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Operator-grade notes on
value-based care.

Short founder letters and long-form playbooks for the teams that run risk-bearing contracts. V28, RADV, PDC, ECDS, and what we ship in between.

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Point of View · Catherine Zhao

AI Agents vs. Analytics Dashboards in Value-Based Care

A dashboard tells you what to do. An AI agent does it. Why value-based care leaders should stop buying analytics and start buying execution.

Buyer's Guide · Pelica Health team

Value-Based Care Software in 2026: A Buyer's Guide

A buyer's guide to value-based care software in 2026. How to choose between analytics platforms and AI execution layers, plus a fair vendor comparison.

Buyer's Guide · Pelica Health team

Best Risk Adjustment Software for IPAs and ACOs in 2026

A 2026 buyer's guide to the best risk adjustment software for IPAs and ACOs: what to look for, a fair vendor comparison, and how to evaluate RADV defensibility.

Comparison · Pelica Health team

Innovaccer Alternatives for Value-Based Care Teams in 2026

A fair comparison of Innovaccer, Arcadia, Navina, Reveleer, Pearl Health, and Pelica. The real fork is analytics versus an execution layer.

Comparison · Pelica Health team

Navina vs Reveleer: Prospective and Retrospective Risk Adjustment

Navina is prospective and point-of-care; Reveleer is retrospective chart review. Most risk-bearing orgs need both, and one record that closes the loop.

Comparison · Pelica Health team

Best HEDIS and Stars Software for Quality Teams in 2026

How to choose HEDIS and Stars software for the ECDS transition: pick for ECDS readiness and whether the tool closes gaps or only reports them.

Product · Catherine Zhao

What an AI Agent Does to Close a Care Gap

A step-by-step anatomy of how an AI agent closes a care gap: pull context, prioritize, decide, call, follow up, escalate only when needed, and document.

Risk Adjustment · Lalit Kundu

Prospective vs. Retrospective Risk Adjustment

Prospective vs. retrospective risk adjustment: how they differ on timing, data, and risk, and why running both on one record beats two vendors.

Risk Adjustment · Pelica Health team

How to Improve Your RAF Score Under V28

How to improve your RAF score under V28 without adding coders. The real levers: accurate suspecting, pre-claim flagging, and correct trumping.

HEDIS & Quality · Pelica Health team

AI for HEDIS Gap Closure: Close Care Gaps Faster

How AI closes HEDIS care gaps faster: prioritize gaps across data sources, route to the right coordinator, run multi-channel outreach, and document the close.

Stars & Quality · Pelica Health team

2027 Medicare Star Ratings Changes to Plan For

The 2027 Medicare Star Ratings changes to plan for: Tukey, guardrail removal, the equity-reward reversal, cut-point volatility, and measure weighting shifts.

Stars & Adherence · Pelica Health team

Triple-Weighted Part D Adherence Measures, Explained

Triple-weighted Part D adherence measures explained: diabetes, hypertension, and statin PDC, the 80% threshold, and the 2026 weighting change.

Member Engagement · Pelica Health team

Member Outreach Automation: Multi-Channel Done Right

Member outreach automation across email, voice AI, and SMS, run from one queue so no member gets three calls. What works, what is HIPAA and TCPA compliant.

Care Management · Pelica Health team

Transitions of Care: ADT Feeds to Action in 5 Days

Turn real-time ADT feeds into a worklist and post-discharge outreach inside the CMS TCM window: 2-day contact, follow-up within 5 days, fewer readmissions.

Security & Compliance · Lalit Kundu

Is Healthcare AI HIPAA Compliant? SOC 2 Type II

Yes, healthcare AI can be HIPAA compliant with a BAA, minimum-necessary access controls, SOC 2 Type II, and full audit trails. What each control actually means.

Operations · Catherine Zhao

The Real Cost of Vendor Portal Sprawl in VBC

Running value-based care on 8 to 15 vendor portals costs more than the licenses. Duplicate outreach, a BI bottleneck, and retrospective catch-up are the bill.

Provider Network · Pelica Health team

Provider Rep Practice Visit Prep with AI

What a provider network rep walks into a practice with when AI handles the prep. From a 90-minute scramble to a 15-minute agenda with every gap and ADT event.

Operations · Lalit Kundu

Replace the BI Ticket Queue With AI Questions

Why the BI team is a 3-week bottleneck, and how natural-language analytics with provenance changes the shape of the work without replacing BI.

Reference

Glossary · Pelica Health team

Glossary of Value-Based Care Terms

40 terms every VBC operator should know: RAF, HCC, V28, RADV, HEDIS, ECDS, PDC, MAO-004, ADT, TCM, JOC, MSSP, ACO REACH, and more, in plain English.

Operator guides

Risk Adjustment · Lalit Kundu

V28 Risk Adjustment Readiness: A 90-Day Playbook

CMS V28 cuts average MA risk scores by roughly 3% as the phase-in completes in 2026. Audit, operationalize, and defend in 90 days.

Stars & Adherence · Catherine Zhao

PDC Math: Why 5 Points Separates 4-Star from 2-Star

The three triple-weighted Part D adherence measures (diabetes, RAS, statins) move Stars more than any other lever. The math and the operational levers.

Audit Defense · Lalit Kundu

Building a RADV-Defensible HCC Capture Program from Scratch

The 2023 RADV rule made findings extrapolated and removed the FFS adjuster. Seven design choices that turn HCC capture into something that survives audit.

HEDIS & Quality · Catherine Zhao

The ECDS Transition: What Changes When Hybrid HEDIS Retires

NCQA retires hybrid HEDIS by 2029 in favor of ECDS-only measures. Supplemental data volumes increase 35x to 75x per measure. How to prepare now.

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