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"All providers bring value to the system and not all share risk equally..... but that's okay!" Don't miss NHIA 2024 speaker, Larry O'Connor's session "Value Based / Risk Contracting – A Panel Discussion in Post Acute Partnerships Revenue Cycle". He wants attendees to take away from his session that "every market and every line of business has it's own nuances. It's to everyone's benefit for providers to try to understand the payer perspective when discussing value based care. This will help providers understand where they can bring the most value." Learn more: https://loom.ly/fFpkoxM Larry O'Connor ALTCS Administrator Banner University Health Plan

Larry will help HIT providers understand health plans and in doing so will help them 'engage', which is the critical first step in value based care.

Oklahoma Home Health Heroes! ⏰Tomorrow's the day! Don't miss your chance to empower your understanding of the RCD and equip your agency for success in the new landscape. Join our COMPLIMENTARY webinar at 12 PM CST for: ☑️ Expert guidance tailored to RCD states (including beyond Oklahoma!) ☑️A strategic roadmap for a smooth transition ☑️Foundational knowledge you can't miss Register now and secure your spot! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SpUsQE P.S. Even if you're not in Oklahoma, this webinar is packed with valuable insights for anyone in a home health agency in a RCD state. Don't miss out! Share this post and spread the word! #RCD #HomeHealth #Webinar #SimiTree

✈️ We're on our way to the Centennial State for the Colorado Health Care Association's Spring Conference! Discover how Navigator membership can help you optimize your purchasing power and elevate care for your residents. 👋 Head to booth 3 and meet with Kim Davenport, your local Account Executive. She can answer any questions you have about our #GPO and value-added services. Where else can you save? #assistedliving #seniordining #seniorliving #skillednursing

During a recent visit to Cone Health, the Patient Experience team proudly shared three strategic actions that take patient experience to the next level. With focuses on provider communications, community health, and leader rounding, this large health system is transforming the human experience through training and resources with positive results that will lead them into the future and beyond. Read the On the Road https://ow.ly/ExQR50SeI73

Are you confident your Facility Assessment will meet the standards starting 8/8/24? 🌟 Join Maureen McCarthy's session with CAHCF on 7/30 to discover effective strategies for conducting a thorough Facility Assessment in line with new regulations. 📅✨ Let Celtic Consulting support your team to stay ahead of these upcoming changes!💼✅ Reach out today and let’s explore how we can assist you. 🤝 #Healthcare #FacilityAssessment #Compliance #CMS #HealthcareLeadership #CAHCF #Strategy #ClinicalOperations

💚 Today, Care England has launched the #AprilCareAgenda, a newsletter tailored for care providers. To begin this edition, Chief Executive Prof Martin Green shares his insight: 🗣 "The Care England conference, Championing Change, was a good opportunity for Care England members to come together and debate the challenges and opportunities of the future. It is quite clear that we cannot rely on politicians coming to our aid, and so increasingly, we have got to think strategically about how we craft our destiny and take control of our future." 📨 Read his full quote, along with articles from care sector leaders - in your inbox now!

Now it's "after Easter" we're in the serious countdown to the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare. Although it's a week away as I post this, there are still places available. Some of the experience days are full, but some are, astonishingly, not, so do join us if you can - we have onsite childcare on Wednesday 10th, if that helps! It's one of the best programmes in years, I think. Props to Kyle Rolph Selina Stephen Lourena Mendes and the whole programme groups and chairs for bringing it together. 🗝 keynotes that will inspire - no long speeches, but so many great people and ideas on the main stage: #football #community #populationhealth with Prof. Kevin Fenton CBE Joseph Lyons Marie Gabriel CBE and Dr. Kedar Mate Also, a stage with Amy Edmondson and Don Berwick together - facilitated by the wonderful Gabrielle Mathews? You can't get that anywhere else. 🤝 Challenging things from outside healthcare: come and learn from those in the front line of building trust after tragedy - using coproduction. Felicity Maries and Abbas Dadou from the Lancaster West community - rebuilding the community after the Grenfell Disaster, talking about transforming public services. Such encouraging lessons and insights. 🎭 There's still a few places left on the behind the scenes tour and performance masterclass with "expertise expert" Roger Kneebone at the National Theatre - and a couple of tickets to see the wonderful play Nye (about the founder of the NHS) with a group from the Forum 🤷🏽♂️ Debate: if you've ever wondered about how useful the concept of #zeroharm really is, come and hear a debate from the experts, leaders and people with lived experience of medical harm Jason Leitch Tom Bell Aidan Fowler Carol Munt Eric Thomas and Henrietta Hughes There's so much more, it's all here: https://lnkd.in/eeEr2wxn but also from a personal point of view: Come to the 📚 book club session I'm hosting and if you can't make it at all, please register and join in our 💻 Online Programme which I'll be facilitating And, as Jenny Shand alluded to in a recent post, we'll be scooping up those nuggets and interviewing brilliant people for a brand new podcast coming soon from BMJ...

I'm excited to announce Part 7 of my blog series - The Battle for Justice: 'Sickcare' vs. 'Health Owners.' Well, I shared the final installment of the series last week. However, because the series ended up pretty long, I decided to offer a concise summary! 🙂 If you're very busy (which I know most of you are) but interested in thought-provoking stuff, this blog post is for you. It only takes about 3 minutes. Please check it out and let me know what you think! #patientadvocacy #patientempowerment #peoplefirst #healthcarerevolution

According to the American Cancer Society, over 2 million cancer diagnoses are expected in 2024 in the United States: the highest estimation ever. More than 16.9 million Americans living today have a cancer history. As a leading cause of death and disease in the U.S., not only does cancer take an enormous toll on the health of patients and survivors—it also has a tremendous financial impact. For patients and their families, the costs associated with direct cancer care are staggering. In 2018 cancer patients in the U.S. paid $5.6 billion out of pocket for cancer treatments, including surgical procedures, radiation treatments and chemotherapy drugs. Overall Cancer Costs are Rising Cancer also represents a significant portion of total U.S. health care spending. Approximately $183 billion was spent in the U.S. on cancer- related health care in 2015, and this amount is projected to grow to $246 billion by 2030—an increase of 34%. These high costs are paid by people with cancer and their families, employers, insurance companies, and taxpayer-funded public programs like Medicare and Medicaid. The Costs of Cancer Do Not Impact All Patients Equally Because of high costs, many people with cancer and those who have survived cancer experience financial hardship, including problems paying bills, depletion of savings, delaying or skipping needed medical care, and potential bankruptcy. These costs and hardships do not impact all cancer patients equally—certain factors make a patient more likely to experience financial hardship. Financial toxicity is the economic burden patients experience from the costs related to getting treatment for their cancer.  Cancer care is expensive. By one 2020 estimate, the average cost of medical care and drugs is more than $42,000 in the year following a cancer diagnosis. To complicate matters, up to 85% of cancer patients leave the workforce during their initial treatment. Consequently, more than 40% of patients spend their entire life savings in the first two years of treatment, while roughly 30% of Americans with a cancer history report having had problems paying their medical bills, having to borrow money, or filing for bankruptcy protection because of their cancer. In addition, informal caregivers, often family members, also experience out-of-pocket and opportunity costs, estimated to be upwards of several thousand dollars per month. How we pay for care should reflect our values — and that includes our health insurance system. None of us want a society in which financial toxicity prevents cancer patients from care that can save their lives or make them healthier.