With health inequities accounting for approximately $320 billion in annual healthcare spending and roughly $42 billion in lost productivity per year,1 it is unsurprising that healthcare organizations across the US focus on initiatives to improve health equity. High-quality data are needed to identify health disparities, find patterns or root causes, and implement targeted interventions.2 Health… Continue reading Keeping Health Equity Front and Center Blog Series – Part 2: Reviewing Best Practice from Data-Driven Organizations
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Keeping Health Equity Front and Center Blog Series – Part 1: Collecting Data in Hospitals
In recent years, healthcare policy has evolved to account for factors beyond medical care standards. One study indicated that health equity domains—including social determinants of health (SDOH), physical environment, and behavioral elements—drive 80% of health outcomes. As the largest healthcare payer in the US, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sets the bar for health… Continue reading Keeping Health Equity Front and Center Blog Series – Part 1: Collecting Data in Hospitals
Ninth National ACO, Bundled Payment, and MACRA Summit
As healthcare systems shift to value-based care models at the encouragement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), alternative payment models (APMs) are on the rise. In June 2019, members of TKG attended the National Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Bundled Payment, and Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Summit in… Continue reading Ninth National ACO, Bundled Payment, and MACRA Summit
Introducing Kinetix EcoSphere: A New Tool for Practical Insights for the Healthcare Ecosystem
INTRODUCTION TO ECOSPHERE As the changing healthcare landscape continues to reshape the regional ecosystem, The Kinetix Group (TKG) has developed a tool to help guide more strategic and tactical decision making. Specifically, our new tool—named EcoSphere—analyzes the interplay between hospitals, health-systems, payers, and alternative payment models at a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level. This tool,… Continue reading Introducing Kinetix EcoSphere: A New Tool for Practical Insights for the Healthcare Ecosystem
TKG Participates in the 2019 AMCP Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy offers opportunities for its 8,000 members – including representatives of health plans, PBMs, ACOs, IDNs, specialty pharmacy, and federal and state programs – to expand their knowledge, visibility, and reach. This year, the now must-attend meeting was held at the San Diego Convention Center from… Continue reading TKG Participates in the 2019 AMCP Annual Meeting
TKG Joins Discussions at the 2019 AMGA Annual Conference
The 2019 Conference of the American Medical Group Association – a unique gathering of executives from the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, medical groups, academic and faculty practices, IDNs, ACOs, and IPAs – was held from March 27th through 30th in the Washington, D.C. area’s Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Attended by 2000 participants, the… Continue reading TKG Joins Discussions at the 2019 AMGA Annual Conference
Spotlight: Digital Health and Digital Therapeutics at the Northwell Health Global Gathering
Insights from The Digital Health Landscape The Kinetix Group attended HealthXL’s Global Gatherings in partnership with Northwell Health, showcasing deployment of innovative and disruptive technologies between industry and digital therapeutics. Some leading industry and digital therapeutic (DTx) partnerships are pioneering the movement to connect digital innovations and evidence-based guidelines, focusing on key elements for success… Continue reading Spotlight: Digital Health and Digital Therapeutics at the Northwell Health Global Gathering
Ochsner Health Network in Louisiana Earns $40M in Commercial Quality-Based Payments
Success in Commercial Quality-Based Payments Systematic collaboration between payers and providers is the key to unlocking improved care delivery and lowering the total cost of care. Integrated relationships between payers and providers are being driven by reimbursement models such as the rise of accountable care and bundled payments. Value-based care is here, and payers and… Continue reading Ochsner Health Network in Louisiana Earns $40M in Commercial Quality-Based Payments
Overcoming the Silo Mentality in the Healthcare Industry
By Neeti Mehta and Bethany DeBlock In an article recently published on the Forbes website, The Silo Mentality: How to Break Down the Barriers, Brent Gleeson discusses the mindset that divides departments and undermines common company goals. He then offers solutions that can help businesses stop this destructive trend. Gleeson’s article attributes the silo mindset… Continue reading Overcoming the Silo Mentality in the Healthcare Industry
New Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP): Pathways to Success Final Rule
The 2019 CMS ACO Notice of Intent to Apply deadline is now less than two weeks away, when health systems and physician groups will opt into risk-based payment models. The following are our key takeaways from the new Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Pathways to Success Final Rule that ACOs and their industry partners should… Continue reading New Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP): Pathways to Success Final Rule