Last month, as the scale and potential cost of the COVID-19 pandemic was becoming apparent, contributors to this blog wrote about likely disruptions to alternative payment models (APMs). Bleser and colleagues projected large new pandemic-related expenditures that could affect ACOs’ shared savings and lead to departures from the program. Alex Kazberouk pointed out numerous problems with…
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Women living with serious mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy and parenting outcomes. However, little is known about the experiences and…
The A.C.C.E.S.S. AI Model is a framework for multidisciplinary stakeholders to collectively engage communities, identify barriers to AI implementation, and uncover opportunities to use AI…
As the evidence base for EHR contributions to diagnostic error grows, several actions should be taken to address this patient safety issue.
Nationwide, perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMAD) diagnoses among privately insured people increased by 93.3 percent from 2008 to 2020, growing faster in 2015–20 than in…
AMGA today strenuously objected to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decision to ban the use of non-compete agreements. The FTC’s decision to unilaterally eliminate existing…
Today, AMGA Foundation’s Rise to Immunize® (RIZE) campaign announced that the initiative, which previously ran through 2025, will be extended through 2027 to provide AMGA…
We propose that Medicare should pilot a data-driven, inference-based approach to establishing patient risk scores – and, therefore, budgets – for MA plans and value-based…
Join this event featuring a closer look at a new Health Affairs research article, “Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And…
This is Part II. Implementing three recommendations—real-time, low-cost financial performance data; low-cost sophisticated financial modeling of value-based payments (VBPs); and global reinsurance—will reduce important barriers…
