The Role of HealthIT in Driving Payer-Provider-Employer Collaboration – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/9 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Heather Lavoie (@HSLavoie) from @Geneia on the topic of “The Role of HealthIT in Driving Payer-Provider-Employer Collaboration.”

2018 is shaping up to be another year of healthcare change, disruption and consolidation. In the past three months alone, more than $140 billion in healthcare deals have been announced, most notably the CVS Aetna merger. The news Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan are collaborating to simplify employee healthcare dominated industry headlines and moved the market.
In the years since ACA was enacted, there has been increasing action towards payer provider convergence. ACOs and value-based care models continue to gain traction. The early success stories showing improved costs, quality and outcomes are characterized by greater alignment and collaboration among payers and providers. More recently, employers and employer coalitions are joining these efforts to work together with their payer and provider partners to reverse decades of increasing costs and declining employee health.
Reference Materials:

The Connection Between Payer Provider Convergence, Rising-Risk and Lucy
Chilmark Research Convergence Conference Recap
The Unique Opportunity Employer Coalitions Have to Drive Convergence
Geneia and the LVBCH Discuss Employer Payer Provider Convergence at National Alliance Annual...

Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Digital Health EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare HealthCare IT Healthcare Social Media #HITsm Topics Employer Healthcare Geneia Heather Lavoie Payer Collaboration Source Type: blogs