One of the questions for specialty and primary care provider organization executive teams is how to participate in integrated systems of care. There are a variety of models—and no right answer.

An ongoing process for assessing financial strength is important for all organizations, particularly in the dynamic health care market. An organization that appeared to be growing and financially strong six months ago, may be facing the possibility of staff layoffs and financial crises today.

During this session, Senior Associate Ken Carr discussed the OPEN MINDS Financial Assessment Tools Suite, made available at no charge through the support of NextGen Healthcare hosted on Whole-Person Care Headquarters.

This presentation took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute. Attendees heard from organizations on their pathways taken to succeed in ensuring care integration and service coordination for specific populations, addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), achieve whole person outcomes, and meet consumer and payer expectations.

This presentation took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute. In this case study session, attendees heard from organizations that are implementing innovative programs that incorporate social determinants of health into their whole person care strategies and are showing results.

According to new research from the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR), health systems and governments could benefit from investing in digital health upgrades to make health data interoperable with other data sources, which will allow a more complete view of population health needs and trends.

This presentation took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute. The speakers discussed best practices for information sharing and whole person health planning, pros and cons of different models for integrated care, and future of integrated care and how to deliver coordinated services effectively.

Earlier this year, the BHI Collaborative, a collection of eight national physician organizations, called on health plans and health care policymakers to join their initiative to add behavioral health to physician practices.

How can implementing and evaluating performance measures lead to effective whole-person care? What data should be collected, and how will it be collected? How can the data be utilized to create value-based payment structures? Our panelists answered these questions and gave examples from their experiences as they explained how they have used performance measures to implement value-based reimbursement in their organizations.

Health plans are investing significant resources in developing digital care models to facilitate whole-person care and address social determinants of health.