Keeping Clients & Staff Engaged During The Pandemic
This presentation was delivered on August 24, 2020 at The 2020 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. A recent survey by the National Council for Behavioral Health and Qualifacts found that organizations with legacy EHRs and little to no telehealth are having a more difficult time providing treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get an overview of…
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Making Strategy Work – Mission, Growth, & Sustainability
Free web forum, sponsored by Qualifacts + Credible and OPEN MINDS Michael Porter stated that strategy was really just answering the two most basic questions of an organization: Who do we serve and how do we serve them? While there is elegant simplicity in that phrasing, planned strategic change is a delicate balancing act of…
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A Stable Connection Should Mean More Than Just a Strong Wi-Fi Signal: How to Keep Our Care Connections Personal in a Virtual World
Free Executive Web Briefing Courtesy Of Qualifacts + Credible July 13, 2021 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. Eastern With the shift to virtual meetings and hybrid models to provide care to clients and consumers, the feeling that we’ve lost the connection of face-to-face interactions is real. Virtual fatigue leaves us all longing for the “human touch,” but…
Exploring the CCBHC Landscape: A Path to Success
The Arizona behavioral health and human services community has been challenged like never before in 2020. For the growing CCBHC community, there have been some added complexities, and opportunities, in the COVID-19 pandemic. Want to find out what they learned, and how they are carrying that knowledge forward to provide more and better services? This…
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California Alliance of Child & Family Services 2021 Summer Virtual Member Education Event
As the California health and human services system moves towards increased managed care and performance-based models of service delivery, it is a strategic imperative for provider organizations to understand the operational systems required for successful contracting and care delivery in this environment. Shifts in Medi-Cal financing and reimbursement proposed by the State and the county…
Data-Driven Decision-Making For The Post Pandemic Market
More competition, workforce shortages, and changing reimbursement models are making data-driven decisionmaking more important for health and human service organizational sustainability. Data-driven strategy shifts, coupled with daily actions, are required and can be hindered by cultural norms that maintain status quo and workforce routines. How to break out of these norms and move to being…
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Don’t Leave Money On The Table: How The Right Technology Can Improve Your VBR Success
Value-based care is here! If you haven’t started thinking about what it is you need to compete in a value-based environment, now is the time to start. With the rise in value-based care contracts and utilization of alternative payment models, provider organizations are challenged with doing the research and homework to get prepared for these…
Babylon, A World Leading, Digital-First, Value-Based Care Company, Announces Plans To Become A Public Company Via $4.2 Billion Merger With Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp.
Babylon Holdings Limited (Babylon), a world leading, digital-first value-based care company, and Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. (Alkuri Global), a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will operate as Babylon and plans to trade on Nasdaq under the new symbol…
Eleanor Health Announces $20 Million Series B Financing To Address The Growing Need For Value-Based Addiction & Mental Health Treatment
Eleanor Health, the first outpatient addiction and mental health provider organization delivering convenient and comprehensive care through a population and value-based payment structure, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $20 million Series B financing round. The company received significant participation from all existing investors including Town Hall Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, and Mosaic Health Solutions,…
Caron Treatment Centers & Independence Blue Cross Report Value-Based Contract Linked To Lower 90-Day Readmission Rate
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) reported that its value-based arrangement with addiction treatment provider Caron Treatment Centers resulted in a 5.6% 90-day readmission rate during a 2019 pilot. Under the arrangement, IBC paid Caron one single upfront fee for IBC members receiving treatment for addiction disorder, and Caron was at risk for any readmissions that occurred…
A Game Plan for Building a Sustainable Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
The goal of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) is to improve patient care across the healthcare spectrum, serving highly complex patients while avoiding the use of high-cost, low-return care models though community-based alternatives that improve care management. Based on the success of the first wave of CCHBC’s, Congress has acted five times to…
COVID-19 and Value-Based Reimbursement: What Do We Know? Where Will it Go?
The impacts of COVID-19 on health care continue to unfold, and one area of uncertainty is the impact COVID will have on Value Based Reimbursements (VBR). Regardless of this uncertainty it appears that VBR is still trending upwards in behavioral health care. Surveys conducted by OPEN MINDS demonstrate more use of episodic payments, case rates,…
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Medicare ACOs Generated Savings Of 1% To 2%
Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) have generated 1% to 2% reductions in Medicare program spending, according to a review of ACO evaluations between 2012 and 2016. The savings estimates were consistent for ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and for those participating in the Next Generation (NextGen) ACO model. The Medicare ACO…
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Keeping Clients & Staff Engaged During The Pandemic
This presentation was delivered on August 24, 2020 at The 2020 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. A recent survey by the National Council for Behavioral Health and Qualifacts found that organizations with legacy EHRs and little to no telehealth are having a more difficult time providing treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get an overview of…
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Don’t Leave Money On The Table: How The Right Technology Can Improve Your VBR Success
Originally presented on May 26th, 2021 Value-based care is here! If you haven’t started thinking about what it is you need to compete in a value-based environment, now is the time to start. With the rise in value-based care contracts and utilization of alternative payment models, provider organizations are challenged with doing the research and…
A Stable Connection Should Mean More Than Just a Strong Wi-Fi Signal: How to Keep Care Connections Personal in a Virtual World
Originally presented on 7/13/21 With the shift to virtual meetings and hybrid models to provide care to clients and consumers, the feeling that we’ve lost the connection of face-to-face interactions is real. Virtual fatigue leaves us all longing for the “human touch,” but telehealth and other developing forms of digital evaluation and treatment is here…
Making Value-Based Reimbursement Work – Best Practices In Program Design & Management
This executive web forum was delivered on May 13, 2021, by Ashley Gibson Director Of Payer Relations, Contracts & Utilization, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and Donna Esposito, Director of Payer Relations, THRIVE DETECT, who shared their advice on how to negotiate, design, and implement a successful VBR relationship with a health plan. Download Resources
The Future Is 2020 In The Rearview Mirror: A 2021 Forecast
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major shifts throughout organizations, industries, and the entire world. The behavioral health and human services market is no exception. As we look back on 2020, there were some short-term tactics that we anticipated would be around for a while to allow provider organizations to create stability, resiliency, and success while weathering…
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Why Measuring Performance & Tracking Outcomes Are Your Roadmap to Success: A Discussion With Eric Arnson, Chief Product Officer, Qualifacts + Credible
This presentation was delivered on March 10, 2021 at The OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. In the presentation, the speakers highlighted the critical importance of your electronic health record’s (EHR) analytics and reporting functionality. The speakers discussed what is driving the trend towards greater need for outcomes tracking and reporting; how providers are using…
The 21st Century Cures Act & Information Blocking: What It Is & What It Means To Persons Served, Providers & HIT Vendors
This presentation was delivered on March 11, 2021 at The OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. In the presentation, the speakers discussed the impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on clients, providers, and vendors; what information blocking is and what data must be available; and how the organization is managing data access overall. The…
Keeping Clients & Staff Engaged During The Pandemic
This presentation was delivered on August 24, 2020 at The 2020 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. A recent survey by the National Council for Behavioral Health and Qualifacts found that organizations with legacy EHRs and little to no telehealth are having a more difficult time providing treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get an overview of…
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The New Role of Virtual Care in Behavioral Health
Recently Qualifacts and the National Council for Behavioral Health surveyed more than 1,000 behavioral health and human services providers about the role virtual care has played in their operations during the current COVID-19 crisis. We also wanted to know how they were handling a remote workforce, how their revenues had been affected and how their…
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Beyond The Core 4: What You Need To Be Ready For A Value-Based World
A White Paper Available Free Of Charge Courtesy Of Credible Behavioral Health Software Find out how to move beyond the Core 4 to prepare for value-based reimbursement! Most behavioral health providers have fully implemented EHRs and have the Core 4 functionalities of clinical, scheduling, billing, and reporting fully implemented. However, these Core 4 functionalities alone…
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How to Select the Best EHR: The 2020 Guide for Behavioral Healthcare Executives
Frustrated that your current EHR isn’t keeping up with all of the changes you’re facing? New payment models including value-based care Increasingly complex state reporting requirements Performance-driven contracting Addition of new clinical services and programs You’re not alone. If your team is gearing up to start, or has begun, the process of evaluating EHR vendor…
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Directed vs Customized EHR Implementations: The Right Mix Of People, Processes, & Technology To Achieve EHR Implementation Success
A White Paper Available Free Of Charge Courtesy Of Credible, Inc. Find out how to achieve implementation success with the right people, processes, and technology! Many provider organizations are finding themselves disappointed and frustrated when it comes to implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system because they realize that a poorly thought out EHR implementation…
Investing In Your Organization For Success: How An EHR & Its Functionality Can Increase Your Competitive Advantage
Find out how your organization can better leverage your EHR and it’s functionality for competitive advantage with this free white paper.
