Meeting the various reporting and measurement standards imposed by CMS is no cakewalk. On one hand, clinicians must be adept at change management. On the other, they must be technically proficient and knowledge rich.
There can be no doubt that successfully practicing medicine today requires clinicians to overcome several significant challenges. It’s our job to reduce at least one challenge—and we do, by clearing the path to payment under value-based care.
Shiv Gopalkrishnan, GE Healthcare’s General Manager of Enterprise Financial Management Solutions, addresses one problem head-on when he asks, “How can we deliver solutions faster through the cloud?”
In busy clinics, resources are limited, which puts an extra onus on technology to do more of the heavy lifting. As Centricity migrates to the cloud in 2018 and beyond, physicians and practice managers will begin to benefit from the “no touch, low touch solutions” that help drive automation, which leads to optimized workflows and a notable reduction in workloads around the clinic.
Gopalkrishnan says, “Whether it is clinical outcomes, financial outcomes, or operational outcomes, we know with value-based care, these are all going to be tied together. You’re going to get paid because you demonstrate clear clinical outcomes and quality of clinical outcomes.” He adds, “It’s very important that we deliver a solution suite that helps clinics achieve these net financials.”
In order to deliver the results our partners in clinics count on, GE Healthcare and HealthCo bring a true understanding into provider workflows and reporting requirements. Thanks to our years of experience working in clinics and with clinics, we also understand the pressures involved (in making big changes) and how to relieve them.
Let’s recap. The “Triple Aim” of value-based care can be summarized like so:
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1) Reduce the cost of healthcare
2) Enhance the patient experience
3) Improve population health
At HealthCo, we are on board with all of the above. We also come to work each day ready to deliver on these core promises:
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4) Enhance care quality
5) Improve provider efficiency
6) Strengthen financial performance
We know the move from fee-for-service to value-based care is a big change, and the entire transition cannot normally be made all at once. It takes time, a solid plan, and reconfiguration of systems to properly record the numerous measures of quality that help determine the overall health of your patient population.
Remember, you need to demonstrate improvement to get paid today.
According to RevCycle Intelligence:
Value-based reimbursements are calculated by using numerous measures of quality in determining the overall health of populations. Unlike the traditional model, value-based care is driven by data because providers must report to payers on specific metrics and demonstrate improvement. Providers may have to track and report on hospital readmissions, adverse events, population health, patient engagement, and more.
We are happy to help you refine your tracking procedures and update your workflows to meet the need of value-based care. Measuring the full set of outcomes that matter most to patients is indispensable to better meeting patients’ needs. It is also one of the most powerful vehicles for lowering health care costs. Let’s work on it together. Better care at a lower cost is a promise for the future that is within reach today.
