Seeking the Best Outcome
South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) practices a value-based healthcare model. Value-based is a better-positioned incentive that seeks to improve a patient’s overall health and outcome in a measurable way. Under this model, providers are paid based on patient outcomes rather than a fee-for-service model that ties reimbursements to the number of healthcare services delivered.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that six in ten adults have at least one chronic disease, and four in ten adults have two or more chronic conditions. The management of these disease processes has become a focal point for healthcare organizations like SC & GA HC, which are looking to close care gaps and promote proactive care management.
Dr. Amber Green with SC & GA HC recently recorded a podcast for LTC University. In the podcast, she explains the Risk Adjustment Factor score and why value-based healthcare is such a critical model for patients within the SC & GA HC system. With 21 years’ experience as a family nurse practitioner and 12 years’ experience consulting and training healthcare organizations, and practices across the US, Dr. Green believes the most significant failure of our healthcare system is that we don’t treat the whole patient.
Dr. Green is passionate about a holistic approach to medicine and stated that “at the end of the day, we need to put our heads down on our pillows and know that we have done the best job we can do to provide the best care because we know that is what will yield the best outcome.”
SC House Calls & GA House Calls is a network of over 250 medical professionals providing In-home medical house calls and Telehealth visits to Private Residences, Assisted Living Communities, and Skilled Nursing Facilities. SC House Calls serves all 46 Counties of South Carolina. New patient registration, appointments, and 24-7 access to medical professionals is available through its Center for Telehealth @ 800-491-0909
Resources/References
Centers for Disease Article (CDC)
LTC University Podcast with Dr. Amber Green
SC House Calls Home Page