Interviews
Read our Avalere Health Essential Voice interviews. Twenty years ago, we set out to be the essential voice in improving healthcare. Our experts discuss the hot topics that you need to track.
E3 – The Episode Payment Model and Its Potential Impacts
In the third episode in our bundled payment series, Avalere's Mary Ann Clark discusses how the potential updates may impact device manufacturers.
E2 – What Mandatory Bundled Payments Mean for Cardiac Care
In episode 2 of our bundled payment series, Avalere's Sally Rodriguez shares how the potential updates may impact post-acute care providers.
E1 – Potential Expansion in Mandatory Bundled Payment Models
For the month of August, Avalere will cover what the new proposed changes to existing bundled payment programs could mean for the healthcare industry. In an exclusive series, experts will discuss what the new bundles include and where to go from here. Kicking off this series is Fred Bentley from our Center for Payment and Delivery Innovation.
E2 – What the Elections Might Mean for the Drug Pricing Debate
Our experts provide a quick glimpse into the role healthcare will play in the 2016 elections and hot topics you can expect to hear about on the campaign trail.
An Overview of FDA’s Expanded Access Guidances
Our expert, Jay Jackson, discusses recent final guidance issued by the FDA on compassionate use.
E1 – An Introduction to the 2016 Election Series
Between now and November, Avalere will to bring election content to the public dialogue. Our experts provide a glimpse into the role healthcare will play in the 2016 elections and hot topics you can expect to hear about on the campaign trail.
ACO Prioritization
Avalere's Biruk Bekele talks about a new model Avalere has developed to help life sciences companies more effectively target ACOs and customize their value propositions in the diabetes space based on ACO performance. The number of ACOs has grown rapidly in the past few years, reflecting the Department of Health and Human Services’ push to move 50% of Medicare spending to value-based payment models by 2018.
Lessons from BPCI and Its Implications for CJR
Our experts share the lessons that we’ve learned from our extensive experience with the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement demonstration is a voluntary program sponsored by CMMI in which hospitals, physician group practices, and post-acute care providers accept clinical and financial risk for patients over specified episode time frames post-hospital discharge.
Setting Up a Gainsharing Agreement in CJR
In order to better coordinate care across the care continuum, CMS is allowing hospitals to establish “CJR Collaborators” or other providers that share risk with the participating hospital. Fred Bentley and Erica Breese discuss the details.
What Is an APM According to CMS?
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) passed last spring is transforming physician payment and standardizing requirements for APMs. Adam Borden and Jared Alves cover Advanced APMs, incentives CMS offers for providers to participate in APM, and the exclusion of specific tracks.