalf of service provider – they have skin in the game too
Incentives for outcomes – there is risk AND reward – projects are designed to put money on the line – with penalties and bonuses – one form of Value based Purchasing
Performance-based
Data driven – there is a Randomized Control Trial study associated with the project. Clients in the regular System of Care will be compared to our members. RCT’s typically part of the design.
More topics:
Pay for innovation: testing new interventions, tools, processes, etc.
Pay for evidence: implementation of existing, bundling in new ways, etc.
Longer-Term Contracts:
Recognizes long arch of mental health recovery while also acknowledging need for shorter-term impact
Encourages flexibility and innovation
Creates stable, enduring relationships
Short-Term Incentives:
Incentivizes us to partner in creative ways
Supports immediate progress
Reinforces diligent effort
Underlines productive effort, relationships
Varieties of the model:
MH is only one
Also used related to homelessness, jails/recidivism
LINKS TO REFERENCE:
https://payforsuccess.org/
(5 min) 4:29 – 4:34pm
ENGAGEMENT: Complex Person Served
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS: Activate Word Cloud poll
TALKING POINTS:
Present activity
“Tell us about a complex client that might be in your Hospital (or ER) that you think is not well-served in your system (facility).”
“What are four words/attributes that come to mind?”
Review results (these will show up as single words, some larger than others).
Unhoused
Uninsured
SMI
Substance use
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
CHA to check the activity and give us “okay” (or provide updated PPT) by 12/5
Shannon to test the activity by 12/6 – identify if Word Cloud is okay or if we will use a different interaction
(1 min) 4:34 – 4:35pm
Our PFS (Typical Partner)
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Who we typically see
Our criteria – we accept ALL referrals, except….
Issues -- clinical, medical, etc
Life needs
Utilization of services
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
(3 min) 4:35– 4:38pm
Our PFS (“Cristiano”)
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Cristiano (BR)
41-year old Male
Latino
Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
BEFORE THE PROGRAM
Graduated from high school and worked as a plumber for about 6 years.
At about the age of 25 he began interacting with Santa Clara county mental health. For 14 years he was being taken to emergency psychiatric services at least twice a year (often related to being under the influence of alcohol and/or meth in public and assaults). During this time he received outpatient case management and housing services (including forensic specialized services), however he was unable to maintain housing, and was homeless. In mid-2016 after resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer and a fire fighter he was placed in jail. While incarcerated he collected feces and placed them underneath his bed and on his food. He was then placed in an IMD where he threw feces on the wall and out into the unit, believing he had parasites. He was then referred to and randomized into our program.
His Initial Goals
obtain independent living
get off probation
reduce alcohol & meth
get off conservatorship
volunteer in community
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
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(3 min) 4:35– 4:38pm
Our PFS (“Cristiano”)
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Cristiano (BR)
41-year old Male
Latino
Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
BEFORE THE PROGRAM
Graduated from high school and worked as a plumber for about 6 years.
At about the age of 25 he began interacting with Santa Clara county mental health. For 14 years he was being taken to emergency psychiatric services at least twice a year (often related to being under the influence of alcohol and/or meth in public and assaults). During this time he received outpatient case management and housing services (including forensic specialized services), however he was unable to maintain housing, and was homeless. In mid-2016 after resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer and a fire fighter he was placed in jail. While incarcerated he collected feces and placed them underneath his bed and on his food. He was then placed in an IMD where he threw feces on the wall and out into the unit, believing he had parasites. He was then referred to and randomized into our program.
His Initial Goals
obtain independent living
get off probation
reduce alcohol & meth
get off conservatorship
volunteer in community
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
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(3 min) 4:38 – 4:41pm
Our PFS (Clinical Services)
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
First MH PFS program
General clinical goal = self management
illness self-management
system self-management (empowering people to be better users of services when they go into services)
Partnerships
Shared decision-making
Primary partnerships with BAPS (Santa Clara inpatient psych emergency services)
Secondary partnership with contract hospitals as backup; quick response time to client hospitalizations, referrals
Whole Health
Data- and Performance-driven Treatment
Screenings used in treatment planning
Data used in morning huddle to prioritize team actions
Performance-driven management (outcomes focus)
Flexible array of clinical services:
Multidisiplinary team to serve complex needs
Provide high-intensity supports
Teaching skills
Co-occurring services
Long-term relationships – stay connected after they graduate/leave to prevent rehospitalization
Get people out of contract hospitals faster and more effectively)
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
(2 min) 4:41 – 4:43pm
Our PFS (How it’s Different)
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
PFS
Risk – we’re at risk; there is long-term longitudinal risk even after graduate. Penalties for other bad outcomes (jail, suicide.)
Referrals – can’t say no, we don’t get to decline partners who meet criteria
Outcome measures – how we measure success in a PFS, not just process measures, but also outcomes (total costs, client level of functioning, housing status)
Payment (all in costs.)
Typical Outpatient Mental Health
Episodic care
Most focused on access
Discretion on accepting referrals
No-shows mean less work
Fee for service
(3 min + 4 min for clarification) 4:43 – 4:46pm POLL, 4:46-4:50 clarification
ENGAGEMENT: Clarification
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS: Activate Single Choice poll
For CHA: Use these as responses participants can select from in poll:
CLARIFY: Goals of PFS
CLARIFY: PFS Model
NEW: Key Criteria for a PFS Project
NEW: Flow of PFS Data, Services, and Funds
NEW: Steps in Building a PFS Project
TALKING POINTS:
Present activity
We’ve covered a lot of information. Before we move on we’d like to know what you want to hear about next. We’ve put up a couple of topics we could go over again to provide clarification if needed as well as 3 new topics we could cover. There’s only time to go over one of these choices, so let us know “What would you most like to hear about next?”
Here is a list of the topic areas we covered, pick the items that you want us to provide some clarification or more information on
Review poll results.
Pick items to clarify (slides 6-7) or add new content (slides 14-16)
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
CHA to check the activity and give us “okay” (or provide updated PPT) by 12/5
Shannon to test the activity by 12/6 – identify if Word Cloud is okay or if we will use a different interaction
SLIDE 1 FOR POTENTIAL ELABORATION FOLLOWING POLL
* NOTE TO CHA: DO NOT INCLUDE IN PDF THAT IS SENT OUT TO AUDIENCE IN ADVANCE
SLIDE 2 FOR POTENTIAL ELABORATION FOLLOWING POLL
* NOTE TO CHA: DO NOT INCLUDE IN PDF THAT IS SENT OUT TO AUDIENCE IN ADVANCE
SLIDE 3 FOR POTENTIAL ELABORATION FOLLOWING POLL
* NOTE TO CHA: DO NOT INCLUDE IN PDF THAT IS SENT OUT TO AUDIENCE IN ADVANCE
(3 min) 4:50 – 4:53pm
Lessons Learned
SPEAKER: Shannon first 3 bullets, Faith last 3 bullets
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
The historical data analysis and modeling future years was labor intensive. Even with technical advisor’s (Third Sector) modeling data, and Telecare investing hundreds of hours, we still ended up pulling dozens of paper charts and doing a clinical scan.
The county invested a significant amount in a software provider (Palantir) to create dashboards to provide real time feedback – still a work in progress
New customer or new provider presents unique challenges (hard to fully understand a new system of care)
Candor is vital – critical to voice the challenges within the county system (e.g. relationship with Conservator, other Provider’ attitudes)
Reputation and financial risk for both parties
Housing – we underbid the costs/supportive housing. Telecare is completely at risk for this six-year liability
Leadership of program needs to be different – high use of data
Size matters (to manage financial risk) and be able to commit staff time for development
Requires entrepreneurial culture – both county and provider
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
Faith & Shannon – decide who will tackle each talking point by 12/5
(2 min) 4:53 – 4:55pm
Clinical Impact
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
TBD
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
Carol – finalize data and graphs by 11/30
Shannon – clarify and work with Carol on data
Shannon – talking points by 12/5
(2 min) 4:55 – 4:57pm
Financial Impact
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Program designed to save $19.6 million over the 6 year life – measuring total cost of client’s utilization compared to baseline. Entirely pay for program and relieve capacity constraints in system
Initial year of results – beating targets by over half a million. Measuring all mental health utilization. Specifically beat PES target by over 80% - biggest area of success.
Telecare offered to go at riks for medical ER usage – since we knew we coul dimpact that from our other experiences – but county had data/system measurement challenges.
(3 min) OPTIONAL TO INSERT ONLY IF AHEAD OF TIME
ENGAGEMENT: What Excites You
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS: Activate Multiple Choice poll
TALKING POINTS:
Present activity
We’ve covered a lot of information. We’d like to hear what you are finding promising about PFS for your system of care. what was confusing that you may want us to clarify. “What have you heard that excites you or seems to offer promise to your system of care?”
Review poll results.
LINKS TO REFERENCE: 0
PREP TASKS:
CHA to check the activity and give us “okay” (or provide updated PPT) by 12/5
Shannon to test the activity by 12/6 – identify if Word Cloud is okay or if we will use a different interaction
(1 min) 4:57 – 4:58pm
CONNECT PFS to benefits for Hospitals
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Practical Benefits of PFS for hospitals: what we’ve noticed!
Challenging partners served more effectively and quickly
Moving people out of ER and/or other hospital resources more quickly
Preventing/reducing disruption in waiting rooms, ER, etc.
Conserving resources for other community needs
LINKS TO REFERENCE:
https://nff.org/learn/pay-for-success
https://www.thirdsectorcap.org/what-is-pay-for-success/https://pfs.urban.org/pfs-101/content/what-pay-success-pfs
https://pfs.urban.org/pfs-101/content/what-pay-success-pfs
PREP TASKS:
Faith – identify whether to include urban institute
Shea – replace the 3 links with single link to Telecare site with document with 3rd party project manager links
(4 min) 4:58 – 5:02pm FOR ALL 3 SLIDES
Our PFS (“Cristiano” – AFTER) and Client Testimonials
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
His Initial Goals
obtain independent living – YES
from crisis residential the team transitioned him into a licensed board and care
psychiatrist adjusted medication and he is taking it regularly
consistent contact with team members (at least twice a week)
housing specialist
Has been in unlicensed board and care for last 3 months
get off probation – YES
participation in Seeking Safety group (to address trauma and manage symptoms and behaviors)
0 altercations in community, 0 with peers, 0 with staff
reduce use of alcohol & meth – YES
not using meth or alcohol (is using marijuana)
frequent visits with substance use specialist on team – harm reduction
participated in Co-occurring Education Group at program
attends AA/NA meetings
team addressed transportation needs & introduced him to meetings
get off conservatorship – YES
conservatorship lifted 2 months ago
volunteer in community
PREP TASKS:
(4min) 4:58 – 5:02pm
Our PFS (“Cristiano” – AFTER) and Client Testimonials
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Anxiety reduced
We see depression increasing, which was associated with an increase in insight that was possible when psychotic symptoms abated
High risk behaviors with alcohol & drugs reduced
Losing weight
(4min) 4:58 – 5:02pm for 3 slides
Our PFS (“Cristiano” – AFTER) and Client Testimonials
SPEAKER: Shannon
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Service Utilization:
In the year prior to enrollment had:
3 emergency psychiatric episodes
a stay in jail
4 months in an IMD.
In the almost 2 years since his enrollment he
initially spent 2.5 months in crisis residential setting
after which he’s had no other use of high intensity services (no PES, IMD, etc)
0 altercations in community, with peers, with staff
(1 min) 5:02– 5:03pm
WRAP UP
SPEAKER: Faith
ACTIONS:
TALKING POINTS:
Thank You
How to reach us
LINKS TO REFERENCE:
Telecare website