Metrics-Based Management: Using Analytics For Strategy Implementation & Business Optimization
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. If you have great staff and great infrastructure, your organization still needs a strong management team—and management practices—to make sure that organizational plans to deliver great performance becomes reality. To do this, management teams need well-designed, real-time performance metrics. In successful organizations, metrics-based management happens in two contexts: managing strategy implementation…
Merger & Acquisition Volume In The Health Services Sector Up 56% In 2021 Over 2020
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the health services sector for the 12 months ended November 15, 2021 was 56% higher than the previous year. Aggregate deal volume rose from 1,138 deals in 2020 to 1,773 for the 12 months ended May 15, 2021. Aggregate deal value in the health services sector rose 227%,…
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Massachusetts FQHC Centers Surpass One Million Telehealth Visits
The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Telehealth Consortium’s 35 community health center members have conducted more than one million telemedicine visits since the start of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March of 2020. This achievement comes at the same time the Consortium has passed the halfway mark of its Phase II $12 million fundraising…
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WellSpan Health & Gateway Health Launch Value-Based Partnership For Medicaid Members
On July 29, 2021, Gateway Health, a Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plan, and WellSpan Health a health system in central Pennsylvania launched a value-based partnership focused on connecting Gateway Health members with primary care professionals. Gateway Health and WellSpan are proactively contacting Gateway Health’s Medicaid members who visit the health system through emergency or urgent…
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,…
Metrics-Based Management: Using Analytics For Strategy Implementation & Business Optimization
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. If you have great staff and great infrastructure, your organization still needs a strong management team—and management practices—to make sure that organizational plans to deliver great performance becomes reality. To do this, management teams need well-designed, real-time performance metrics. In successful organizations, metrics-based management happens in two contexts: managing strategy implementation…
Merger & Acquisition Volume In The Health Services Sector Up 56% In 2021 Over 2020
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the health services sector for the 12 months ended November 15, 2021 was 56% higher than the previous year. Aggregate deal volume rose from 1,138 deals in 2020 to 1,773 for the 12 months ended May 15, 2021. Aggregate deal value in the health services sector rose 227%,…
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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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Massachusetts FQHC Centers Surpass One Million Telehealth Visits
The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Telehealth Consortium’s 35 community health center members have conducted more than one million telemedicine visits since the start of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March of 2020. This achievement comes at the same time the Consortium has passed the halfway mark of its Phase II $12 million fundraising…
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WellSpan Health & Gateway Health Launch Value-Based Partnership For Medicaid Members
On July 29, 2021, Gateway Health, a Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plan, and WellSpan Health a health system in central Pennsylvania launched a value-based partnership focused on connecting Gateway Health members with primary care professionals. Gateway Health and WellSpan are proactively contacting Gateway Health’s Medicaid members who visit the health system through emergency or urgent…
Making Mergers & Acquisitions Work — Perspectives From Executives Post-Mergers
This presentation took place during The 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit. From mergers driven by the desire to integrate with primary care, to acquisition of a “competitor” —each of these case study presentations will review the ups and downs of the process and offer strategic advice to organizations exploring the same path.…
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Mergers: How To Live Happily Ever After
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Despite (or maybe because of) all the changes occurring across the health and human service landscape, mergers and acquisitions are proceeding at a rapid pace. This is true for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Just in the past few months we’ve seen headlines like Northern Wyoming…
And The Digital Health Winner Is…
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS We’ve reached a time when the investor-owned health and human service market will likely see a correction of market value. It’s been a decade of big investment. The investment in health care in general—and in digital and in behavioral health companies in particular— culminated in $57.2…
Getting To Scale – One Way Or Another
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS How big is big enough for a sustainable specialty provider organization? The answer, which is a moving target, is ‘it depends”. The news of Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical has dominated the market news the past couple weeks (see Amazon To Acquire Primary Care Provider One…
Four Things I Learned About Private Equity
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS I walked away from our 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit with new insights on the role of private equity (PE) in the field. And for that, I’m grateful to our three keynote panelists—Eric Keen, General Partner for Council Capital, Matthew Pettit, Founding Partner…
The Marketing Imperative
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS The current health and human service landscape is being shaped by the ‘end’ of the pandemic period and its lingering effects, high inflation rates and higher wage rates, and new competition. To navigate through the year ahead to longer-term sustainability requires a good strategy, metrics-based management,…
Metrics-Based Management: Using Analytics For Strategy Implementation & Business Optimization
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. If you have great staff and great infrastructure, your organization still needs a strong management team—and management practices—to make sure that organizational plans to deliver great performance becomes reality. To do this, management teams need well-designed, real-time performance metrics. In successful organizations, metrics-based management happens in two contexts: managing strategy implementation…
Merger & Acquisition Volume In The Health Services Sector Up 56% In 2021 Over 2020
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the health services sector for the 12 months ended November 15, 2021 was 56% higher than the previous year. Aggregate deal volume rose from 1,138 deals in 2020 to 1,773 for the 12 months ended May 15, 2021. Aggregate deal value in the health services sector rose 227%,…
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Massachusetts FQHC Centers Surpass One Million Telehealth Visits
The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Telehealth Consortium’s 35 community health center members have conducted more than one million telemedicine visits since the start of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March of 2020. This achievement comes at the same time the Consortium has passed the halfway mark of its Phase II $12 million fundraising…
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WellSpan Health & Gateway Health Launch Value-Based Partnership For Medicaid Members
On July 29, 2021, Gateway Health, a Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plan, and WellSpan Health a health system in central Pennsylvania launched a value-based partnership focused on connecting Gateway Health members with primary care professionals. Gateway Health and WellSpan are proactively contacting Gateway Health’s Medicaid members who visit the health system through emergency or urgent…
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,…
Solving Behavioral Health Service Delivery Challenges: Why You Need To Be Thinking About AI…
Executive teams of behavioral health organizations are balancing several issues at the same time – improving access to care, productivity management, ensuring consumer safety, reducing administrative costs, and more. The solutions to these issues are increasingly being addressed by artificial intelligence-infused technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care field is more than chatbots doing…
Is It Time For New Technology? Leveraging The Data You Already Have To Determine If A Change Is Worth The Pain
Implementing a new EHR or other healthcare technology can be expensive and disruptive. How do you decide if the gains are worth the pains? On January 18, 2023, our panelists from Qualifacts, Tammy Selleck, MBA, Senior Manager, RCMS; Suzanne Malmkar, Director of Product Management of Partnerships; and Christy Winter, Product Director, discussed how your data…
Leveraging Your EHR To Accommodate The “No Surprises Act”
While many state Medicaid programs have had balance billing regulations in place for ten or more years, the “No Surprises Act” has many nuances that impact behavioral health agencies, particularly in the area of compliance. During the webinar on October 11, 2022, Tammy Selleck, Senior Manager of Revenue Cycle Management Services for Qualifacts reviewed the…
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Navigating Complex Care Models – 5 Stages of Complex Care and Reimbursement Model Experience
As provider organizations evaluate and adopt complex care and reimbursement models, there are five consistent stages of experience. Whether taking on Value-Based Care contracts, becoming or working with a CCBHC program provider, the path to success travels a similar progression. On August 24, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens shared insights and best practices…
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…
Metrics-Based Management: Using Analytics For Strategy Implementation & Business Optimization
By Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. If you have great staff and great infrastructure, your organization still needs a strong management team—and management practices—to make sure that organizational plans to deliver great performance becomes reality. To do this, management teams need well-designed, real-time performance metrics. In successful organizations, metrics-based management happens in two contexts: managing strategy implementation…
Merger & Acquisition Volume In The Health Services Sector Up 56% In 2021 Over 2020
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the health services sector for the 12 months ended November 15, 2021 was 56% higher than the previous year. Aggregate deal volume rose from 1,138 deals in 2020 to 1,773 for the 12 months ended May 15, 2021. Aggregate deal value in the health services sector rose 227%,…
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Massachusetts FQHC Centers Surpass One Million Telehealth Visits
The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Telehealth Consortium’s 35 community health center members have conducted more than one million telemedicine visits since the start of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March of 2020. This achievement comes at the same time the Consortium has passed the halfway mark of its Phase II $12 million fundraising…
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WellSpan Health & Gateway Health Launch Value-Based Partnership For Medicaid Members
On July 29, 2021, Gateway Health, a Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plan, and WellSpan Health a health system in central Pennsylvania launched a value-based partnership focused on connecting Gateway Health members with primary care professionals. Gateway Health and WellSpan are proactively contacting Gateway Health’s Medicaid members who visit the health system through emergency or urgent…
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,…
