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Kairos Health Systems and Value Care Alliance Team Up to Promote High Value Health Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities

By SuperUser Account on 6/24/2019
Lancaster, PA – Kairos Health Systems http://www.kairoshealthsystems.com/ worked with Value Care Alliance (VCA) http://valuecarealliance.com/  recently to promote a PDPM Boot Camp, presented by Stephanie Corbett, DHA, HCPro http://www.hcpro.com/.   Skilled Nursing Facility participants located in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee attended the program in preparation for CMS’ post-acute care value-based care management program which begins in October 2019.
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Insights on High Risk Patients: More than Traditional Care Management

By SuperUser Account on 4/17/2018
The article in Accountable Care News in February 2018 by Dr. Reisman details his ideas on why the savings for high risk complex patients were less than anticipated2. He postulates that the savings are less than expected because the high-risk patients do not benefit from the evidence-based interventions that should keep them as healthy as possible. He maintains that there are additional activities that an ACO could undertake to ensure adherence to treatment pathways that maintain optimal health, such as “ensuring and reinforcing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that are in line with guideline-directed medical therapy”. There is good evidence that patients receive guideline-based treatment only half the time,3 so the question he poses is: “should we be surprised that the savings we see in value-based care models from care coordination of low-risk patients does not extend to high-risk patients with chronic diseases? In order for care coordination to be successf ...

Aetna Enhances Accountable Care Product in Connecticut with Trinity Health Of New England

By SuperUser Account on 1/19/2018
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 18, 2018 – Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced an enhanced accountable care product, Aetna Whole HealthSM Value Care Alliance and Trinity Health Of New England. The new product will provide employers with a value-based health care option designed to increase quality and improve the patient experience while driving efficiency and controlling costs.

Value Care Alliance Participating in PCMH+ Program

By SuperUser Account on 5/11/2017
VALUE CARE ALLIANCE PARTICIPATING IN PCMH+ PROGRAM

Kirsten Anderson, MD named CMO of Value Care Alliance

By SuperUser Account on 3/24/2017
The Value Care Alliance (VCA) has named Kirsten Anderson, M.D., an experienced physician executive with an extensive background in population health management, as its first Chief Medical Officer.

Jeanne O’Brien Named CEO of Value Care Alliance

By SuperUser Account on 8/19/2015
The Value Care Alliance (VCA) has named Jeanne O’Brien, an expert in health care provider network development, management and advanced payment model contracting, as its first Chief Executive Officer.

Independent Connecticut Healthcare Systems Announce Formation of Statewide “Value Care Alliance”

By Ken Roberts on 9/23/2014
September 23, 2014, Derby, CT –  A group of five high-quality, high-value Connecticut healthcare systems, including seven hospitals, have come together to form the Value Care Alliance (VCA), a collaboration of hospitals and physicians working together to provide efficient, coordinated, high-quality care for the communities they serve.
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