Will Value-Based Care Increase Your Value? CCMC New World Symposium 2017

Michael Millenson has testified before Congress and given a private presentation on quality of care issues to the Surgeons-General of the Armed Forces. He has lectured at the National Institutes of Health and the Harvard Business School and served as a faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. His depth of industry knowledge, passion for excellence, quick wit and thought-provoking insights have earned his presentations consistently high praise.

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Treatment Shock: Value-Based Care Moves Through the System

The days of paying doctors and hospitals based on the volume of patients and procedures are rapidly receding as Medicare and large private insurers begin to reimburse based on explicit quality and cost criteria. Surviving and prospering in this new era of data-driven doctoring means meeting challenges ranging from transparency and accountability for safety, quality and cost standards to integrating apps and outreach into a coherent patient engagement strategy. This presentation examines the new rules and new expectations of medicine in the Information Age.

“Patient-centered care” is used as a catchall to characterize everything from cleaner hospital rooms to shared clinical decisions. In truth, the ways in which individuals interact with the health care system vary widely depending on whether they’re undressed in the exam room or price shopping on the Internet. Understanding communication, activation and engagement is a strategic imperative as accountable care organizations and similar payment arrangements become more common and as patient satisfaction, patient-reported outcomes and patient-generated health data become an integral part of how health care is delivered. This presentation provides a guide.

What Health Care Reform Means Really Means

Decades of clamoring for health care reform resulted in the drama-filled passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) back in 2010. Despite widespread publicity, the impact on coverage for the uninsured, and on the health insurance of those who already have coverage, remains widely misunderstood. At least equally important are a long list of other changes that the actual delivery of care and the income and operations of every business involved in the health care field. This presentation looks at the ACA impact with examples targeted for each individual audience.