Acute Care Outreach Team
In May 2022, VHAN established a new acute care outreach team for Connected Care of Middle Tennessee Medicare ACO patients.
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VHAN Achieves Largest-Ever Shared Savings Distribution
This year VHAN will distribute $17.7 million in shared savings and performance bonuses from Health Plans, Aetna, Aetna MA, United Healthcare and Humana contracts, thanks to our members’ outstanding performance in 2021.
Meet Our VHAN Social Work Team
Patients in need of care often face social and emotional barriers to health improvement. And sometimes these barriers don’t come up during doctor visits.
VHAN’s Pamela Bruce Joins NAACOS Quality Committee
VHAN’s Pamela Bruce, Director, Quality and Clinical Transformation, has joined the NAACOS Quality Committee. This committee evaluates quality initiatives and requirements related to ACOs, while focusing on the role of quality performance in population-based payment models. The NAACOS Quality Committee also works to develop and guide the NAACOS quality strategy as it relates to Medicare ACO models including the Shared Savings Programs and other payers with ACO contracts. Congratulations, Pam!
Helping Patients Find Hope: VHAN’s First Project ECHO Helps Pediatricians Manage Rising Rates of Pediatric Depression
VHAN’s behavioral health team took on the challenge of managing pediatric depression by making it the subject of the network’s first Project ECHO program. Project ECHO seeks to address population health differences with low-cost, high-impact interventions.
Antibiotic Stewardship Program Helps Ensure Appropriate Usage
To manage the dual challenges of prescribing antibiotics appropriately and preventing unnecessary usage, VHAN launched a new Antibiotic Stewardship Program.
Reducing ED Utilization for Migraines
The American Migraine Foundation found that fewer than 5% of patients who suffer from migraines have been seen by a health care provider, received an accurate diagnosis and obtained appropriate care.
Statin and Adherence Outreach Helps Maximize Medication Benefits
According to a 2017 study in Annals of Internal Medicine, 20-30% of medication prescriptions are never filled, and about 50% of medications for chronic disease are not taken as prescribed.
Alert VHAN Pharmacist Delivers Lifesaving Care to Blind Patient
Coordinated care provides multiple touchpoints to ensure that no symptom goes untreated, and no patient falls through the cracks. At Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN), clinical pharmacists, social workers and nurse care navigators collaborate to deliver proactive, timely care to patients who need it most.
For Population Health Clinical Pharmacist Lauren Cook, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, VHAN’s cooperative approach means staying alert for complications that may arise unexpectedly with patients. Cook’s vigilance recently helped a 64-year-old blind patient avoid a potentially catastrophic health event.