Catalyst Connection
Stay informed about Catalyst’s efforts to enable primary care for all. News, insights and blog posts from Catalyst and other industry thought leaders offer perspectives on the transformation of primary care and what we can all do to accelerate it.
Quality Measure Updates & Education: Depression Screenings
Catalyst is moving toward a more intentional approach to screen for depression in all patients and continuously seek ways to help automate this screening & new performance measures across the network.
E-Script Referral Process
As part of our network goal to Embrace Technology, we’re reminding you of our new E-script referral process. In piloting this new workflow, patient engagement with our support programs is estimated to have increased from 20 to 70 percent when compared to historical workflows.
Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2021
D CEO has named finalists in its fourth annual Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards, presented in partnership with the Communities Foundation of Texas and sponsored by Capital One. This year’s program attracted more than 500 nominations. After several judging sessions, a total of 112 finalists were named.
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Toolkit
This toolkit contains a suite of resources that your practice can use, both in-office and on social media, to combat vaccine hesitancy.
Christopher Crow of Catalyst Health Network Talks Access Issues, especially in Texas
Peter and Dr. Crow discuss how his small-town roots and doctors there inspired his thinking about access issues; his experience with patient-centered medical homes and setting patient access as a priority; how Catalyst supports physicians in improving access; and the lack of Medicaid expansion in Texas and how that affects…
Pandemic puts COPD and asthma in spotlight
Because COVID-19 is a respiratory virus, individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma fall into higher-risk categories for getting the disease. Read Article
UNTHSC Patient Safety Resource on Crash Bags
In this interactive video from UNTHSC, you’ll learn what a Crash Bag is and how to create one for your practice.
TMA Survey on the Impact of Ending “Incident-To” Payments
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) is concerned about recent moves by health plans to curtail the longstanding ability for practices to bill "incident-to" for services provided by nonphysician practitioners.
Helping Communities Thrive: Project Unity’s “Together We Vaccinate”
As we reach Month 13 of the pandemic, we wanted to share some of the work Catalyst Health Network is doing to stop COVID-19 in its tracks. In particular, Catalyst has provided Dallas non-profit Project Unity with COVID-19 vaccines for their “Together We Vaccinate”…
Christopher Crow, M.D., Discusses Why We Need a Marshall Plan for Primary Care
Catalyst Health Network CEO stresses the importance of moving from episodic fee-for-service payment to prospective payment models of care Read Article