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Value-Based Care Insights

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Value-based care isn’t the “future of health care delivery,” it has already arrived. But value-based care is only the starting point of this conversation. We must also examine how we can bring more value to health care by increasing efficiencies, reimagining how financial performance is measured, and so on.

Of course, realizing this level of transformation isn’t easy.

That’s why we created the Value-Based Care Insights Radio Show – to empower health care organization leaders like you with the actionable guidance and strategic knowledge you need to optimize performance, as well as meet the
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Developing a strategic plan is crucial for the success of thriving healthcare organizations, but creating and adhering to the plan can be challenging. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Dan Marino sits with Annette Kenney, a former healthcare Chief Strategy Officer and strategic planning consultant. Annette unlocks how healthcare organizations can develop a strategic planning process that includes input from all stakeholders, including the communities they serve. Uncover insights into how to transform a strategic plan into an actionable workplan that prioritizes activities and drives real success.
Academic medicine providers are increasingly depending on their clinical practices to fund their education and research divisions. How do academic medical providers balance financial performance with clinician and community needs amidst competing missions that challenge their business models? In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Daniel Marino sits down with Dr. Joseph Bosco, Professor and Vice Chair of NYU Langone’s Health Orthopedics, and Jeff Peters, a national expert in growth and service line strategies, to explore how academic medicine is addressing conflicting missions across their enterprise. Gain insight into growth models in academic medicine that prioritize clinician and geographic accessibility to keep patients in-network, while maintaining a strong focus on research, education, and quality care.
The challenges posed by Medicare Advantage adoption have led numerous healthcare providers to exit the space altogether, despite the fact that 34 million Medicare patients are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Cliff Frank, a national expert on payer contracting, to delve into the complexities and hurdles healthcare providers face with Medicare Advantage plans, and explore how their responses impact both staff and patients. Gain insight into how geography and legislation influence the short- and long-term implementation of Medicare Advantage, and discover strategies for healthcare providers to safeguard patients from confusing plans and hidden costs.
After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a ban on non-compete clauses in April 2024, the healthcare sector experienced a major shift in physician employment contract negotiations. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Hal Katz, a partner at Husch Blackwell specializing in healthcare life sciences, explores the consequences of this decision along with the resulting policy adjustments and legal appeals. Gain insights into the FTC ruling on physician employment agreements, the required alignment between single-specialty groups health systems, and more.  
As healthcare providers grapple with the shortage of anesthesia providers and increasing financial constraints, leaders are redefining their relationships with anesthesia providers. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Daniel Marino is joined by Tim Hanners and Dr. Dave Lebec where they address these challenges and explore best practice approaches in working with employed and independent anesthesia groups. The discussion explores ways to improve financial performance by enhancing anesthesia outcomes, optimizing staffing models, and managing reimbursement from payers.
With private equity's growing influence in healthcare systems, the significance of aligning healthcare providers has never been greater. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we delve into the complexities of private equity interests and their profound impact on healthcare providers. Join Ericka Adler, a seasoned attorney and manager at Roetzel & Andress, as she explores the current trends in private equity and their implications on physicians and healthcare systems. Gain insights into physician employment models, the regulatory landscape, and effective strategies for healthcare transactions.
As Medicare Advantage enrollment rises and traditional Medicare enrollment declines, collaboration between payers and providers becomes essential. However, these relationships have historically been fraught with challenges and various administrative complexities. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we explore the critical need for effective payer-provider partnerships. SueEllen Carroll, Managing Director at AArete, and Darren Ghanayem, a seasoned expert in healthcare and IT. SueEllen and Darren Ghanayem join us to share their insights on building trust between payers and providers and strategies for improving governance. Gain insights into fostering contract collaboration, improving patient care, and reducing the administrative burden often associated with Medicare Advantage contracts.
As healthcare providers engage in payer contract negotiations, understanding their contractual reimbursement rates compared to their market has never been more crucial. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Damon Morse, an expert in rate analyses to discuss the challenges healthcare providers face with payer contract negotiations, and the strategies required to level discussions. Gain insights into how thorough analysis and strategic positioning can ensure fair reimbursement for provider organizations and support organizational growth.
Medicare Advantage has been the subject of significant attention lately among provider organizations due to its distinctive demands that influence traditional practice operations norms. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Sarah Hartley, an expert in health information management, and discuss some of the hurdles with new Medicare Advantage contracts, along with the efforts needed to align providers and patients. Gain insights into the administrative challenges, diverse strategies for effective patient data management, and the essential cultural shift required to promote collaboration between provider organizations and payers.
Forty-five years after a Chicago hospital pioneered an integrated network strategy, the healthcare landscape has undergone a significant shift towards prioritizing preventative care. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Jeffry Peters, an expert on medical group strategy, along with Michael Antoniades, President of the University of Chicago Medicine, explore the groundbreaking challenges and strategies that revolutionized healthcare delivery, and how they are still being tackled today. Gain insights on the evolving focus towards preventative care, the measures used to evaluate healthcare delivery, and the pivotal role of primary care in bolstering the entire healthcare ecosystem.
Within the healthcare industry, effective organizational culture requires building trust, nurturing collaboration, and positioning leaders to drive strategic and impactful change. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Dr. Eric Velazquez, Professor of Medicine at Yale, alongside Doug McKinley, a clinical psychologist and leadership coach. Together, they explore the challenges and opportunities of strengthening the workplace culture in order to improve organizational effectiveness, financial performance, and overall patient care. Gain insights on the importance of vision alignment, a healthy culture, team collaboration, and the delicate balance between “steering the ship” and delegating responsibility.
Behavioral health is pivotal for overall patient well-being, yet healthcare providers are just beginning to recognize the significance of lifestyle factors and social determinants in delivering this sort of whole-person patient-centric care. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, host Dan Marino sits down with Dr. Matthew Burg, a clinical health psychologist at Yale, to explore how social determinants and behavioral medicine are addressing the clinical needs of patients. Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities involved in integrating behavioral health into patient care, in prioritizing quality outcomes over services, and in recognizing the importance of preventative measures to establish a more comprehensive patient-centric care delivery system.
Effective care management is essential for achieving favorable population health outcomes. Yet, the current structure of care management focuses on reacting to health issues and does not adequately anticipate patients' needs. As providers assume risk-based contracts, the abilities to shift to prospective care management allows care managers to more effectively meet the patient’s needs by integrating clinical data, lifestyle criteria and clinical pathways. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Dr. Riya Pulicharam and Kevin Zhao, as they delve into the limitations of the current care management process and discuss attributes essential to support enhanced patients outcomes while increasing care managers productivity. Gain valuable insights into how to optimize care pathways, leverage technology, and foster cultural change to ultimately achieve better outcomes.
Improving patient outcomes requires a close look at the latest innovations in healthcare. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Dr. Jason Spangler, CEO of the Innovation and Value Initiative, a non-profit organization focusing on advancing the science of determining the merit of various clinical innovations. Dr. Spangler sheds light on health technology assessments (HTAs), their history and how they help leaders decide which new technologies or devices provide interventional benefits to patients that includes clinical outcomes in addition to cost analysis. Listen to gain insights into how HTAs consider clinical outcomes, the incorporation of health equity, and how social determinants provide a broader understanding of the benefits that shape healthcare decisions.
With the recent push for healthcare reform, state governments started to issue crucial legislation to redesign the Medicaid program. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we explore the new terms and conditions of New York’s 1115 demonstration waivers. With Vanessa Guzman, CEO of SmartRise Health, we share insights into the $6 billion initiative focusing on health equity, workforce investments and the general support of Medicaid programs. Discover how the New York program sets a precedent for other states, addresses DEI initiatives, and strategically allocates funds to improve the care delivery infrastructure and overall patient outcomes.
One of the critical bellwethers of a healthcare organization's success in strategic planning is how well the health system leaders work with their boards. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, we sit down with Ivan Mitchell and Ann Scott Blouin to identify 2024 healthcare trends, their impact on provider organizations, and how executive leaders can engage with their board of directors. Gain insights on the top trends that are the greatest hurdles for healthcare providers and the importance of collaborative leadership.
With post-acute care, providers face various challenges, ranging from reimbursement struggles to meeting the evolving demands of an aging population. Hal Katz, a partner with Husch Blackwell, lends his expertise to shed light on how post-acute providers can navigate these challenges and advance into value-based care. Gain insights on transforming post-acute care models, establishing integrated networks and how providers can flourish in the VBC ecosystem.
As 2023 draws to a close, we’d like to revisit episodes that explored relevant issues we’ve seen throughout the past year. Host Daniel J. Marino revisits these profound discussions and how they impact the future trajectory of health systems, hospital and the provider community. Featuring esteemed guests in their respective fields, Dan and his guests look back on important elements affecting strategic growth of hospitals, financial performance of medical groups and successes in risk-based contracting.
Amidst uncertainties surrounding financial returns and the pace of value-based care, providers and executives harbor reservations regarding the privatization of risk. This episode unravels the intricacies of transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based care, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities that accompany this transformation. In this episode of Value-Based Care Insights, Dan sits down with Dr. Will Faber to explore the effects of value-based care on physicians, dissect payer pressures, and uncover why value-based care presents a golden chance for providers to enhance the quality of patient care.
In recent years, the call for health equity has driven healthcare systems, in the communities they serve, to champion better patient care and improve their well-being. However, this aspiration brings with it a series of social and cultural challenges. Join us in the latest episode of Value-Based Care Insights as we sit down with Vanessa Guzman, CEO of SmartRise Health, a healthcare thought leader on the frontline of change. Vanessa highlights the key priorities and challenges encountered by organizations and offers actionable solutions for effective integration of health equity into care delivery models. Gain valuable insights on leadership requirements, data collection, and what it takes to bridge the disparities to promote health equity.
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