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Jonathan Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, professor of dermatology and director of clinical research and patch testing at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and chair of the Revolutionizing Atopic Dermatitis (RAD) conference, discusses some of the symposia and events at this year's conference that he is looking forward to the most.

Kaiser Permanente announced that it expects to acquire Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health. Kaiser’s move is part of a larger plan — Geisinger will be the first health system to join Risant Health, a new company Kaiser launched to operate nonprofit health systems under value-based care models. Kaiser said it expects to invest $5 billion in Risant and fold five or six health systems into the company over the next five years.

MedCity News connected with Global Health Leader at EY, Aloha McBride, to share details on the company's upcoming survey on what consumers are looking for in value-based care.

A shift from fee-for-service payment models to value-based models is not an effective way to address the severe financial pressures that safety net hospitals are facing, experts argued at the HIMSS conference in Chicago. One called for a paradigmatic shift “away from cost savings and toward understanding where investments are needed.”

The National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Spring Managed Care Forum 2023 will highlight topics in value-based care from a business standpoint and managed care decision-making across a host of disease settings on April 27-28 in Orlando, Florida.

Nicole Rosendale, MD, assistant professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco, neurologist/neurohospitalist, talks about how data on the LGBTQ+ community in the neurology space is needed in order to provide effective value-based health care.

Shruti Agnihotri, MD, associate professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham, discusses how value-based care can help patients who experience neurologic chronic disease states after COVID-19, in addition to patients with conditions like stroke and dementia.

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Using evidence and being open-minded are 2 strategies for providers shifting to new models of delivering care, says Lee A. Norman, MD, MHS, MBA, senior medical director for Optum Care Kansas City.

Patients are struggling to find the right care, and that's because the healthcare system is fragmented, according to Andrea Walsh, president and CEO of HealthPartners, an integrated healthcare provider and insurance company. Walsh made these comments Wednesday at the HIMSS 2023 conference in Chicago.