CMS Leadership Discusses Progress in Value-Based Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is leading the charge toward a healthcare system that it says will reward the quality of care over the quantity of care. The agency’s goal marks a shift from the traditional fee-for-service model that pays based on the number of services given, and it instead aims to incentivize providers to deliver coordinated, patient-centered, high-quality care. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) has launched over 50 models to test alternative approaches to paying for care since it was established in 2010. In 2021, the agency announced its goal of establishing accountable care relationships for all Medicare beneficiaries and most Medicaid beneficiaries by 2030 as part of a strategy refresh guiding the CMS Innovation Center’s goals and priorities moving forward.
On Wednesday, May 22, from Noon to 1 PM ET, two leaders of the CMS effort to integrate value-based programs into Medicare and Medicaid will join the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum. Purva Rawal, PhD, Chief Strategy Officer at the CMS Innovation Center, and Dilipan Sundaramoorthy, Special Assistant to the Chief Strategy Officer, will discuss their perspective on the Innovation Center’s progress toward wide integration of value-based programs, efforts to advance health equity, and the future of accountable care.
On April 24, NVHPF hosted
What’s Next in Healthcare: The Defining Trends to Follow
With election-year issues coming into focus, health policy is dominating much of the conversation in Washington.
Jonah Comstock, Editor-in-Chief of pharmaphorum; Ben Leonard, healthcare reporter at POLITICO; and John Wilkerson, Washington Correspondent at STAT News, will joined NVHPF on April 24 to share their insights on what is ahead in healthcare for Congress, providers, patients, and the industry.
Highlights and a summary will be posted here soon.
ON MARCH 20, NVHPF HOSTED
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: INSIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS IN TOMORROW’S HEALTHCARE
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare. Hospitals and health systems are already seeing the benefits of deploying AI in the clinical setting, including operating as a second set of eyes for radiologists, mitigating the risk of human error, and enabling early detection of adverse events in remote patient monitoring. However, questions remain regarding how to regulate AI while ensuring that it is deployed in a safe, unbiased manner.
At Houston Methodist, a core team of health and technology professionals, self-described as “Digital Innovation Obsessed People,” leads the hospital’s Center for Innovation. Their mandate: drive new pilots and programs that will facilitate success across the healthcare spectrum. Roberta Schwartz, PhD, MHS, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at the Houston Methodist healthcare system. She joined the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum on March 20 to share her front-line view of the future of AI in healthcare as well as the existing innovations shaping our present-day healthcare system.
Download a summary of the event here.
OUR FEBRUARY 2024 EVENT: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS
On February 28, 2024, the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum hosted Meredith Freed, Senior Policy Manager at KFF’s Program on Medicare Policy, and Gregory Berger, Principal Policy Advisor for Government Relations at Kaiser Permanente, for a discussion of Medicare Advantage.
Watch highlights or the event in its entirety below. Download a summary here.
Notables Moments of Past Events
On October 24, 2023, NVHPF explored The Future of Diagnostic Testing
Diagnostic tests continue to rapidly evolve, allowing healthcare professionals to deliver personalized, precise, and expeditious results to their patients. Nevertheless, government agencies responsible for regulating and reimbursing these cutting-edge technologies often appear to lag behind. What measures can be implemented to ensure accessible and affordable access to novel diagnostic tools while simultaneously sustaining incentives for the companies investing in their development?
Anna Scrimenti, Associate Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), and Zach Rothstein, Executive Director for AdvaMedDx, joined the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum on Tuesday, October 24, to discuss informed options for a path forward that will benefit the entire healthcare community.
On September 19, 2023, our Fall Media Panel discussed “What’s Next In Healthcare: The Defining Trends to Follow”
With Congress back in session and election year issues coming into focus, health policy is dominating much of the conversation in Washington. Healthcare costs remain a source of financial pain throughout the country, and the Biden Administration has revealed its list of the first ten drugs subject to price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic are changing the way doctors care for their patients. Medical devices promise innovative new treatments, and the seemingly intractable scourge of substance abuse continues to ravage the well-being of thousands of Americans. Who will emerge as victors among the competing stakeholders in today’s healthcare debates?
Michelle Stein, Health Care Editor, Reporter, and Assistant Publisher at Inside Health Policy; Rachana Pradhan, Correspondent for Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health News; and Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent of MedPage Today joined the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum on Tuesday, September 19, to share their insights on what is ahead in healthcare for providers and patients.
Read a summary of the event here.
Read a transcript of the event here.
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