By Luann Tammany, PT, MBA, Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy & Innovation
Signify Health knows that care redesign, or interventions to improve or maintain quality while reducing costs, offers a solution for treating these patients longitudinally. The BPCI Advanced program is designed to incentivize the collaboration necessary to provide high-value healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries.
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By Susana Hall, RN, MBA, Clinical Director
As a nurse who has spent 20 years working with patients to deliver high-quality, coordinated care at the right time and in the right setting, nothing excites me more than the opportunity that value-based care affords nurses and nurse leaders to better help and care for patients today.
By Esther Halden, PT, Clinical Innovation Specialist
In acute-care settings, it can be customary to “protect patients from harm” by essentially keeping them immobile and on bed rest. But reducing a patient’s mobility can lead to increased risks of skin breakdown, falls, delirium, and muscle weakness, as well as higher rates of medical complications (e.g., pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis).
By Luann Tammany, PT, MBA, Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy & Innovation and Elizabeth Hoffman, OTR, MAS, CCM, Clinical Strategy & Innovation
Preventing readmissions supports two goals of the Bundle Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program…
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David Shulkin, MD and Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, highlighted in a recent Signify Health’ webinar the natural linkage between acute care and PAC, noting that PAC services must be integrated into an organization’s business strategy.
Read MoreLuann Tammany PT MBA, is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Innovation at Signify Health. We spoke with her about a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement of the SNF Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). PDPM is a proposed rule that is meant to bring meaningful quality reporting, reduced paperwork, and reduced administrative costs to SNFs, which would go into effect October 1, 2019, if finalized.
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By Bipin Mistry, MD, Vice President and Senior Medical Director
Bundled payments (BPs) offer remarkable potential to transform the consumer experience, as they reward healthcare’s stakeholders to enter into a meaningful dialog with one another centered on the needs of the consumer.
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By Katie Nolan, Manager, Performance Networks
Patient engagement is critical in discharge planning. By providing patients with quality information that could impact their recovery, they are empowered to make choices that bring about their desired outcomes.
Read MoreBy Esther E. Halden, PT
As seniors remain healthy later in life, they are increasingly living alone. When hospitalized, seniors who live alone are twice as likely to be transitioned to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) compared to those living with others. Yet, in many cases, those living alone are more independent prior to hospitalization.
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BPCI Advanced, CMS’ successor program to BPCI, comes with new payment and quality rules that can impact how physicians earn MACRA Quality Payment Program bonuses.
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