CentraState is pleased to introduce a new Movement Disorder Program led by Jia Zhen Cheng, MD, who brings focused expertise in movement disorders to our patients and community. Designed to facilitate early diagnosis and intervention for neurodegenerative conditions, the program is offered in collaboration with OceanFirst Rehabilitation Center with multidisciplinary insight from psychiatry, neuroradiology, [...]
The COVID-19 crisis has been a surreal experience for many – especially for those on the front lines of care. And even more so for caregivers who themselves became infected with the virus. With an early cluster of cases at CentraState, physician leaders quickly realized that an innovative approach to delivering care was needed. [...]
Early on in the COVID-19 crisis, CentraState chief medical officer James Matera, DO, recognized that treating patients with COVID-19 required new parameters for care. To handle the influx of patients, he worked with physician leaders to quickly mobilize a COVID-19 Response Team dedicated solely to treating patients with the disease. “COVID-19 was such a [...]
As social distancing restrictions become more relaxed after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and physician offices begin to reopen, here are some guidelines and tips for a smoother transition. American Medical Association Physician Practice Guide to Reopening Medical Group Management Association Tip Sheet (pdf) Getting Back to Business Roadmap from Curi (pdf) [...]
The premium that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) compensates Medicare Advantage Plans is based on underlying health conditions of Medicare Advantage enrollees. These conditions are determined by a risk adjustment factor which is calculated using the enrollee’s age, sex, disability, Medicaid, and diagnosis codes. The conditions are identified through ICD-10 codes submitted [...]
The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that promotes Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for advanced diagnostic imaging. AUC are evidence-based criteria that assist professionals who order and furnish certain imaging services to make the most appropriate treatment decisions for a specific [...]
The trend across payers is to develop episodes of care for certain disease states, particularly when identifying high cost/high gaps in care among a patient population. This is part of what population health is all about. Stedman’s Dictionary defines an episode of care as “all services provided to a patient with a medical problem [...]
An overriding goal in medicine is to decrease variability in the way chronic disease is treated. Clinical research can have important implications in defining the latest standards of care, so we make every effort to keep our clinicians up to date on the most current research findings. One recent study shows promising results for [...]
Family Practice of CentraState is now in its third year of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), which is a CMS Advanced Payment Model that aims to strengthen primary care through payment reform and care delivery transformation. This model provides additional financial resources and flexibility to help make investments, improve quality and access of care, and [...]
Through the Practice Unite app, a preferred method of communication for PHO members, PHO physicians can quickly and easily link their patients to population health programs available at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center. These evidence-based programs feature registered nurse health coaches who serve as a virtual arm of the physician practice [...]
