How is the VBC payment model changing? Value-based care is a trending topic and an industry buzzword. Value-based care payment models emphasize quality over quantity of care. Providers are rewarded for improving health outcomes and patient satisfaction.
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Targeting Healthcare Cost Savings, Focus on High-Value eConsults
At-risk practices that focus on high-value eConsults see the greatest benefits from their eConsult programs — healthcare cost savings and improved patient outcomes. These practices identify patients at high risk of serious health events…
Partnering to Improve CMS Star Ratings and Chronic Care Management
Access to chronic care management, care coordination and avoidable hospitalizations are benefits of eConsults. These factors directly tie into CMS patient satisfaction star ratings and…
Five Ways eConsults Support Value-Based Care
About 70% of eConsults can address what physicians would typically send forward for a face-to-face specialty visit. As a web-based physician-to-physician consultation, there is no need for any particular technology or integration.
Support for Comprehensive Care for Rheumatology
With long specialist wait times, providers across the country are turning to eConsults to offer comprehensive care for rheumatology. They often help patients manage chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis…
Creating Connections: Physician Consultation with Specialists
PCPs are embracing tools that extend their clinical offering without delegating patient care. Electronic physician consults are connecting physicians to offer specialty care.
Alternative to Curbside Consults: The eConsult – Patient Safety First
eConsults address challenges within routine curbside consult exchanges. Learn more about how eConsults streamline secure, documented access to specialty care
Evaluate Practice Performance: Practice Cost Savings
eConsults drive practice cost savings for your practices by replacing referrals, eliminating unnecessary testing, reducing emergency room visits and avoiding hospital readmissions…
Evaluate Practice Performance: Patient Benefits
eConsults patient benefits include cost savings, less travel, reduced time off work, faster diagnosis and treatment, and improved outcomes.
Evaluate Practice Performance: Clinical Quality
Multiple studies have shown that improved access to specialty advice and preventative care decreases the incidence of disease and patient mortality, resulting in improved clinical quality. By addressing health problems before they require emergency intervention, both patients and the health system save money and see better outcomes.