Physicians were trained to be scientific problem-solvers. Reach your potential under Risk by tapping into their overlooked talent to find the balance between best practice and costs. Learn Three Fixes for ACOs’ Physician Engagement Strategies here. Founded in 2002, Roji Health Intelligence guides health care systems, providers and patients on the path to better health […]
Three Fixes for ACOs’ Physician Engagement Strategies
ACOs know that reducing costs is the key goal for Value-Based reimbursement. But strategies on how—or even whether—to engage physicians in that goal have not always been successful, to the detriment of all involved. Part of the problem is that provider revenues still stem from Fee-for-Service payments. Physicians are still rewarded based on meeting volume […]
Video: The Right Data for Value-Based Success
Claims data isn’t all you need to succeed under capitation. Here’s why provider EHR clinical data should be added to identify variation in care and engage providers. Founded in 2002, Roji Health Intelligence guides health care systems, providers and patients on the path to better health through Solutions that help providers improve their value and succeed […]
Straight Talk for Providers Adopting Capitation: Don’t Fly Blind Without the Right Data
Value-Based Reimbursement—once focused on incentives and shared savings—now more often means capitation. Whether adopting Medicare Alternative Payment Models (APMs) or contracting with health plans, physician groups and health systems have signaled greater willingness to adopt these new Risk payment models with their guaranteed payments for attributed patients. But here’s the problem: If you don’t have […]
Video: Specialists and Value-Based Reimbursements
With specialists driving a significantly large share of ACO costs, consider how to use episode-based inquiries in your ACO strategy. The higher the financial risk for ACOs, the more critical it is to incorporate specialty episodes and other features effectively. Read more here. Founded in 2002, Roji Health Intelligence guides health care systems, providers and […]
How ACOs Can Control Costs with Physician Help, in 3 Steps. Really.
Health care has been drained emotionally and financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, in a surprising twist, that trauma has accelerated providers’ willingness to adopt financial Risk. You may be one of many providers who have suddenly realized the value of predictable revenues like capitation. Receiving continual payments for attributed patients is appealing, especially when […]
Episodes Are More Than Payment Models: They’re Key to Improving Care
For many health systems and groups, episodes are esoteric. Providers often think of them only in context of risk-based payment models like bundled payments and capitation. Navigating Value-Based Health Care contracts, providers analyze and model performance under Fee-for-Service and episode-based payments to decide their course of action. Or, if already in Value-Based reimbursement, they use […]
How to Start Redressing Racial Bias and Reducing Health Care Inequities
In recent weeks there have been many cries for the health care system to finally address racial inequities. Now is the moment to harness that energy toward a process of substantive change. Value-Based Health Care is not achievable without addressing racial inequities that drive costs and poor outcomes: patient disengagement, higher risk factors, greater admissions, […]
Is Telehealth Bridging or Widening the Health Care Gap? We Need to Find Out.
ROJI Health Intelligence CEO Theresa Hush frames the questions we need to ask about the future of telehealth in this 3:37 minute video. Telehealth has become the go-to solution for health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling providers and consumers to remain in contact for routine and non-emergency visits while brick-and-mortar spaces have been closed. […]
A Pandemic Recovery for Health Care Means Addressing Racial Inequities
Health systems, eager to bring patients back, are using new methods to reach out—mass emails to reassure patients of clean and safe facilities, targeted phone calls to reschedule cancelled appointments and procedures, broadcast television announcements and social media ads that strive to convince patients not to defer care any longer. Providers hope they can recover […]