Health Policy Executive Summit: Understanding patients. Improving outcomes.
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Virtual Health Policy Executive Summit
In a continuously changing system, what does it take to reimagine health care? It takes a unique understanding of patients and improved patient outcomes. All while efficiently managing costs.
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See what we have been up to since our 2020 Health Policy Executive Summit
Throughout this year, we’ve hosted multiple complimentary webinars geared exclusively for Medicaid agencies, state legislature, regulatory agencies and the consultants who help support them. Check out previous webinars.
April 2021: Quality during COVID-19: Considerations for setting comparative performance benchmarks
- Speakers: Rich Fuller M.S., health economist, 3M HIS; Jack Hughes, M.D., consultant, 3M HIS
- This webinar discussed the disruption to the delivery of health care during the global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact to data driven evaluation of health care quality.
March 2021: Successful value-based incentive programs need risk adjusted quality measures
Speakers: Jimmy Blanton, director, Health Quality Institute, Texas HHSC; Matt Ferrara, 3M director of state regulatory affairs and former Texas HHSC director, 3M HIS
This webinar reviewed the Texas incentive program that apportions the auto-assignments to the participating Medicaid managed care plans in the state based on quality of care, effectiveness of service provision, and patient satisfaction
Feb. 2021: Combining clinical and social risks to improve patient outcomes
Speakers: L. Gordon Moore, M.D., senior medical director, 3M HIS; Melissa Clarke, M.D., physician consultant, 3M HIS
This webinar discussed how to use clinical and social data to target both individuals and communities facing health care disparities in ways that align with state value-based care strategies.
Jan. 2021: Balancing Medicaid cost and quality during COVID-19
Speakers: Billy Millwee, president and CEO, Billy Millwee and Associates; Emily Zalkovsky, deputy state Medicaid director Texas Health and Human Services; Jay Ludlum, assistant secretary for Medicaid, North Carolina Health; Michelle Alletto, chief program and services officer, Texas Health and Human Services
This webinar discussed how Medicaid organizations responded to COVID-19 and the many challenges it posed for their state Medicaid programs including effective methods to protect vulnerable populations and care for the population already diagnosed.
Nov. 2020: Visualizing value – Measuring variation to maximize value
Speakers: Jeremy Zasowski, innovation manager, 3M HIS; Sandeep Wadhwa, Chief Medical Officer, 3M HIS
This webinar discussed state needs and ideas to help improve health outcomes, manage provider and plan quality results, and reduce system costs. State Medicaid have been leading the nation in introducing innovative value-based payment and incentive programs to improve care for program beneficiaries. The impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid enrollment and state budgets has put even greater pressure on the need to broaden their initiatives and drive greater value more quickly.
Oct. 2020: Surgical mortality as a measure of hospital quality
Speakers: Rich Averill, principal, the Hesperium Group; L. Gordon Moore, M.D., senior medical director, 3M HIS; Kayla Pelegrin, M.D., chief content director, 3M HIS
This webinar reviewed research on hospital quality, discussed results across the country, and hosted a discussion on how these play into the larger picture on value-based payment and quality outcomes.
Sept. 2020: Recommendations for methodology updates and adoptions
Speaker: Kevin Quinn, senior health economist, 3M HIS
This webinar discussed 3M recommendations to payers and consultants on updating payment methods based on 3M™ All Patient Refined DRG (APR DRG) Classification System and 3M™ Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Groups.