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The Ohio health system has so far used the technology to reduce its readmission rate from 25% to 18% and its average length of stay from 25 days to 18.

While medication adherence is a cornerstone of value-based care, it depends on the right team, tools and targeted patient engagement to be effective, says one chief medical officer.

The accountable care organization has achieved a 10% improvement in quality gap closure, a key measure of network performance that will deliver $1 million in potential incentive payments.

With help from Oracle, Innovaccer and Salesforce, the South Florida provider is scoring big population health wins, including a 7% increase in coding gap closure rate and a 17% increase in annual wellness visit completion rates.

HHS is proposing expensive new disincentives to prevent information blocking. There are significant details to be aware of, especially around a list of enumerated exceptions – and HCOs must work quickly to understand them, data privacy experts say.

The CMS-based disincentives outlined in the proposed rule from ONC published Monday would penalize hospitals under the Promoting Interoperability Program, eligible clinicians under MIPS and ACO participants under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Carol Ann Hudson of health system Lifepoint Health and AdvantagePoint ACOs offers some of her experiences as a woman executive in healthcare (and the space program) and dives deep into the new Electronic Clinical Quality Measures.

Pathways Health Partners helps its providers improve care while enhancing quality measures reporting.

Amarillo Legacy Medical ACO made that savings in just one quarter. If that trend continues, it’s on track for a bonus.

They dug in to find data that showed their emergency department usage rate per thousand was significantly higher compared to other ACOs. Then it was time to strategize.