Managing Total Cost of Care
Addressing behavioral health conditions are a significant driver for improved life and health outcomes. More payers than ever are tying their performance-based incentives to integrated care to lower the total cost of care. Our resources collect, collate, and distribute tips and strategies for successfully managing total cost of care as a behavioral health provider. From engaging the un-engageable to collaborating with physical health providers in a clinically integrated delivery system—our resources bring information to on-the-ground care managers and C-Suite strategists to assist you in being a part of successful value-based delivery of care model.
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The Patient Engagement Imperative
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Patient engagement, motivating consumers to choose to participate in their own care, was top of mind in the health and human […]
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The Interoperability Problem—For Specialists
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS “Every health and human service organization needs an ‘integration’ strategy.” This is the conclusion of our team of senior advisors, Christy […]
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Whole Person Preferred
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Whole person care is certainly popular with the Medicare population. 83% of dual-eligible and 75% of non-dual-eligible individuals in Medicare Advantage […]
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Performance Wins
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Consistency is a must in the current health and human landscape. It’s a by-product of the push for “value.” Consumers and […]
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Deciding What’s Next
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS New provider organizations, armed with new technology, are causing some shifts in the health care space. Retail players and virtual behavioral […]
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Two Health Plans, Same Value-Based Data Challenge
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Over the past year, I’ve met with countless health plan and provider organization executives, and one subject always comes up—the current […]
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Finding The New Market Space
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Over the course of the past three years, the expansion of the health plan footprint in the field has increased. Health […]
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Cigna Introduces ‘Vitality’ As A Next-Generation Population Health & Well-Being Measure
By OPEN MINDS Circle On October 26, 2022, Cigna introduced the Evernorth Vitality Index as a new way to evaluate population health, well-being, and workforce productivity as people and businesses […]
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Massachusetts Pay-For-Success Homeless Housing Initiative Exceeds Outcome Targets
By OPEN MINDS Circle The Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) Pay for Success (PFS) initiative designed to reduce chronic and long-term homelessness among adults significantly exceeded its performance target. […]
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St. Peter’s Health Partners Receives National Recognition For New Behavioral Health Treatment Model
By OPEN MINDS Circle St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) is receiving state and national recognition for its new integrated behavioral health model in primary care, designed to greatly increase the […]