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This webinar was held on March 31, 2021.

During this Health Performance Accelerator by HMA & HealthEC webinar, our panel of experts summarized the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule, walked through what this data will do for your organization, and explored how it could positively impact the economics of healthcare.

Speakers

This webinar was held on September 22, 2020. 

State and local governments face a common set of challenges to implementing well-coordinated, fully-integrated health and human services (HHS) programs. From multiple information systems that cannot exchange data to overlapping funding streams and workflows, fragmented and siloed HHS systems create inefficiencies which jeopardize the health and wellbeing of the populations which they seek to serve. During this webinar, experts from HMA and HealthEC shared recommendations that states and localities can adopt to achieve greater coordination of HHS programs.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about practices being employed across the country to improve coordination of health and human services, including the critical role of improved information management and systems in enabling service coordination.
• Learn how HMA can support state and local government agencies on HHS coordination/ integration initiatives.
• Find out how IT solutions such as HealthEC’s can dramatically improve processes such as data aggregation, synthesis, transformation and validation that enable HHS agencies to have greater visibility into the needs of individual residents and tailor interventions that more effectively address those needs.

Speakers

Laura Zaremba, MA, Principal, HMA
Sita Kapoor, HealthEC, Chief Information Officer

This webinar was held on September 17, 2020.

With access to billions of dollars in federal funding aimed at battling the opioid epidemic, state and local governments are working with health plans and providers to build the most efficient and effective programs to help individuals struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD). During this webinar, experts from HMA and HealthEC touched on best practices for the design, implementation, and evaluation of OUD prevention and treatment programs that help maximize the return on investment on OUD program funds.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about practices being employed across the country to design, implement, evaluate and continuously improve OUD prevention and treatment programs.
• Learn how HMA can work with state and local government agencies, health plans and providers on OUD prevention and treatment programmatic initiatives.
• Find out how IT solutions such as HealthEC’s can dramatically improve processes such as data aggregation, synthesis, transformation, validation and comparative analysis in support of program design, ongoing evaluation and continuous improvement efforts.

Speakers

Jim McEvoy, MA, Principal, HMA

Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, MS, Health EC, Senior Medical Director

This webinar was held on September 15, 2020.

Provider-based organizations – particularly groups of providers such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), independent practice associations (IPAs), and clinically integrated networks – are in a unique position to create value for patients. Moreover, payers are increasingly being called upon to enter into value-based payment arrangements with providers. During this webinar, experts from HMA and HealthEC discussed ways in which providers can maximize the “value” of their value-based payment arrangements through careful contract design, robust performance measurement systems, and an orientation toward population health management.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about strategies provider-based organizations should employ to design, negotiate and administer value-based payment contracts.
• Learn how HMA can work with provider-based organizations to succeed in a value-based payment environment.
• Find out how IT solutions such as HealthEC’s can dramatically improve processes such as data aggregation, synthesis, transformation, validation and comparative analysis in support of value-based payment contract negotiation, administration and continuous optimization.

Speakers

Greg Vachon, MD, MPH, Principal, HMA
Sanjay Seth, MD, MPH, MS, HealthEC, Executive Vice President

Resources referenced in this webinar can be found here. 

This webinar was held on September 10, 2020.

Health plans face complex and competing demands from a wide variety of stakeholders for measurable improvements in performance. That’s especially challenging for small and mid-sized health plans that don’t have the resources of larger entities. During this webinar, experts from HMA and HealthEC outlined ways in which health plans can use data and robust analysis to prioritize performance management efforts, improve key business functions, and meet the varied needs of state and federal regulatory agencies, enrollees, providers, advocacy groups, and other constituencies.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about how health plans should approach improvements in business functions and overall performance to address the needs of various stakeholders.
• Learn how HMA can work with health plans on process and performance improvement initiatives.
• Find out how IT solutions such as HealthEC’s can dramatically improve health plan processes such as data aggregation, synthesis, transformation, validation and comparative analysis in support of process and performance improvement initiatives.

Speakers

Glenda Stepchinski, RN, BSN, Senior Consultant, HMA
Frank Persinger, Vice President, Strategic Development, HealthEC