HELP NEEDED: CCM and Clinical Coding

As value based care pushes harder on the physician community, clinicians are asking for help around the clinical and the administrative pieces.  Hopefully we all have heard of CCM. CCM services are designed to guide and support patients who have multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). CCM services include electronic and phone

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BPCI results not quite on target

The Lewin Report shares – we may not have the answer yet to medical cost saving, driving quality, and improving outcomes, as noted in the final October 2018 Lewin Report  https://downloads.cms.gov/files/cmmi/bpci-models2-4-yr5evalrpt.pdf BPCI shows saving in post acute care; not in the clinical care pre-acute or acute setting. BPCI Results:  “Under

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Value is becoming mandatory.

Secretary Azar spoke at the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaboration Conference and reported “real experimentation with episodic bundles requires a willingness to try mandatory models.”  https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/azar-announces-mandatory-oncology-payment-model-is-coming  We see that value based care is no longer optional; it is a mandate. However, this is still no cheat sheet on how to do

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We are thankful

During this time of year, we are thankful for our family, health, and wellbeing. At indigo, everyday we look to engage and enable the healthcare community to make certain health care is affordable, accessible, and the next steps in the care journey are clear. We are working to align in

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Chronic Disease

The care and data challenges surface when a patient has 2 more chronic conditions. The management may be spilt between the primary care physician and a specialist such as a nephrologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, and oncologist. The primary disease or condition may be managed by a specialist but the question -who

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Part of our job is making your life easier

Part of our job in making your life easier around risk adjustment and quality management is keeping you informed. Indigo wants to ensure your see the path laid to 2020 and ensure your have the essential building blocks for success. We should read The Commonwealth Fund November brief on Moving

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Welcome to Indigo.

Welcome to indigo. We are your partner in engagement company. The tactics around risk adjustment and quality are getting harder and harder to manage and compliantly, meaningfully move; that is where indigo steps in. We are your collaborator in risk adjustment and quality enablement services. There are so many vendors

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