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Blog

HMA is launching a new blog

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Change is the new normal for healthcare today. The industry is in constant flux. Healthcare reform is prompting us to reimagine what we do and how we deliver healthcare. It seems many public, private and nonprofit stakeholders are taking different approaches, sparking a daily stream of research, studies and trends to inform your next move.

But who has time to sift through all that data? Keeping current with the latest developments alone is a full-time job. That’s where HMA can help.

You’ve counted on us for decades to provide clear insights into policy, programs and financing to get the job done. We provide counsel, research, whitepapers, webinars and weekly updates.

And now, we’re writing a blog.

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Webinar

Value-Based Payment Readiness: A Self-Assessment Tool for PCPs, FQHCs, and Behavioral Health Providers

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As the shift from volume-based to value-based payment accelerates, primary care providers, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and behavioral health providers, must make critical changes to become ready for value-based payments and ensure their financial sustainable. But what changes need to be made? There is now an online self-assessment tool that providers can use to pinpoint specific strengths and gaps in value-based payment readiness and identify core care delivery, operational, and financial capabilities and high-priority elements to implement. The assessment tool was designed by HMA and CohnReznick in partnership with the DC Primary Care Association. During this webinar, HMA experts Deborah Zahn and Mary Goddeeris, along with CohnReznick expert Peter Epp, will demonstrate how the readiness tool can help practices as they prepare themselves for value-based payments.

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Webinar Replay: Provider Vitality Workshop

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On January 28, 2016, HMA Information Services hosted the webinar, “Provider Vitality Workshop: Strategies for Ensuring an Energized and Effective Healthcare Workforce.”

A strong and effective healthcare system depends on sustaining the vitality and well-being of the provider workforce. That’s not easy, especially among providers working in communities where social determinants weigh heavily on patient health and where the pent-up medical needs of the underserved can overwhelm even the most dedicated healthcare worker. Add to the mix growing state and federal quality reporting requirements, and it’s no wonder healthcare practitioners are at the breaking point.

During this webinar and interactive workshop, HMA Principal Jeffrey Ring, PhD, talks about the dangers of provider burnout. More importantly, he outlines a series of concrete steps healthcare organizations can take to ensure providers remain energized, find meaning in their work, and continue to provide the highest quality care to their patients. Listen to the replay and:

  • Learn how to identify a provider vitality problem at your organization, including signs of growing provider stress, frustration, and burnout.
  • Understand the various drivers of vitality problems, including understaffing, a challenging patient population, a hostile or unsupportive work environment, poorly defined organizational goals, inefficient team or management structures, and inadequate systems and protocols.
  • Identify which provider vitality problems can be addressed through training, workshops and strategies to help providers find meaning in their work versus drivers that require broader organizational restructuring.
  • Learn how to create a supportive work environment that fosters collaborative problem-solving, helps providers balance work and life, and empowers providers to take charge of their own success and well-being.

The slide deck for this webinar can be retrieved by clicking the “DOWNLOAD” button below.

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Webinar Replay: Making Healthcare Data Actionable

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On January 14, 2016, HMA Information Services hosted the webinar, “Making Healthcare Data Actionable: Solutions for Converting Data into Information for More Effective Reporting, Decision Making and Strategic Planning.”

We live in a digital universe, and the volume of data is growing exponentially. That’s especially true in healthcare, where the need for information is being driven by changes in regulatory and compliance reporting requirements, demand for quality and performance measures, and a focus on value-based purchasing. But unless all of this healthcare data can be converted into the type of information that supports decision-making and strategic planning, it’s just taking up space.

During this webinar, HMA data specialist Lisa Maiuro, PhD, outlines some practical approaches healthcare organizations can take to convert data into information, including an understanding of how to share data across organizational and functional teams, how to organize data to drive business decisions, and how to present and use data without specialized analytic expertise. Listen to the replay and:

  • Understand how to improve performance by leveraging evidence-based data; track variations in quality; and provide dynamic healthcare dashboards to benchmark quality, utilization, cost of care, and provider patterns; create mapping capabilities; apply predictive analytics, and more.
  • Learn how information solutions can help healthcare organizations respond quickly and easily to the challenges of both internal and external reporting requirements at the state and federal level.
  • Find out how enhanced analytical capabilities can help your organization make better use of available data without large investments in additional IT capabilities or analytic services.

The slide deck for this webinar can be retrieved by clicking the “DOWNLOAD” button below.