In Conversation with Joseph Conte

In Conversation

with Joseph Conte

In a recent episode of the AHHA’s podcast, Alison Verhoeven spoke with Joseph Conte, Executive Director, Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS) in the United States about how SI PPS is improving the delivery of care and care outcomes for the region’s Medicaid and uninsured populations.

The Staten Island Performing Provider System was one of 25 organisations created by the New York State Department of Health to implement the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program. The focus of this program is the six million New Yorkers who are on government health insurance, Medicaid, and those affected by disparities and health inequity.

SI PPS works with a range of providers and incentivises them to reduce excessive and preventable care. SI PPS has a strong focus on measurement. The measurement of outcomes informs how they incentivise providers, what programs are successful and how individuals are responding to support.

Adopting a 360 degree view of the patient, and more broadly the residents of the region, is of particular importance to SI PPS. In the podcast, Joe discussed the impact the social determinants of health have on wellbeing and health outcomes with an example being the effect on hospitalisations. SI PPS’s data consistently finds that emergency department presentations are nearly 40% higher with individuals who do not have social determinants of health support and hospitalisations are about 25% higher.

In the last year SI PPS screened over 25,000 individuals for social determinants of health programming needs. Of this group, 18,000 were provided with support services including food pantry access, medically tailored meals and support to access virtual care.

To hear more about the inspiring work of Joseph Conte and the Staten Island Performing Provider System, listen to the full episode here: soundcloud. com/ahhapodcast. You can also catch Joe at the upcoming Value-Based Health Care Conference taking place 27—28 May 2021. For more information about the Value-Based Health Care Conference visit: ciccancer.com/vbhcconf.