Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Four ‘Must Have’ Competencies For Post-Pandemic Competitive Advantage
By Monica E. Oss We’ve covered the “triple whammy” of the pandemic on next normal health care—shifting competition based on changing consumer expectations, payer expectations, and price points (see Post-Pandemic, Strategy Needs Technology). I got a better sense of the market factors driving these changes—and the new competencies required for success—in a recent article, How Digital Is Changing The Pharma & Healthcare Industry, by Nikki…
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Going Hybrid? Charge Your EVV
By Monica E. Oss If your organization is one of many that is thinking about moving to a hybrid service delivery model—virtual, in-clinic and in-home—your team will need to learn more about electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV was mandated for all home-based services by the 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016. The act required all…
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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Top EHR Trends In 2021: Results Of The Annual Behavioral Health EHR Survey
We’re bombarded with stories about electronic health records (EHR) evolving to become more flexible and use more services like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence, but what do your peers report firsthand? We recently concluded the sixth annual National Behavioral Health EHR Survey and found that only 19% of provider organizations report their clinical, scheduling, billing,…
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Maximize Your Organizational Effectiveness With Analytics & Reporting
Improving value, competitive advantage, and sustainability are top of mind for executives of most behavioral health and human services provider organizations. None of these improvements are possible without consistent, high-quality reporting and analytics. Implementing analytics and reporting is much easier than you may believe. Join Christy Winter, Senior Product Manager, Analytics, of Qualifacts + Credible…
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Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Four ‘Must Have’ Competencies For Post-Pandemic Competitive Advantage
By Monica E. Oss We’ve covered the “triple whammy” of the pandemic on next normal health care—shifting competition based on changing consumer expectations, payer expectations, and price points (see Post-Pandemic, Strategy Needs Technology). I got a better sense of the market factors driving these changes—and the new competencies required for success—in a recent article, How Digital Is Changing The Pharma & Healthcare Industry, by Nikki…
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Going Hybrid? Charge Your EVV
By Monica E. Oss If your organization is one of many that is thinking about moving to a hybrid service delivery model—virtual, in-clinic and in-home—your team will need to learn more about electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV was mandated for all home-based services by the 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016. The act required all…
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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40% & Counting
By Monica E Oss, Chief Executive Officer The proportion of U.S. health care reimbursement dollars paid in advanced value-based reimbursement (VBR) models—contracts with shared savings, downside financial risk, and/or population-based payments—just passed 40%. The slow adoption of VBR with financial gain sharing and downside risk sharing—along with the unique challenges to specialty provider organizations in…
VBR Marches On – A Trend Driving 2022 Strategy
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer We started the year with the release of new reports on the continued movement away from fee-for-service reimbursement to alternate, value-based reimbursement (VBR) models. Over half of health systems are planning to move to “payvider” market positioning in 2022 (see Nearly 60% Of Health Systems Aim To Become ‘Payviders’…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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The Opportunities & Challenges Of VBR – Making It Work On The Ground
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer Despite significant movement, behavioral health is trailing the rest of health care domains in value-based reimbursement contracting. Forty-five percent of specialty provider organizations have some value-based reimbursement (VBR)—compared to 72% of primary care organizations (for more, see, The OPEN MINDS 2022 Survey On Value-Based Reimbursement In Specialty And Primary Care). And…
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Qualifacts + Credible Named 2022 Best In Klas: Software & Services
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (February 20, 2022) — Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced the Credible platform has ranked No. 1 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. Additionally, Qualifacts + Credible’s CareLogic EHR platform is ranked No. 2 in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software…
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Qualifacts + Credible Acquires InSync Healthcare Solutions
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (January 9, 2022) – Qualifacts + Credible, a leading provider of electronic health record platforms for behavioral health and human services organizations, today announced it has acquired InSync Healthcare Solutions. InSync Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of EHR and practice management software plus revenue cycle management services for behavioral, medical and rehabilitative professionals. Qualifacts + Credible is adding InSync’s highly configurable, clean and intuitive platform…
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Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Four ‘Must Have’ Competencies For Post-Pandemic Competitive Advantage
By Monica E. Oss We’ve covered the “triple whammy” of the pandemic on next normal health care—shifting competition based on changing consumer expectations, payer expectations, and price points (see Post-Pandemic, Strategy Needs Technology). I got a better sense of the market factors driving these changes—and the new competencies required for success—in a recent article, How Digital Is Changing The Pharma & Healthcare Industry, by Nikki…
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Going Hybrid? Charge Your EVV
By Monica E. Oss If your organization is one of many that is thinking about moving to a hybrid service delivery model—virtual, in-clinic and in-home—your team will need to learn more about electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV was mandated for all home-based services by the 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016. The act required all…
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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6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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How To Optimize Technology: An OPEN MINDS Seminar On Getting The Most Value From Your Technology Investments
This presentation took place on August 23, 2021 at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. In this session, Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate and Kim Bond, Executive Vice President at OPEN MINDS, discussed what needs to be addressed to ensure your organization is on the path to maximizing your tech investment, including: How to…
Technology Strategy For Sustainability—EHRs Are Just The Start
This closing keynote presentation took place October 27, 2021 during The 2021 OPEN MINDS Technology & Analytics Institute. OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss gave an up-to-the-minute look at the critical changes in the landscape for serving complex consumers – and what they mean for organizational sustainability post-pandemic. This session covered: The context for selecting technology in…
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Providers Growingly Concerned About EHR Functionalities & The Technologies Needs For Future Service Delivery & Reimbursement: Top EHR Trends From The 2021 <em>OPEN MINDS</em> National Behavioral Health EHR Survey
Originally presented on October 19, 2021. We’re bombarded with stories about electronic health records (EHR) evolving to become more flexible and use more services like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence, but what do your peers report firsthand? We recently concluded the sixth annual OPEN MINDS National Behavioral Health EHR Survey and found that 53% of provider organizations…
Maximize Your Organizational Effectiveness With Analytics & Reporting: Unique Case Studies As Told By Monarch & Options Counseling & Family Services
Originally presented on 9/28/2021 Improving value, competitive advantage, and sustainability are top of mind for executives of most behavioral health and human services provider organizations. None of these improvements are possible without consistent, high-quality reporting and analytics. Implementing analytics and reporting is much easier than you may believe. During this webinar, Scott Budzien, Data Scientist…
Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
One of the major developments of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the phenomenal growth of telehealth use, especially in behavioral health care. Telehealth became ubiquitous during the pandemic, and it is predicted that a large percentage of health care will continue via telehealth even after the public health emergency eases. A recent survey by Qualifacts and…
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Four ‘Must Have’ Competencies For Post-Pandemic Competitive Advantage
By Monica E. Oss We’ve covered the “triple whammy” of the pandemic on next normal health care—shifting competition based on changing consumer expectations, payer expectations, and price points (see Post-Pandemic, Strategy Needs Technology). I got a better sense of the market factors driving these changes—and the new competencies required for success—in a recent article, How Digital Is Changing The Pharma & Healthcare Industry, by Nikki…
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Going Hybrid? Charge Your EVV
By Monica E. Oss If your organization is one of many that is thinking about moving to a hybrid service delivery model—virtual, in-clinic and in-home—your team will need to learn more about electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV was mandated for all home-based services by the 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016. The act required all…
Preparing For The Unknown: The Six EHR Functionalities Essential For Surviving During & After A Pandemic
White Paper Available Free Of Charge, Courtesy Of Qualifacts + Credible& The Value Based Care For Behavioral Health Online Community This last year has dramatically changed the world and with it, the health and human services industry. Large portions of staff are now working from home. Consumers are increasingly anxious and depressed from 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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