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There are vast opportunities to bring meaningful change to the health care system in 2024 – including improving patient outcomes through evidence-based and value-based care. See what other predictions Evernorth, our parent company, has for health care this year. https://bit.ly/3TvltTT

This week is National Advance Care Planning Week - advance care planning gives you a voice in your health care, no matter what the future brings. Advance care planning involves thinking and communicating about future healthcare preferences. Sharing what matters most helps ensure loved ones and health professionals respect treatment preferences. Start the Conversation with patients, regardless of their age, or health status. Support your patient’s future healthcare preferences, learn more here https://bit.ly/48XOHyT #AdvanceCarePlanning #AdvanceCarePlanningWeek #SharingWhatMatters #Awareness #StayingAhead

Join Becker's Healthcare for a webinar centered around creative solutions to top care management barriers with Robert Groves, MD and other industry leaders. Learn how to proactively identify at-risk individuals, empower patients for better outcomes and increase collaboration across the care continuum. Registration is free!   #healthinsurance #caremanagement #healthcare

How Personal Goals Drive Effective Recovery? Understanding and motivating patients in their healthcare journey is crucial. By aligning recovery efforts with personal goals, we can inspire active participation. Asking patients what activities they would miss if they couldn’t do them anymore helps highlight the real-life impact of their health choices. This approach makes the significance of recovery tangible and meaningful, giving patients a clear, personal purpose to strive for. Thank you Dan Zeman, M.S. for this wonderful discussion! #RecoveryGoals #ActiveParticipation #PatientMotivation #HealthcareJourney #PersonalHealth #WellnessWithPurpose #DrSinicropi

Today’s health care system is complex and fragmented, making it hard for patients to get the coordinated, timely care they need. Follow the link to learn more about eviCore’s approach to patient-centered care. https://bit.ly/45Q7EC1

People with chronic health issues continues to grow in both the quantity of diagnoses and cost of care. As a result, payers are looking to deliver improved experiences and accessibility that makes the most of the sometimes bumpy journey within complex care. Connecting the dots between distinct sites of care, providers, specialties and resources is key. See how creating a holistic and efficient care approach can help people successfully manage their health. http://spr.ly/6049gokzx

A panel discussion about expectations when moving health systems from fee-for-service to value-based care, incentivizing clinicians, and implementing outcome measures when there is no one recipe to follow: https://nej.md/4dmrYjc #NEJMCatLive

Patient-reported outcome and experience measures, or patient-reported quality measures, are so important in understanding and improving patients' quality of care including their interactions with the health care system and providers. While implementing these measures is challenging, this resource offers several recommendations based on best practices from existing efforts.

Check out a new HCTTF resource on Patient-Reported Quality Measures in Value-Based Care. How can health care be truly person-centered if we aren't focused on the outcomes and experiences people want? Thanks to Charlotte Burnett, Tanya Alteras and Anna Kemmerer for this important work. #valuebasedcare, #PROMs, #PREMs, #patientcenteredcare

People with chronic health issues continues to grow in both the quantity of diagnoses and cost of care. As a result, payers are looking to deliver improved experiences and accessibility that makes the most of the sometimes bumpy journey within complex care. Connecting the dots between distinct sites of care, providers, specialties and resources is key. See how creating a holistic and efficient care approach can help people successfully manage their health. http://spr.ly/6041903xf