Knowledge Center

During a July webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Nascate — James Lawson, Nascate’s Executive Vice President of business development and marketing, discussed… Read More

Covid-19 has brought a significant disruption in health care utilization, which caused 2020 to look very different from previous years. Changes include short and long… Read More

I think my colleague Joe gets the overview right .. “At their core, risk-based models should inspire the flexibility to deliver care in the manner… Read More

I think the factors and discussion outlined here apply to all payers transitioning from FFS to value. The bottom line is that you can only… Read More

There is much to unpack here. Trust, Influence and Adherence are tied together. I have rambled on at length about the health care delivery system… Read More

I think this pair of blog entries are worth a read. I also think this entry gets at some important suggestions for transitioning the MSSP… Read More

This is a very useful overview of what is driving change in the Post-Acute Care (PAC)  market. I might add that the COVID disruption needs… Read More

I agree ,agree, agree with this. If payment incentives drive care – and they do — then this needs to be a cornerstone. But providers… Read More

This is interesting but rather dense … so here are my take aways … Healthcare spending is not perfectly associated with health burden, and for… Read More

When you weigh the need to preserve our healthcare providers, and physician access in particular, and you think about FFS and COVID you can only… Read More

This is a report that echos so many others … but the point is a useful reminder – and clearly knowing and addressing are two… Read More

Nascate has begun to address the key questions around network curation, provider options and more. The Nascate Provider Recommendation Engine builds on a proven AI model,… Read More

The relative success of PCP capitation, and the failure (lack of market uptake) of episode based payment for me points to an opportunity. Nascate has… Read More

This has always been a poorly implemented distortion within the existing FFS structure. It helped inflate practice values for acquiring hospitals, confused countless patients in terms… Read More

Commitment to improving care needs to be matched by ongoing efforts to understand the results of our efforts and continued redeployment of resource investments to… Read More

I thought this is a useful quick read. The idea of defining the outcomes being solved for via a framework is a good place to start…. Read More

This is a very realistic vision for telemedicine. It will be a very useful advance in care delivery … but it is not an attractive… Read More

I find this an interesting discussion — on the assumed sustainability of the MSSP program and shared savings. For me it misses the BIG POINT… Read More

Should this be a surprise? There may be many valid reasons to deploy a wellness program across a broad non-targeted employee population – making employees… Read More

The criteria here applies to more than home care … it really boils down to flexibility and innovation – enabled by some form of risk… Read More

Is this the future of adult primary care? Does it offer a better member/patient experience? Can the SDOH barriers be addressed? I think the answer… Read More

Remember Little Red Riding Hood -the porridge was too hot, too cold and just right. Well payers and ACOs have been trying to change behavior… Read More

An important objective that has, unfortunately taken on a life of its own and has outlasted its utility and value. I don’t have the answer…. Read More

I think this is an important read for both payers and providers … and does a nice job of outlining going forward considerations and challenges…. Read More

I think the ACO programs that are based on shared savings are in an untenable position. Shared savings is a middle ground … between “no… Read More

Adapting with the Modern World The speed of change in how care is delivered is impressive. The reality however should be sobering to all —… Read More

Looking for something to listen to while working from home? Check out this podcast that takes a deep dive into how COVID-19 is changing the… Read More

I have a sense that this current crisis may be the push that value and risk needed to push FFS payment methods off their perch… Read More

Our team at Nascate has, from the beginning, based our work on a simple idea – People and their behaviors have been under-valued in trying… Read More