The Liver Meeting 2019-How Can Hepatologists Contribute to Success in Value-Based Care

How Can Hepatologists Contribute to Success in Value-Based Care

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The speaker in the video discusses the challenges of working within a complex healthcare system, highlighting the importance of empowering individuals to negotiate with system-level leadership to bring value in different ways. They emphasize the broken U.S. healthcare system with high costs and low quality compared to other developed countries. The increasing demand for healthcare services, advancements in medical technology, and rising costs contribute to the challenges. The focus is on the importance of alternate payment models like ACOs, where success impacts fee-for-service payments. The speaker stresses the need for physicians to engage in value-based care, improve coding for risk adjustment, reduce avoidable utilization, and address social determinants of health. The discussion delves into strategies for increasing allowable spend, ensuring quality measures are met, and enhancing patient care coordination between specialists and primary care providers.

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Presenter: Meena B. Bansal

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healthcare system challenges

empowering individuals

U.S. healthcare system

alternate payment models

value-based care

risk adjustment coding

patient care coordination