In 2020, the VHAN Pharmacy Team worked with about 1,400 patients to optimize medications for chronic disease management, transitions of care and polypharmacy. Here’s one example of how VHAN pharmacy support helped one patient manage her complex medical conditions.
As a family medicine physician at Weatherstone Family Wellness, a part of the Highpoint Health System, Dr. Logan and his colleagues balance preventive care such as cancer screenings with COVID-19 treatment and vaccinations for their patients in Portland, Tennessee.
One of Dr. Odom’s missions is to educate colleagues on how to leverage Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs), document HCCs and improve RAF scores while staying in compliance with the coding and documentation requirements for those visits.
Michelle Griffith, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and an endocrinologist at VUMC, and Erin Neal, PharmD, MMHC, Director of Population Health Pharmacy Services, explain how the pandemic has been a driving force for positive change in innovation and the rapid cycle development of new diabetes care models.
On a recent episode of VHAN’s miniVHAN Mondays podcast, Dr. Ernie Buchanan of Upper Cumberland Family Physicians (UCFP) and network Regional Medical Director for Cookeville, TN, talked about UCFP’s challenges as a rural practice, and why they rely on VHAN’s support as a clinically integrated network.
Women’s Group of Franklin was an early adopter of streamlined referral processes that better align primary and specialty care services with the ultimate goal of improving the patient experience.
One of VHAN’s newest members, the Children’s Clinic of Nashville, is experiencing success with adolescent well visit engagement by leveraging technology, using reports and implementing a team-based approach.
By implementing telehealth visits and prioritizing Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) and regular physicals, Catherine Stober, MD, and her team at Vanderbilt Medical Group Green Hills achieved a 97% AWV completion rate in 2020.
The Jackson Clinic created a robust transitions of care system in 2015, to ensure providers are notified when patients go to the emergency department or are admitted to the hospital.