Category: ACOs

Beyond the Hype: How to Deploy AI Summaries That Work in Practice

Deploying AI in a health system means more than choosing the right tool — it means getting clinicians, IT, and governance committees on board from day one. In this on-demand webinar hosted by Healthcare Dive, HDAI experts Dr. Scott Cullen, David Clain, and Carola Endicott walk through a practical framework for evaluating and scaling AI Summaries across your organization.

Skin Substitutes: A Cost Nightmare That Could Still Hurt ACOs

By Josh Gray and Maria Monahan The skin substitute cost explosion of 2022 – 2025 should be behind us. But it continues to hang over the finances of ACOs. Skin substitutes are expensive wound care products made from human placenta and other biologicals. The cost of some of these products exceeded $21K per square inch;

AI on the Front Lines: Houston Methodist’s Innovative Approach to Reducing Readmissions

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀?​​It’s not about telling clinicians what to do or how to design a different workflow. Most organizations have very, very smart clinicians doing the work. But how can we make them more impactful? Using predictive risk models and AI Summaries embedded in the EHR, Nassib Chamoun, HDAI CEO, talks with colleagues Brenda Campbell and Zachary

How Houston Methodist is Cracking the Code on HCC

Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Medicare ACO is #1 in savings per patient for Academic Medical Centers, 98th percentile in total earned savings, and 98th percentile in quality nationally. One of their leaders, Wajiha Waheed, Director of Finance and Operations, joined us to discuss HCC recapture tools and change management innovations with Emily Hightower, MSN, Manager

Hidden in Plain Sight – The Cost of ACO Leakage

By Josh Gray and Maria Monahan Many major hospital and health systems have launched Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) through Medicare’s Shared Savings Programs (MSSP). Leakage – patients receiving care from competing hospitals or specialists – can be a substantial challenge for health system-affiliated ACOs. Out-of-network visits limit an ACO’s visibility, making both cost control and care coordination

From Data to Dignity: Using Predictive Analytics to Drive Proactive, Patient-Aligned Care

This webinar demonstrates how an ACO integrated AI-powered predictive models into its advanced care planning programs to identify patients earlier and improve alignment with their care goals. Participants explore how these tools analyze complex patient data to forecast risk, support timely advanced care planning, and optimize resource allocation. Real-world case studies illustrate how this approach

Using AI to support a nursing program for patients with advanced illness

Houston Methodist Coordinated Care (HMCC) is the largest Medicare ACO in Houston, Texas with approximately 54,000 attributed Medicare patients.

How to improve clinical workflows with AI chart summaries and risk predictions

“Let’s build something new and interesting. Really, the focus, especially in health care, needs to be with understanding deeply what the actual problems are that physicians, other clinicians, and operational leaders at health systems face today and build around those leveraging these new technologies, not trying to fit the technology to a problem that isn’t

Buena Vida y Salud ACO Recognized for Outstanding Efforts in Value-based Care

Distributed by PRNewswire BOSTON, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Buena Vida y Salud ACO was selected as a 2024 NAACOS Excellence Awards winner, receiving national recognition for outstanding efforts in value-based care. Dr. Sheila Magoon serves as the Executive Director of Buena Vida y Salud (BVyS) ACO and South Texas Physician Alliance in Harlingen, Texas. “Keeping patients healthy at home” is her mission

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