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A truly interesting and effective approach to fixing our healthcare system.

Yesterday we had the privilege of returning to the Rotary Club of Chattanooga after our week long hibernation in the East #tennessee snow. No knock on our speaker but I think many of us where just happy to have someone else watching the kids for a couple hours. Low and behold we had a treat in store for us. Everyone knows David Worland who heads Gov. Bill Lee’s Office of Faith Based Initiatives but our speaker today was his son Craig Worland of Southeast Primary Care Partners who spoke at length about challenges facing the US #healthcare system. Craig is a United States Marine Corps Veteran having served overseas and is currently COO of the largest Primary Care company in the State of Georgia. His message was simply brilliant; your economic model should line up with being a good human being. That is truly a novel concept. The belief at Southeast Primary Care Partners is that their revenue should come from the longterm health of their patients and not from referral fees or billed services. If these primary care providers have skin in the game, it will improve life expectancy and lower the astronomical healthcare costs facing Americans which is close to double that of other first world countries. Healthcare costs are the leading cause of bankruptcies nationwide and an estimated 760-935 BILLION dollars are wasted each year. Finding the right Doctor in the Right System is hard for those of us who have had loved ones in need. If we can simplify Pan’s Labyrinth of Healthcare, we can make Tennessee a better place for everyone to live with a better quality of life. Y’all go be Tennesseans this week and see what your great state has to offer! Chattanooga Convention Center Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Tennessee Department of Health Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Rotary International Mike Costa #healthcare #costs #priorities #patients #patientcare #chattanooga #payorreform #rotary #primarycare

When these three get together, great things happen. Such an honor to work with these women who are at the forefront of our companies national account team. Not only are they making strides and how TPAs and employers see our company, they’ve also helped with the tremendous growth we’ve experienced so early in 2024. #CareManagement #Healthcare #Management #HumanResources #employeebenefits

We are encouraged by the latest The King's Fund report, which explores the wholesale change needed in the healthcare sector to refocus on primary and community care and advocates for a long-term vision under which all policies, including investment, are aligned.   Notably, the report recognises the importance of estates in supporting joined-up, integrated primary and community care, encouraging the Government to review rules to support this.   The BPF has long advocated for the Government to explore ways in which private sector investment can be encouraged to support healthcare estates, and we support The King's Fund's recognition of the important role these estates play.   #healthcare #kingsfund

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If the health and care service is to be effective and sustainable, then it needs to shift its focus away from an ever-greater reliance on high-cost, reactive and hospital-based care towards more preventive, proactive care delivered closer to people’s homes. Our new report Making care closer to home a reality explores the factors that have prevented successive governments from achieving this vision so far and proposes several steps to begin this shift. https://lnkd.in/eZiKMhFD

I’ve voiced on here before there’s a difference between long term care buildings and short stay buildings and the easiest way I can tell who is serious about being a short stay facility leader and valued hospital partner- They have case management and they have social services. And they aren’t interchangeable. If you want to be a leader in short term rehab stays and hospital partnerships- Invest in your case management.

Earlier today, The King's Fund published a report urging the health and care systems in England to shift its focus from hospital care to primary and community care, to "bend the curve on the predicted rise in demand for high-cost, reactive and hospital-based care”. It argues such a shift in focus would enable better preventative care, and improve the experience and quality of care people receive. This is not new, however, as one national leader points out in the report, “We’re a very long way from the digital tools and connectivity that a modern health care system absolutely depends on.” At Metadvice, we help to solve this issue: we provide an innovative and simple to use tool via our software platform which is supporting primary care teams to deliver a more preventative approach to medicine. It does this by prioritising the patients most at risk (who may need e.g. a medication change), ensuring they see the right practitioner, and are given treatment that is personalised to their profile. It's an operational interface for proactive population health management - and already deployed in primacy care settings for CVD high-impact interventions If The King’s Fund’s vision is to become a reality, tools such as this must be part of the equation, especially given limited NHS resources amid an ageing, increasingly unwell population. The full report is here, and credit to Beccy Baird, Deborah Fenney, Danielle Jefferies and Andy Brooks: https://lnkd.in/ehsGk8Nr #populationhealthmanagement #cvdprevent #digitalhealth

Hospital costs in Colorado are much better than the U.S. average. In the most recent analysis of health expenditures by state, hospital costs in Colorado were $692 lower for each person than the U.S. average. Learn more: https://ow.ly/K3pO50QsIau

Hospital costs in Colorado are much better than the U.S. average. In the most recent analysis of health expenditures by state, hospital costs in Colorado were $692 lower for each person than the U.S. average. Learn more: https://ow.ly/K3pO50QsIau