Medical Economics December 10, 2017
The specialized IT applications required for population health management are generally too expensive and complex for small, independent practices.
So some physicians may reject this approach, which can improve outcomes and prepare practices for value-based reimbursement.
Nevertheless, it is possible to assemble the jigsaw puzzle of population health management—a care delivery model that emphasizes the overall health of a patient population, not just what happens in office visits—without overburdening a practice financially. Some groups have joined accountable care organizations (ACOs) or other kinds of networks to spread out the costs of the required infrastructure.
“Part of the reason we’re doing this is because the payment policy is changing,” says Matthew Callaway, MD, a co-founder of SAMA Healthcare Services, a...
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