December 6-9, 2018 • Tampa Marriott Waterside • Tampa, Florida
Kristen Stine, Learning and Diffusion Manager, HealthTeamWorks
National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) released "Achieving the Provision of Integrated Care" a publication, developed with contributions from HealthTeamWorks, that explores the development and successful implementation internationally of new models of integrated care.
HealthTeamWorks Announces New Membership Website Launch
International leaders from the UK, Ireland and the US are meeting for a two-day symposium in Dublin (30 April – 1 May 2018) to
Webinars are a dime a dozen. So, when HealthTeamWorks decided to enter this space, we wanted to do things a little different.
Early in March, nine Care Managers from across the Kansas City metro attended our first “Care Manager Training: Solutions. Strategies. Success” session in Lenexa, Kansas. We spent two and one-half days engaging in learning activities focused on defining the role, integrating into the existing care team, and establishing care management processes.
If HealthTeamWorks Solution Center is your ‘Go To for How To’, a significant element has to be interacting with others across the country.
In an era where healthcare costs are high, it is essential that primary care practices address utilization of the hospital and provide appropriate follow-up and preventative services for the patients.
From achieving recognition to hitting milestones in a value-based plan to optimizing workflow processes, HealthTeamWorks® helped several practices meet a variety of different and important goals throughout the past year. Here are some shared key learnings in application
Kristen Stine, Learning and Diffusion Manager, HealthTeamWorks
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Global Director of Transformation, HealthTeamWorks
ANNOUNCING A NEW RESOURCE FOR YOUR SUCCESS:
THE LAUNCH OF THE SOLUTIONS CENTER
HealthTeamWorks is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare transformation with over 20 years of experience helping medical practices, physician organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) improve their performance in delivering value-based services. Through partnership and innovation, their subject matter expertise and service solutions have helped providers improve clinical quality outcomes, patient experience, and provider vitality, while reducing escalation in per capita cost of medical care.
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TPCi) is a national initiative funded by The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) to prepare clinicians to be successful in new value-based compensation models by providing onsite facilitation and coaching and clinical health information technology support.
As organizations embark on transformation, a well-developed strategic plan serves as the framework for insuring planned changes contribute to reaching goals and measures of success.
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH FACOEM FACPM, the “godfather” of the Patient Centered Medical Home movement and member of the Institute of Medicine, was hired by HealthTeamWorks as the Global Director of Healthcare Transformation.
Transformation is defined as thorough and dramatic change. There is no doubt that health care has required thorough change to shift from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based payment. As practices and healthcare system begin to change, buy-in for the changes is essential for everyone. From patients, front office staff, back office staff, interdisciplinary team members, providers & the medical neighbor, we cannot change alone.
Many practices seek NCQA recognition to ensure their patients get the best care at the right time. Participation in this program demonstrates a provider's commitment to follow specific guidelines to improve their patients’ health.
Here are some lessons learned from one of our clients, a provider system that is working with practices to achieve NCQA recognition*:
