Description: This tool helps FQHCs understand all of the various VBC elements that are encompassed in a model or program and can impact performance and hence are important consideration in the contract analysis. It provides the considerations, but also guidance on how...
Description: This resource emphasizes the importance of understanding a patient population for successful VBP and provides a foundational understanding of the key considerations in population assessment. Download the Tool
Description: This resource serves as a gap assessment for providers and a roadmap for the needed infrastructure to succeed in advanced value-based models. As providers transition from value-based payment models centered around quality performance to models with...
Description: This resource describes the competencies that providers must systematically master to thrive within each Health Care Payment Learning Action Network (LAN) category. At the very least, all alternative payment models (APMs) necessitate providers to achieve...
Description: This resource serves as a comprehensive guide, offering a step-by-step process for the creation of an integrated and comprehensive quality strategy. The strategy’s core components are thoroughly examined, encompassing population health outcomes and...
Description: This resource is designed to assist leaders in introducing and educating staff about value-based payment (VBP) and value-based care, with a strong emphasis on leadership’s unwavering commitment to the program’s success. Achieving success in VBP...
Description: This resource introduces an initial approach for creating accountable and outcome-driven partnerships spanning the network of healthcare and community-based providers, all geared towards enabling comprehensive, whole-person care. The central focus is on...
Description: This resource covers the development of a value proposition, a compelling statement or proposition that outlines the unique benefits and value that a healthcare provider or organization offers to payers, service recipients, and other stakeholders. A...
Description: This resource provides contracting tools to support value-based payment arrangements, beginning with a description of the components of legally enforceable contracts and the legal terms generally found in such contracts. The materials describe key legal...
Description: This resource provides strategies for cultivating a strong relationship with a Managed Care Organization (MCO) when entering into a value-based purchasing agreement. It provides insights into what the payer values and pinpoints measurable outcomes that...
Description: This resource assists providers in understanding the transition from value-based arrangements, which were previously constructed solely on the achievement of quality metrics, to models now grounded in the total cost of care. It furnishes providers with a...
Description: This is a self-assessment tool intended to help healthcare providers plan for negotiations around proposed managed care contracts. The tool can be used for internal conversations to analyze key terms, develop strategic direction, and set priorities for...
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #7 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #6 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #5 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #4 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #3 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #2 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
Valuable Revenue Cycle Tip of the Week #1 is one of the FREE resources provided by Rev-Up DC, sponsored by the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). to help DC Medicaid Behavioral Health providers transition to participating in the Managed Care contracts....
This one-page self-assessment can be utilized before individual or group MAT appointments; this tool aligns with ASAM criteria allowing the provider to plan for the current session and to aid in treatment planning. With a slight modification, this could also be used...
The front of this handout reviews what providers need to know, do and have a plan for prior to individual or group telehealth sessions. The back of the handout reviews important features of Zoom (TM) for those staff using Zoom (TM) as a platform for delivering...
This one-page handout is designed for busy outpatient providers who wish to start a patient on buprenorphine but need guidance on what to do before, important things not to forget when starting, how to monitor patients on buprenorphine, what to do if the patient is or...
This one-page handout will help patients understand when they will start buprenorphine, based on the last time they used opioids and their current level of symptoms. It describes how to take buprenorphine in order for it to help with cravings and withdrawal symptoms,...
This Clinical Guide provides comprehensive, national guidance for optimal management of pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. The Clinical Guide helps healthcare professionals and patients determine the most clinically appropriate...
This worksheet guides the clinician and person receiving services in following the seven steps of problem-solving: Identifying the problem Describing the goal Brainstorming solutions Evaluating the pros and cons for each potential solution Choosing the preferred...
This patient-facing handout reviews basic steps for meditation, deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and imagery. This can be used when explaining stress reduction techniques to patients. Download the PDF ...
In a matter of months, coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has transformed not just how we live but also how we leave this world. Physicians and nurses struggle to accompany patients who die alone and support families who cannot follow the usual customs of grief: gathering at...
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an extraordinary amount of stress on physicians and other health professionals. But those elevated levels of stress and burnout are not hitting all equally, according to the results of a national survey of more than 20,000 doctors and...
Results suggest that cannabis use during adolescence is associated with altered neurodevelopment, particularly in cortices rich in cannabinoid 1 receptors and undergoing the greatest age-related thickness change in middle to late adolescence. Download the PDF ...
Patients with poorly controlled diabetes, coronary heart disease, and depression have an increased risk of adverse outcomes. In a randomized, controlled trial, we tested an intervention designed to improve disease control outcomes for diabetes and/or heart disease and...
The health care environment—with its packed workdays, demanding pace, time pressures, and emotional intensity—can put physicians and other clinicians at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization,...
Since its first edition in 1999, NIDA’s Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment has been a widely used resource for health care providers, families, and others needing information on addiction and treatment for people of all ages. But recent research has greatly...
Preliminary findings are reported from a photovoice intervention, “Recovery Speaks, ”to reduce primary care provider stigma in regard to people with mental illness and addiction. Download the PDF
Substance use disorder treatment professionals are paying increased attention to implementing patient-centered care. Understanding environmental and organizational factors associated with clinicians’ efforts to engage patients in clinical decision-making processes is...
Public Views About Drug Addiction & Mental Illness Research has revealed pervasive and persistent negative attitudes among Americans toward persons with mental illness. A study that compared 1999 and 2006 data from the General Social Survey (GSS) indicated...
The current need for social distancing and isolation related to the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a quick expansion of the provision of mental health services via remote platforms. This tip sheet provides some tips for evaluating and treating suicidal individuals...
Controlled substances (CS) diversion in health systems can lead to serious patient safety issues, harm to the diverter, and significant liability risk to the organization. Diversion driven by addiction puts patients at risk of harm, including inadequate relief of...
There is concern the Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on the mental health of the general population through a range of suggested mechanisms: fear, uncertainty, and anxiety; social distancing/isolation; loneliness; and economic...
As stay-at-home orders began in some US states as a mitigation strategy for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission, Nielsen reported a 54% increase in national sales of alcohol for the week ending March 21, 2020, compared with 1 year before; online sales...
Change is not a concrete process, but rather, a fluid process. Individuals tend to move through different “stages of change” in the management of medical problems. These stages include: 1) precontemplation, 2) contemplation, 3) preparation, 4) action, and...
A caregiver can be any relative, partner, friend or neighbor who has a significant personal relationship with, and provides a broad range of assistance for a child or an adult with a chronic or disabling condition. These individuals may be primary or secondary...
Many randomized controlled trials in which motivational interviewing (MI) is a key intervention make no provision for the assessment of treatment fidelity. This methodological shortcoming makes it impossible to distinguish between high- and low-quality MI...
The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a nationwide public health surveillance system administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ). In 2018, SAMHSA reinstated...
This guide contains a foreword and five chapters. The chapters stand alone and do not need to be read in order. Each chapter is designed to be brief and accessible to healthcare providers, healthcare system administrators, community members, policymakers, and others...
