Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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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…
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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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…
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…
Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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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…
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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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…
Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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CMS Designates Connecticut Health Plan’s Episodes-Of-Care Payment Model As One Of TheFirst Commercial Plan Other Payer Advanced Alternative Payment Model
On October 7, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a new payment model—the Episodes of Care program—between the State of Connecticut Health Plan for state employees and several provider organizations as an Other Payer Advanced Alternative Payment Model (A-APM). This Other Payer A-APM designation is one of the first earned by…
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…
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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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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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…
Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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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…
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…
Continue Reading Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
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…
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…
Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
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…
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…
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 Tech-Enabled Provider Organization: The 2020 <em>OPEN MINDS</em> Health & Human Service Technology Survey
As the health and human service market shifts to value-based reimbursement with a focus on cost and quality, specialty provider organizations will need to adopt new technologies to survive. Increasingly, there is a need for population health management, data exchange, and clinical decision support tools. For executives, linking technology investment to strategy is essential to…
Preparing For The Unknown: A Sneak Peak At The 2020 National EHR Survey Results
The COVID-19 pandemic created substantial change across the health and human services industry. To understand the changes made and planned for EHR functionality during this changing time, we surveyed over 5,000 behavioral health provider organizations on their EHR purchasing and implementation behavioral and functionality status. Get a sneak peak of the 2020 National Behavioral Health…
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Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
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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…
Continue Reading Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
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…
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…
Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
It’s common knowledge that it’s less expensive for organizations to retain employees than to hire new ones. According to recent data, it costs as much as 33% of a worker’s annual salary to replace them. When applied to a median employee salary of $45,000, the average cost of turnover comes out to about $15,000 (see…
Continue Reading Think Of Your EHR & Vendor As A Technical Consultant Rather Than Software
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…
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…
Continue Reading Top 6 Best Practices For Staying Human While Keeping Your Distance
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…
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…
Value-Based Reimbursement Models Help SPARC Get A Leg Up In Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
By Meena Dayak SPARC Services & Programs (SPARC) is a behavioral health provider organization in North Carolina that has been providing home and community-based services since 2015. They serve 425 consumers monthly and employ 70 full-time staff. They focus on complex consumers—children and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) who have not been…
