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Healthcare Defined

Providing a foundation for understanding to help shape decisions.

Healthcare policy decisions often hinge on public understanding of complex medical concepts, yet health policy is frequently unclear and constantly evolving. Our Healthcare Defined series cuts through this complexity by providing clear, accessible explanations of essential healthcare terms and frameworks. These resources empower policymakers and their teams with the language needed to make informed decisions.

Have a healthcare term or policy concept you'd like us to define in our next publication? We welcome suggestions and requests at PublicPolicySolutions@NovantHealth.org.

Student Loans & Primary Care

Highlighting certain clinician roles and policies related to student loans and primary care.

MACRA

The value-based care structure for Medicare patients and clinicians per the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) legislation.

Alternative payment models

Key alternative payment models (APMs) that attempt to improve health care through different value-based care strategies.

Value-based care

Value-based care (VBC) seeks to improve patient health by changing the way care is delivered. This guide defines key terms and benefits for patients.

21st Century Cures Act

Defining key provisions of the act that outline patients' rights to access their own medical information.

Federally Qualified Health Centers

How gaining Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) status helps clinics expand healthcare access in underserved populations.

Deciphering hospital admission status

A patient's admission status can determine how the patient is medically treated and billed, as well as how the hospital is paid.

Navigating insurance

This guide highlights the benefits and drawbacks of different insurance plans.

Understanding Medicare components

Different parts of Medicare cover different services. Our resource explains how coverage is organized and how patients access care.

Understanding population health programs

Curious how ACOs, MCOs, and value-based care models actually work? This guide breaks them down.

Sepsis definitions across three decades

Sepsis definitions can share policy and payment. See how sepsis has been defined and why it matters for care and coverage.

Health & home services: care models

Hospital-at-home? Home care? HCBS? We clarify what these home-cased care models mean for patients and policy.

Understanding medical coding systems

Coding systems work as billing and payment partners to identify conditions, services, supplies and costs. Learn about the types and their functions.

A guide to care after hospitalization

Our guide offers an overview of post-acute and senior care programs and what they offer for patients that require ongoing care.
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