WASHINGTON, May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the
current uncertainty over the specific outcomes of current health
care reform efforts, hospitals and health systems can still plan on
a future that includes the need to succeed under accountable
payment and value-based care models, Dennis
Weaver, MD, MBA told an audience at the World Health Care
Congress (WHCC) on Monday, May 1.
Dr. Weaver, Chief Medical Officer and National Partner at
Advisory Board, shared his insights on how to thrive under these
emerging care models at WHCC's Hospital and Health System Summit in
Washington, DC. During the
presentation, Pragmatic Approaches to Succeed at Value-Based
Payment and Care, he said that hospitals and health systems
are shaking up their care models in the face of pressure to lower
their costs of providing care regardless of the fate of the
Affordable Care Act.
Specifically, providers should invest in the development of more
robust risk-stratification tools that incorporate non-clinical risk
factors, Dr. Weaver said. Historically, providers have not
systematically evaluated how often and how deeply patients' health
is affected by social barriers, such as transportation, housing,
and environmental issues. The most successful provider
organizations adopt the updated risk-stratification process and
then develop unique care models to address the needs of the
patients identified by the process.
With better understanding of community health needs, health
systems can secure their future success in the new care models by
building more effective care network assets (such as new care sites
and community partnerships) and care management teams, Dr. Weaver
said. These teams, when deployed effectively, create structures to
proactively help patients better manage their own health and avoid
unnecessary hospitalizations. This impactful level of patient
engagement often requires health systems to partner with community
organizations to remove barriers to accessing holistic care.
Fellow panelists at the WHCC session were moderator Jill Brown, Executive Editor at AISHealth;
Paul N. Casale, MD, MPH, a
cardiologist and Executive Director of NewYork Quality Care, the
ACO of NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine, and
Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons; and John Bulger,
DO, Chief Medical Officer, Population Health at Geisinger Health
System and Chief Medical Officer at Geisinger Health
Plan. WHCC brought together more than 1,200
executives, experts, and administrators from Fortune 500 companies,
insurers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
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