What you need to be thinking about before your next move.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 27, 2020 — Wick LLC, a premier healthcare consulting firm headquartered in Minneapolis is partnering with local artists, such as Joe Burns, to raise health equality and health literacy awareness. Wick will be bringing the Faces and Stories of Health Equality exhibit to national healthcare
Virtual Care Continuum the New Care Landscape by RaeAnn Grossman Waiting times are up. The care journey is confusing. Costs are not clear to patients nor is coverage. These are all comments we hear about the current health care system. Today, Wick LLC is working with several
Payment Transformation Update. As we look at the pace of the transition from fee for services to value or risk, we need to separate the line of business. For fee for service payment methodologies, we see: Medicare Advantage hovers at 48% Original Medicare moved to 11% Medicaid
In the last few years, we have seen new care models emerging. Some care models focus on populations, specialization, and setting. As we watch the models unfold, we see the spectrum move toward: High touch management, especially for the complex chronic care needs Providing more access or
Investing in care delivery. by RaeAnn Grossman To date in 2019, we have seen a great deal of health plans investing further into care delivery. Some many be a surprised to you, as we researched this blog, we found new ones that we missed in the press
This is really an interesting approach for CMS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvoRQfMtPo4&feature=youtu.be The implementation will be incredibly important. This documentation change may impact quality programs like STARS and QRS, plus may erode complete care planning. It may also impact the clinical substantiation needed for complex case management and risk adjustment.
On July 12, 2018 CMS released its CY 2019 PFS and Quality Payment Program (QPP). This blog will summarize elements of the PFS proposed rule. The PFS proposed rule expands telehealth services, streamlines documentation requirements for E&M codes and services, and reduces the number of quality
With all the buzz on STARS scores, premium increases, copay increases, and network access, we appreciate the JD POWERs report MA Health Plan Member Study This study shows that even with membership growth of over 1.45 million this year, Medicare Advantage members are satisfied with their health plans
This purchase clearly indicates that Amazon is truly on the move. They are pushing into the healthcare industry and placed a hard hit on the mail order segment. Retailer pharmacy have seen store traffic slow and now this will impact another portion of their revenue. The WSJ
We see the market really moving to identify, embrace, and create an informational hub around social determinants. Jeff Byers from Healthcare Dive shared https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/sdoh-social-determinants-health-tech-adoption/525122/, but we see a real shift in the marketplace, especially in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. We see health plans creating a social infrastructure