Tag: Zach Gantt
Encore’s ‘pro-DME’ model takes off
September 1, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare’s NEXUS software crossed the 100,000-patient mark in August, a sign the company is “at a different scale” with its respiratory management services, says CEO Zach Gantt.
“We’re more than 130,000 patients in our various different programs, including NEXUS and our tele-respiratory program, as of this week,” Gantt, RRT, FAARC, said in August. “They’re from all 50 states.”
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Clinical Outcomes: Own the home
April 13, 2022Zach Gantt
Q. How can I leverage my new expertise with outcomes-based models for payer contracts?
A. It’s about continuing to manage goals and broadening outcomes. Payers have members, not patients. That means your perspective in the home has to expand beyond the disease (like COPD) to factors that influence overall health. Are there other factors, such as poorly managed or undiagnosed co-morbidities, that need to be raised to a physician? Are there social factors, such as lack of transportation,...
Clinical Outcomes: Use outcomes to open doors
March 9, 2022Zach Gantt
Q. Why should I manage “beyond the box” when that's what I'm getting paid for?
A. Patient-focused outcomes are rapidly becoming how home care is evaluated, not just compliance data. In other words, yes, providers may be paid today based on equipment, but they will be selected based upon their ability to document and drive outcomes. CMS plans to have 100% of reimbursement tied to quality and outcomes by the year 2030. This means everyone providing patient care will have...
Clinical Outcomes: Know the reason why
February 8, 2022Zach Gantt
Q. What are the components of an outcome-based program?
A. Traditional expectations of DME services are focused on therapy compliance and basic equipment education – that's the starting point. Value-based models demand a provider move from product-centered care to patient-centered care. The key to a successful transition to these models is adding sophisticated clinical metrics on top of excellent compliance results. These clinical metrics measure goal performance, objective...
Clinical Outcomes: Develop reputation for excellence
January 12, 2022Zach Gantt
Q. Why are outcomes in the home respiratory care space becoming so important?
A. Health care delivery in the U.S. is rapidly changing with emerging value-based care, accountable care organizations and other at-risk models. Hospitals, physician groups and payers are on the hook for creating better outcomes at a lower cost.
The best way to accomplish this is finding partners in post-acute care who have the willingness and ability to effect change with chronic patient populations....
Encore is NEXUS between respiratory therapy, outcomes
December 17, 2021Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – With more than 27,000 patients now managed through NEXUS, Encore Healthcare was able to publish studies in CHEST and other journals recently that show its respiratory therapy management software improves outcomes.
Among the key take-aways from the studies: NEXUS can reduce hospital admissions by about 60% and it can improve medication management by about 41%.
“We’re at a tipping point,” said Zach Gantt,...
It's time for RTs to get proactive
April 26, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
Zach Gantt grew up in a family of respiratory therapists who owned DME companies and was cleaning and filling oxygen tanks by age 12. Gantt, vice president of health management services for Alana Healthcare, was recently elected president of the Tennessee Society for Respiratory Care. Gantt took a breather recently to tell HME News why it's so important for RTs to get onboard with healthcare changes.
HME News: Why doesn't COPD get more attention?
Zach Gantt: For most people, their idea...