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Pursuing Value in Long-Term Care

Ryan Kesner — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:00:31 +0000

Pursuing value in long-term care starts today. Prioritizing the improvement of care quality for its more than 6,000 beneficiaries, LTC ACO has joined forces with Third Eye Health, the leading virtual provider for post-acute and long-term care.

This newly formed partnership makes 24/7 physician access for LTC ACO beneficiaries a reality.

As the nation’s first long-term care Medicare Shared Savings Program, LTC ACO’s success requires an all-hands approach aligning providers, long-term care facilities and health systems to increase value by improving quality and reducing costs. Partnering with Third Eye Health will have a profound impact on the value created by LTC ACO. With over half a million encounters, Third Eye Health successfully maintains a 90% treat in place rate by providing immediate virtual physician access during nights, after-hours, weekends, and holidays.

EHR integrations and the ability to communicate via video, text, and shared photos, makes thorough physician evaluations possible to when in-person physician visits are not available. With Third Eye Health, LTC ACO beneficiaries can now be treated in place as soon as a change in condition is noticed, reducing their risk of complications or hospital acquired infections, and ultimately saving the cost of unnecessary readmissions.

An added benefit of this new union lies with skilled nursing facilities qualifying for LTC ACO partnership. Once implemented with Third Eye Health, the facility’s virtual physician accessibility will be available to all residents, not just the long-term care beneficiaries, and at no additional expense of adopting a telehealth program.

Both LTC ACO and Third Eye Health have admirable track records. In 2019, LTC ACO experienced a 19.6% cost savings rate with a 94.5% quality score resulting in Medicare fee-for-service savings and earning the ACO $18.8 million in shared savings distribution. The expectation from the inclusion of Third Eye Health’s physician services and telehealth technology is to drive the quality and healthcare efficiencies by keeping beneficiaries in place to receive care.

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LTC ACO Partnership is More than Telehealth

Ryan Kesner — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:47 +0000

Third Eye Health is more than just telehealth, it is a comprehensive virtual care solution to improve the overall quality of care in post-acute and long-term settings. LTC ACO acknowledged this when the two organizations announced their partnership earlier this year. Comprised of secure, EHR-integrated mobile telehealth technology, Third Eye Health also boasts a large practice of over 75 experienced physicians nationwide. These two elements, telehealth technology and physicians, are vital to successfully treating beneficiaries in place, but Third Eye Health provides one more essential component – care coordination.

The Difference

Every site with access to Third Eye Health telehealth technology and physician services receives a dedicated Care Coordination Manager, who is fundamental in providing warm hand-offs back to the primary care team following all Third Eye Health encounters. Every day, Care Coordination Managers, who are nurses by trade, review the details of each consult for quality assurance, looking at notes and orders. As the primary care team and providers are just beginning their days, they receive a secure, custom care summary from the Care Coordination Manager.

The Care Coordination team reviews all Third Eye Health physician encounters, serving as a second set of eyes and ensuring the proper treatment and care of each beneficiary. They also recognize areas where protocols and procedures may need to be tightened up and work with post-acute and long-term care leadership to improve those procedures and enhance quality initiatives affecting care 24/7, not just when Third Eye Health is on call.

Much like physician access and telehealth technology, long-term care facilities qualifying for LTC ACO sponsorship will have the added benefit of Third Eye Health’s care coordination services available to all residents, not just LTC ACO beneficiaries. With these extensions of Third Eye Health in place, it is certain that outcomes will improve for all involved, while returns to the hospital and unnecessary readmissions will diminish.

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Provider Groups and Third Eye Health Align with LTC ACO

Ryan Kesner — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:15 +0000

LTC ACO brought on the leading telehealth provider for post-acute and long-term care, Third Eye Health, earlier this year to enhance its quality improvement efforts. Their partnership marks the first of its kind where providers, health systems and now telehealth are aligned in rolling out quality initiatives to reduce the cost of long-term care. Together, they work toward a common goal of positively moving the needle for outcomes and quality measures that impact the value of care they are providing.

By adding Third Eye Health to the mix, beneficiaries now can be consulted by a physician at their bedside 24/7. When an in-person visit is not possible on nights, after-hours, weekends, or holidays, Third Eye physicians can be reached within minutes and consult a beneficiary right in place, positively influencing the caliber of care beneficiaries receive. They no longer risk being transferred to the ER for conditions or issues that could be treated in place.

Provider groups are especially supportive of this new partnership between LTC ACO and Third Eye Health. Being relieved of call, they can rest easy knowing beneficiaries will continue to receive high quality care. In turn, providers get their weekends and evening back, restoring a proper balance between work and personal life and improving their overall professional satisfaction.

The clinical expertise from the Third Eye Health physicians complements the care from the primary providers. Protocols and processes established by the Medical Director are carried through by Third Eye Health physicians and medical alerts are provided following all Third Eye Health consultations. Additionally, with secure EHR integrations, Third Eye Health physicians can review medical records, protocols, as well as write notes and orders that are sent directly into the medical record. This transparency enables warm hand-offs from the primary provider to the Third Eye Health physician and then back to the primary provider, again.

Around the clock care has several advantages appealing to those provider groups affiliated with LTC ACO. Primarily, the ability to treat in place when a change of condition is first noticed prevents the condition from worsening. This also prevents the heightened risk associated with transfers to the ER, including added stressors during transportation and exposure to new illnesses, which can be taxing on the beneficiary’s clinical outcomes. The likelihood of readmission once in the ER is also high and comes with a large price tag attached. Additionally, there is no guarantee that the beneficiary will be discharged back to the same facility following readmission.

With Third Eye Health now available to reduce the returns to the hospital during nights, after-hours, weekends, and holidays, LTC ACO and its affiliates see this partnership as vital to driving further value. Beneficiaries are treated in place. Clinical outcomes improve. Returns to acute care and hospital readmissions decrease. And beneficiaries remain within the clinically integrated network for care. Care quality rises while associated costs are minimized.

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Post-Acute Providers

Ryan Kesner — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:01:12 +0000

Post-Acute Providers

In supporting post-acute and long-term providers with after-hours coverage enabled by our telehealth solution and care coordination, we maintain a consistent level of care for patients 24/7 while offering primary care providers an improved quality of life.

“Our providers have experienced a better work-life balance since Third Eye Health started taking calls. The medical expertise of the Third Eye Health physicians complements the standards of care of our own providers’ practice. Knowing that trusted medical experts are overseeing the care of their patients gives our providers the opportunity to truly relax on nights and weekends, a positive impact when it comes to reducing burnout.”

–Richard A. Feifer, MD, MPH, FACP, President, Genesis Physician Services, Chief Medical Officer, Genesis HealthCare

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Skilled Nursing Facilities

Ryan Kesner — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:05:13 +0000

Skilled Nursing Facilities

Our experienced board-certified physicians provide after-hours coverage for post-acute and long-term care providers, enabled by our secure EHR-integrated telehealth technology. We improve clinical outcomes by treating patients in place at the bedside, preventing hospital readmissions.

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