Value-Based Care
The healthcare system is transitioning to value-based care. We can help you navigate the alphabet soup: APM, ACO, MSSP, EPM, MACRA, OCM, OBC. Count on us to guide you through the transition.
Featured Content
Ensuring Appropriate Access to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy
Avalere experts published a supplement in the June 2019 American Journal of Managed Care entitled “Ensuring Appropriate Access to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy.”
Avalere Adds New Experts in Payer, Pharmacy Benefit Management, Provider and Specialty Markets
Dr. Roy Beveridge and Mike Schneider Join the Firm
Avalere Participates in Initiative to Advance the Identification and Management of Heart Valve Disease
In January 2018, Avalere Health partnered with the Society of Cardiovascular and Angiography Interventions to launch the development of the Heart Valve Initiative.
Avalere and Other Scientific Leaders Publish Paper on Advances in Value Frameworks
Paper details recent developments in leading value frameworks, including Avalere’s Focus on Patient Orientation in Value Assessment.
Cancer Treatment Costs Are Higher Among Oncology Care Model Participants than Benchmarks Predict
A new Avalere analysis finds that oncology practices participating in the Oncology Care Model (OCM) treated patients with 2–3% higher Medicare costs per episode, on average, than OCM prediction model estimates during the first two performance periods.
Avalere Deepens Expertise in Medicare and Clinical Decision-Making with 2 New Hires
Matt Kazan and Amy Schroeder bring unique understandings of how policy and clinical data drive healthcare markets.
More than Half of All OCM Providers Could Owe CMS Money if Required to Join in 2-Sided Risk Model
Pressure to lower costs will increase for OCM providers as CMS pushes to 2-sided risk.
Webinar: A Conversation on Oncology: Download the Slides and Listen to the Recording
Ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting, Avalere experts discussed the latest trends in policy, reimbursement, and market access reshaping oncology care.
Avalere Partners with Leading Health Care Foundation, Provider Associations, and Advocacy Groups to Improve Conversations About Costs Between Patients and Clinicians
A supplement to Annals was just published that includes research on how to help physicians talk with their patients about costs of care, including a commentary co-authored with Avalere.
What Will Drive SNF Profitability Under the New Patient-Driven Payment Model?
Liz Moore recently sat down with Fred Bentley, managing director, to talk about the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and how it may impact skilled nursing facility (SNF) profitability. Check out the interview below.
Enhancing Manufacturer Partnerships in an Evolving Specialty Landscape
Recent developments in the specialty pharmaceutical marketplace merit distinct attention from manufacturers.
CMS Announces 5 New Advanced Primary Care Payment Models
CMS announced the new CMS Primary Cares Initiative, comprising 5 new payment models under 2 programs, which will test the impact of providing considerable financial incentives and flexibility to primary care practices and organizations in exchange for significant provider risk.
Bringing Real Innovation to Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently reviewing a new payment rule, which could impact coverage of innovative procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis.
Webinar: A Conversation on Digital Health: Download the Slides and Listen to the Recording
Avalere experts hosted a lively discussion on current trends in digital health and the key steps necessary for stakeholders across the industry to successfully implement digital health initiatives.
A Review of the New Medicare App: The Role of Patient Engagement and Digital Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is embracing digital health and virtual care in many ways.
Everyone Has a Job to Do in Reducing Costs
Today continues a steady diet of healthcare cost hearings with committees on both sides of Capitol Hill digging into the issue.
Podcast: E4 – Recommendations for How to Overcome Common Barriers When Implementing Cost-of-Care Conversations
Tune in to hear the last episode in our 4-part series that provides clinicians with recommendations for how to overcome common barriers when implementing cost-of-care (CoC) conversations. Peter Ubel will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on actionable tips that primary care clinicians can use to help address potential barriers and challenges related to implementing CoC conversations in the clinical setting. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
Podcast: E3 – A Guide to Integrating Cost-of-Care Conversations into Workflow
Tune in to hear the third episode in our 4-part series that provides clinicians with actionable approaches for integrating cost-of-care conversations into workflow. Nora Henrikson will talk with Avalere’s Katherine Steinberg on 3 pathways that clinicians can use to best integrate cost of care conversations into their clinical workflows. Support for this podcast was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
Podcast: Critical Steps for Post-Acute Care Organizations to Succeed in Value-Based Care
Tune in as Avalere experts interview each other on hot topics in healthcare. In this discussion, Avalere Managing Director of Health Plans and Providers, Fred Bentley is interviewed by Alexa Trost, Associate, on the current state of value-based care across the health care landscape and critical steps post-acute care organizations needs to take to to succeed in this environment.
CMS’ Annual Quality Conference Underscores Key Quality Improvement Priorities
In early February, Avalere attended the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference, an annual gathering that brings stakeholders together to address challenges in healthcare quality improvement and discuss ways to spread these solutions locally and nationally.
