As Senior Director, Population Health Improvement for the Population Health Alliance (PHA), I regularly write articles on important topics and post them on PHA’s LinkedIn page. Below are links to the articles. Feel free to repost and comment…and consider joining PHA to lend your voice. What’s the Outlook for Telehealth? (May 6, 2024)The COVID-19…
I am pleased to announce that MEDIS has become an Executive Member of the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC). Furthermore, MEDIS is a proud signatory to the Concordance Recommendations for Primary Care Payment and Investment, a significant component of the Better Health – Now campaign spearheaded by the PCC. The Primary Care Collaborative is a…
I am happy to announce that MEDIS is now a proud member of the National Quality Forum (NQF). The NQF is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality in America through stakeholder collaboration. By joining the NQF, MEDIS aligns itself with an organization that is deeply committed to ensuring that people receive…
A version of this post, written by Mike Noshay, Rick Moore, and Michael Barr, was initially posted in the Resources section on the HIMSS website on March 9, 2023. Value-based payment models (VBPMs) depend on differentiating and rewarding entities that demonstrate higher quality, more equitable care at a lower cost when compared to similar organizations. For VBPMs…
A version of this post, written by Mike Noshay, Rick Moore, and Michael Barr, was originally posted on the Verinovum website, Thursday, 11/3/2022. The U.S. healthcare system’s information technology infrastructure is a house of cards when it comes to interoperability and clinical data usability. Whether intentionally designed or not, the US healthcare system built…
Approximately one year ago, I announced my departure from NCQA, the launch of MEDIS, and entry into the world of healthcare consulting. I knew that I needed to do something different – or at least try. Words cannot express how important it was to receive so many messages of support from friends and colleagues. I…
A key element of health equity is appropriate access to a high-quality health care team—a team whose members take the time to understand the needs, challenges, and preferences of the individuals who entrust their care to them. Through the process of comprehensive medication management (CMM), clinical pharmacists get to know their patients’ individual needs…
CMM can drive improvements in a wide range of quality metrics used to support value-based payment (VBP) models…
[Originally posted on LinkedIn 7/6/22]While preparing for the Digital Quality Summit (#DQS2022) next week, I found the closing poem I wrote and delivered at the end of the 2018 in-person meeting. I tried to capture the intense and meaningful conversations I observed during the general sessions and tracks that year. For those of you…
During the NCQA Health Care Quality Congress in 2018, I listened to conversations, presentations, questions, and the ideas expressed by attendees and faculty. It was a vibrant conference with many perspectives shared through panels, town hall-like forums, and informal gatherings. I was incredibly impressed by the energy in the rooms, hallways, and receptions. As the closing speaker,…