The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have stated a goal to have all beneficiaries covered under an accountable or value-based care arrangement by 2030.
That means that as of today, January 1, 2024, for those of us working in Healthcare, we now have six short years to transition our Clinical Technology Workflows from Fee-For-Service (FFS) to Value-Based Care (VBC) payment models.
We have just six years to move from a Provider-Centric Model to a truly Person-Centric Care Model. We need to make this change to succeed in this new environment CMS is creating. Even more, we need to make this change for each person that needs to use our healthcare system in the coming years.
Individual, longitudinal, holistic care plan with a focus not only on care but on an individual’s quality of life.
One simple example of the kind of guidance I can help with is: We have a need to move from multiple patient portals (one for each provider) to one single portal that provides a focus on the total person (holistic) and presents their data longitudinally for wellness and prevention. I have assisted two organizations in their consideration of how to create such a portal. Even more important, in a Board or Advisor position, I can help in early-stage assessment of ideas across the entire spectrum of care.
Together, we can create strategic plans to take advantage of this changing environment for success now and in the future.
I have a depth and breadth of experience in most facets of healthcare (business, clinical, national, and stakeholder associations) which provides unique overall knowledge in helping in the transition to the new person centric holistic, longitudinal Value Based Care system of care. The following are samplings of my leadership and involvement in the evolution of the long-term post-acute care space:
I am the Founder of The NinthWave ConceptTM and apply this concept to recognize clinical technology and business healthcare trends as well as the direction of Legislative and Regulatory agencies policy in healthcare. The result is to project and plan the corporation's Strategy to the end objective. The Ninth-WaveTM of opportunity that is more significant than all others. Identifying and riding the NinthWaveTM requires knowledge, experience, data, and analytics.
Learn MoreIn my many years of Healthcare hands-on “C” Level experience I have been involved in many NinthWaveTM Opportunities including: A Pharmaceutical Treatment enabling the closing of the Large Mental Hospitals; Marketing Technology to enhance diagnostics; and more recently at President Bush’s 2004 Executive Memo (EM) Press Conference to Digitize Healthcare Information Technology. In 2004, when then Secretary Thompson asked me to coordinate Long-Term Care Health IT The NinthWaveTM of opportunity was created. In 2009 President Obama enhanced built on the Digitization of healthcare with the passing of the HITECH ACT which increased the NinthWaveTM of opportunity. Much to the distress of the Long-Term Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Person and Provider segment of care, LTPAC was eliminated from the NinthWaveTM of funding provided by the HITECH Act.
Leadership with Vision and Strategic Planning
Board Level Advisory based on Today and Future Projections
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Marketing Knowledge and Market Planning
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Since 2000 I have been involved in writing numerous articles on Long-Term and Post Acute Care. These settings include, but are not limited to, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities, Home Care Agencies, Long-Term Hospitals, and PACE (Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly). My knowledge has been increased by being a Congressional Appointed member of the HITECH Act Federal Advisory Committee on IT Standards; SVP/CIO for a billion-dollar Multiple Provider Corporation; Interim CIO during COVID of a Regional SNF Company; On the Board of Trustees for the CCHIT; and cofounder of the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, which holds near weekly calls since 2005, (see www.LTPACHIT.org).
Now 87, Derr is completing his 60th year in healthcare. To many, he is known as a former executive vice president at the American Health Care Association and former CIO of Golden Living.
He’s also in his 21st year as a technical affairs leader for ADVION, where executive vice president Cynthia Morton describes him as “a guy who really moved the needle nationally for LTC in health information technology.”
But that barely scratches the surface of the companies, federal panels, advisory boards and other endeavors he’s taken part in. From pharmacy to nuclear medicine breakthroughs to imaging technology and healthcare software, Derr has seemed to only increase the complexity of his pursuits as he’s aged.
This post is a tribute to another person behind the scenes in long-term care, someone who has blended the field of aging with the field of technology. Over the past several decades, without any fanfare, this man has shaped the standards and vision of technology and aging, particularly long term care, in ways that will benefit the industry for decades to come. Join me as we raise a verbal toast to Mr. John Derr.
I’ve known John for over a decade, not as a close friend, just as a casually friendly acquaintance. My respect for him has always been immense. I first met him when Golden Living had him come to our office to evaluate iN2L. We were a fledging startup working out of a residential duplex with maybe 3 or 4 employees. He treated me and our team with a tremendous amount of respect that I will never forget. Our technology holes were blatant at that time but he appreciated our passion and the fact we jumped off the cliff to start something. Not once sense of patronization at our inexperience and lack of resources
John Frederick Derr is recognized for his expertise as a senior strategy consultant with the LORAN Consulting Group.
John Frederick Derr, RPh, FASCP, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A skilled healthcare executive with more than six decades of excellence in managing skilled nursing, assisted living, mental health and hospice facilities, Mr. Derr has earned distinction as a senior strategy consultant for the LORAN Consulting Group. Since 2016, he has focused his efforts on providing assistance for healthcare professionals, specializing in the regulatory domain and strategic clinical technology that is capable of helping post-acute care providers with novel care delivery and payment models.
