Innovating in 2014

CMS has developed an Innovation Center to address health care payment and service delivery models. It is a great site to find information about current Innovation Model Partners, and a place to share your ideas on how care can be delivered and paid for in ways that will lower care cost and improve quality of care. As always, the service to beneficiaries is at the heart of these initiatives, and for the program to continue, partners must be innovative.

There is also room for innovation within a Medicare health plan or Part D sponsor in terms of operations and compliance. You have heard that necessity is the mother of invention, and we often hear that departments need more money, more staff, and more technological resources in order to meet their needs.

This doesn’t mean that those needs are always met. That is why it is important to be creative with the tools and resources that you have. How can you implement best practices without the budget required? Without the outline or work plan for success? Have you developed a checklist of necessary things to do, and can you accomplish those things with the staff you have? Are you and your leadership all aware of what the highest risks are to the organization, and how those risks might be affecting Star ratings?

At this year’s GHG Forum, we will be addressing these types of issues facing our partners, and you will notice that we will consistently be encouraging innovation throughout the event. No problem is solved overnight — except perhaps the problem of getting a good night’s sleep — that can be solved overnight! Join us and fellow attendees to gain valuable insight into what works, what doesn’t, and allow necessity to spark inventive actions that you can take back to your organization. In the meantime, tell me what troubles you in your efforts to maintain an effective compliance program, or even in operational shortcomings. We are always happy to brainstorm and share ideas. You just might get a Forum discount code from me just for sharing your pain points.

Resources

Register today for The Annual GHG Forum held May 1-2 at the Red Rock Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. This two day event is designed to provide best practices for the decision makers of organizations serving Medicare members, Exchange beneficiaries, and the Dual eligible population.

On April 11, Bill MacBain and Jean LeMasurier will be back, and this time joined by John Gorman, Executive Chairman of GHG,  to offer insight on the Final Rate Announcement from CMS. You will walk away from this session with critical to-do items and issues to tackle in order to ensure your success in 2015 and beyond.   Register now >>