Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Post

Check out insights from a recent McKnight Foundation Roundtable Discussion sponsored by Curana Health, a Health Care Transformation Task Force member. Leaders in long-term care gathered to discuss the shift to #ValueBasedCare.     In discussing the importance of prioritizing person-centered care, Task Force Executive Director, Jeff Micklos expresses that, “they want to be people first, patients second, and that means active listening, care plan co-creation, sincere empathy, and making sure that we’re involving other people.”     Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gVNt36pp

Respondents in the Milken Institute's study ranked preventive care, increasing access to primary care, and focusing on whole-person health as the top three tenets of accountable care. At CareAllies I see our physician partners achieve all three. #Valuebasedcare enables more preventive care, increases access to primary care and enables more whole- person health by empowering practices to better address multiple chronic conditions and #SDOH. MedCity News https://bit.ly/44xwqb3

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Consolidation in health care markets is a major threat to health care access and affordability. My former colleagues and I at The Century Foundation wrote a report about what States can do to address the harms of consolidation with an equity lens. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/devGag5h

Value-based care is the future of health care, but we need leadership to get there

Improving the US healthcare system involves focusing on prevention, addressing racial disparities, expanding telehealth, integrating systems, and adopting value-based care. Additionally, tackling issues like patient outcomes, costs, staffing, and complex systems is crucial for a more efficient and patient-centric healthcare system.

Today on the blog: our Myth Busting Series part 2. We discuss the similarities and differences between the Canadian and US healthcare systems. Read more at: https://zurl.co/SWBg

"Among other provisions, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act codifies the hospital price transparency rule (effective in January 2021), which requires hospitals to disclose charges, cash prices and negotiated prices for all provided services, and the health coverage transparency rule (effective in July 2022), which requires group health plans to disclose negotiated in-network prices and allowed out-of-network prices for all covered services."

Primary care in distress is only marginally more effective than no primary care at all. But with predictable, upfront cash flow and smaller patient panels, advanced primary care is liberated to unleash its full horsepower. In this setting, the most humanizing and impactful experience of health care blooms: the trusting, personal relationship between doctor and patient. Primary Care Collaborative, Direct Primary Care Coalition, American Academy of Family Physicians See how the Scituate Health Alliance succeeded in building a better health care system: https://ow.ly/Q9xL50QTytl

The foundation of good #patientengagement and successful healthcare delivery is ensuring convenient and comprehensive patient care access. Yet, #sdoh often create significant barriers for many. These barriers include: 💲Income 💬 Language 📍Location/Geography These social determinants often overlap, creating complex challenges. This highlights the importance of proactively identifying patient health barriers and having readily available solutions to ensure everyone receives the quality care they deserve. https://hubs.la/Q02yq4yj0 #ThinkSpatially #healthequity #heatlhcareinnovation