(MO09) Value-Based Care: How Can the Dollars Make Sense?

Monday, March 11, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Room: 304

CME: (1) MOC: (1) CMD Management: (1) NP Pharmacology Hours ()

Session Chair/Speaker(s)

Cathy Lipton, MD, CMD (she/her/hers)

National Medical Director
Optum
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationships.

Speaker(s)

Laurent Adler, MD, CMD (he/him/his)

Sr Medical Director
Optum Sr Community Care
Atlanta, Georgia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.
Erik Peloquin

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

Cathy Lipton, MD, CMD: No relevant financial relationships.

Laurent Adler, MD, CMD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Brent Cantrell: No financial relationships to disclose.

Erik Peloquin: No financial relationships to disclose.

This session will provide an overview of the expense management process in a large national ISNP. Topics will include the recommended makeup of a multidisciplinary team, how the team analyzes information to identify areas of potential cost savings, and various strategies to address these opportunities. The role of the Medical Director as an advocate for patient-centered decision making and ensuring quality of care will be explored.

Ensuring that patient/family goals of care are met within a value-based environment will be addressed. Examples of actual expense management initiatives and their outcomes will be shared.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Define the role of the Medical Director in an expense management program.
With their leadership teams, compare which cost drivers can be impacted by an expense management program.
Recognize opportunities addressed within the vignette presented and within their own practices.