Advocacy

Advancing the Future of Healthcare

doctor pointing at tablet

Healthcare innovation will improve care in our communities.

Clinicians must be empowered to provide the right care whenever and wherever it is needed. Envision is advancing the future of healthcare by advocating for access to new technologies and treatments as well as a transition to value-based care.

View our current opportunities to engage with key policymakers at the link below.

What Is Value-Based Care?

Value-based care is a delivery model in which hospitals, clinicians and other providers are compensated based on patient outcomes. It differs from more traditional models in which payment is based on the volume of services provided.

Value-based care helps clinicians provide better care in their communities while boosting patients’ satisfaction and lowering their costs. Value-based care also improves healthcare access and can help reduce the healthcare disparities that have kept millions of people from living longer, more fulfilled lives.

We are committed to expanding value-based care where it exists and creating it where it does not.

Learn How Value-Based Care Can Reduce Healthcare Disparities

Learn how Innovations such as ET3 Keep Care in Communities

Envision physician with stethoscope Envision physician with stethoscope
 
 

Healthcare Innovation Improves Care in Our Communities

Along with payment models that emphasize quality, advancements in technology and treatment result in safe, timely, effective, patient-centered care. Our commitment to healthcare innovation means we routinely outperform Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality benchmarks.

In 2020, Envision:

Emergency department wait times were

50% lower

than the national average

Hospital readmission rates were

27% lower

than the national average

Radiology turnaround times were below the national standard of

30 minutes

and were 27% lower than the national benchmark for strokes

Opioid and sepsis adherence rates to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System were

99%

ADVOCACY

Our Healthcare Innovation Priorities

Improving Outcomes for Patients

When payment mechanisms are tied to results, we can improve outcomes and efficiencies so every person has access to the care they need. We support a transition to value-based care, a healthcare delivery model that determines hospital and clinician reimbursement based on patient outcomes.

Preserving Care in Our Communities

Hospital closures and clinician shortages have made it harder to access even routine healthcare in many communities. We support and advocate for government programs that offer innovative ways to keep care in our communities, such as CMS’s Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3).

Embracing New Technology

Healthcare innovations like virtual health empower clinicians to deliver the right care to patients — including those in medically-underserved locales — whenever and wherever they need it. We support policies that develop and enhance new healthcare technologies and that expand access to vital services.

Addressing Healthcare Disparities

CMS has initiated efforts to measure and address health inequities. We must expand these programs and encourage policymakers, including those at the state level, to provide additional resources to reduce healthcare disparities.

Envision Healthcare - Tejal Patel, MD

Tejal Patel, MD

Envision Physician Services Regional Medical Director

To keep up in our field, you always have to be learning. Just as we continue our medical education, we must also continue learning new technologies that help improve patient care.

Healthcare Innovation in Action at Envision

As a national medical group, Envision has the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of patients and drive positive change. Learn more about our efforts below.

Learn About the Future of Virtual Health