Episode S03 E03: Assessing, Supporting Advanced Payment Model Adoption among Providers

Advanced payment model uptake received a boost from the coronavirus pandemic as providers shifted away from wholly volume-based, fee-for-service models into value-based care contracts. However, fee-for-service remains strongly present in the healthcare system today and, according to some healthcare professionals, it will persist as a key reimbursement model for the foreseeable future. Emily Sokol, director of research at Xtelligent Healthcare Media, provides an overview of providers' advanced payment model adoption and offers strategies for shifting away from fee-for-service reimbursement models.

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Episode S03 E02: Reducing Mental Health Stigma With Evidence-Based Practices, Language

Americans are experiencing a spike in mental health diagnoses. However, even as mental health challenges become more visible and widespread, mental health stigmas remain. Lana Seiler, LCSW, primary therapist at All Points North Lodge, shares how healthcare stakeholders can combat mental health stigmas and encourage treatment among patients, within their own communities, and within themselves.

Episode S03 E01: Improving Health Equity for Black Mothers by Lowering Preeclampsia Risk

The lack of health equity in the current healthcare system is starkly evident in maternal care. Black patients who are pregnant are at higher risk than their White counterparts for a preventable disease called preeclampsia. Joanne Armstrong, MD, executive medical director and chief medical officer for women’s health and genomics at CVS Health, explains how provider and payer organizations can improve patient education to combat care disparities in maternal care.

Episode S02 E47: Addressing Health Equity In Light of COVID-19: Policy, Data, Culture

As the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare professionals can ensure that health equity is central to their strategies going forward. Sara Heath, managing editor at Xtelligent Healthcare Media, reviews how to define health equity, how the pandemic impacted the industrywide discussion around this topic, and how steps that organizations can take toward improving health equity.
Healthcare Strategies will return with Season 3 on September 6, 2021.