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PSQH: The Podcast Episode 23 – The Challenges of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
On episode 23 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dr. Kent Locklear, Chief Medical Officer of Lightbeam Health Solutions, talks about the ins and outs of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. (Note: This interview took place in January.)

THE CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY COVID-19 PRESENTS FOR POPULATION HEALTH
Lightbeam Health Solutions Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kent Locklear describes how providers can use population health technology to treat vulnerable patients.

A holistic View Of The Patient Enables Risk-Based ACO Success
Implementing an enterprise data warehouse enabled Millennium Physician Group to give providers a holistic view of their patients, resulting in ACO success and shared savings.

How our Texas ACO saved medicare $14M with population health approach
Only about a third of the accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) qualified for bonuses in 2017.

WHY WAIT FOR THE NEXT BIG THING? IMPROVE PHM NOW.
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) involved in value-based care programs are trying to bend the cost curve by aggressively managing high-cost, high-need patients while eliminating waste and inefficiency without sacrificing quality.

HOW DATA ANALYTICS CAN HELP POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT
At the highest level of population health management, HCOs must use analytics to categorize their populations by health risk or disease burden.

HOW DOWNSIDE RISK WILL IMPACT PARTICIPATION IN PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS
ACOs must start weighing if the downside financial risk is worth the reward with the start of Pathways to Success pending.

HOW BETTER DATA SAVED OUR ACO MONEY
We quickly found out that we needed timely, actionable data to achieve goals. We recognized that RGVHA’s success would be limited unless we obtained reliable data on our providers’ performance.

AZ BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES AGENCY LEVERAGES IT FOR GROUNDBREAKING MENTAL HEALTH POPULATION HEALTH MODEL
The clinician leaders at Partners in Recovery, a behavioral healthcare services agency serving Medicaid and Medicare patients in the Phoenix area, are leveraging IT to help create major breakthroughs in patient outcomes.

PRIMARY CARE FIRST PROGRAM IS LESS BURDENSOME, BUT EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Following up on its Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in April the details of another phase of its value-based care …