Healthcare Strategies
A podcast for healthcare professionals seeking solutions to today's and tomorrow's top challenges. Hosted by the editors of Xtelligent Healthcare Media, this podcast series focuses on real-world use cases that are leading to tangible improvements in care quality, outcomes, and cost.
Guests from leading provider, payer, government, and other organizations share their approaches to transforming healthcare in a meaningful and lasting way.
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| S03 E05 | Episode S03 E05: Improving Care Quality While Reducing Costs Through ACOs, Value-Based Care CMS uses the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage providers to enter into accountable care organizations, in which they take on greater responsibility for reducing low-value care and high healthcare spending. Gary Stuck, DO, chief medical officer at Advocate Aurora Health, shares how Advocate Aurora Health has leveraged the ACO model to achieve strong cost savings and high-quality performance in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. |
10/4/21 |
| S03 E04 | Episode S03 E04: Leveraging Acute Home Healthcare to Improve Senior Outcomes, Experience The hospital care setting can pose many risks to seniors. To improve patient experience in acute care, some experts are urging payers and healthcare systems to facilitate moving acute care to the home. Amal Agarwal, DO, vice president of home solutions for Humana and emergency room physician, explains how acute home healthcare can reduce risks for seniors and how payer and provider organizations can expand access to these services. |
9/27/21 |
| S03 E03 | Episode S03 E03: Assessing, Supporting Advanced Payment Model Adoption among Providers Advanced payment model uptake received a boost from the coronavirus pandemic as providers shifted away from wholly volume-based, fee-for-service models into value-based care contracts. However, fee-for-service remains strongly present in the healthcare system today and, according to some healthcare professionals, it will persist as a key reimbursement model for the foreseeable future. Emily Sokol, director of research at Xtelligent Healthcare Media, provides an overview of providers' advanced payment model adoption and offers strategies for shifting away from fee-for-service reimbursement models. To access the report, visit our corporate website: https://www.xtelligentmedia.com/insights/choosing-the-right-alternative-payment-model |
9/20/21 |
| S03 E02 | Episode S03 E02: Reducing Mental Health Stigma With Evidence-Based Practices, Language Americans are experiencing a spike in mental health diagnoses. However, even as mental health challenges become more visible and widespread, mental health stigmas remain. Lana Seiler, LCSW, primary therapist at All Points North Lodge, shares how healthcare stakeholders can combat mental health stigmas and encourage treatment among patients, within their own communities, and within themselves. |
9/13/21 |
