HealthLeaders Media May 5, 2020
Ernesto Vazquez shares his perspectives on value-based contracting, improving quality, controlling costs, and harnessing data analytics.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Keys to successful value-based contracting include timely communication with payers and addressing the social needs of patients.
– A population health services organization can identify redundancies and unnecessary costs such inappropriately repeated clinical tests.
– MercyOne PHSO has a robust data analytics capability, including the ability to identify patients who are at high risk of hospital readmission.
Ernesto Vazquez, MD, is set to play the top clinical leadership role at MercyOne Population Health Services Organization (PHSO).
MercyOne PHSO was launched in 2012 and has a portfolio of direct-to-employer, commercial, and government value- and risk-based contracts covering more than 300,000 patients of...