IT strategy for health plans: Interview with ikaSystems CEO Joe Marabito (transcript)

ikaSystems President and CEO Joe Marabito This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with ikaSystems President and CEO, Joe Marabito, in which we discuss: The impact of the ACA rollout on health plan IT needs over the past year –since our last discussion The impact of delayed ICD-10 rollout The unique challenges facing Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care and commercial plans How Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are investing in health IT Where population health and big data fit into the mix Best practices of health plans that are staying ahead of the curve on capabilities, while also managing to tight budgets Where ika fits into the ecosystem and how its customers are positioning themselves in the market How ika has continued to evolve its offerings over the past year David E. Williams: This is David Williams from the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today with Joe Marabito. He is President and CEO of ikaSystems. Joe, we spoke about a year ago about the complexities of information technology in the health plan world. And of course, that was before the rollout of the insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. What sort of impact has the last 12 months had on how health plans think about their information technology needs? Joe Marabito: Health plans’ thinking has evolved considerably in the last year. You’re correct in pointing out that health exchanges dominated their IT agenda and their thinking over the last year, but so d...
Source: Health Business Blog - Category: Health Managers Authors: Tags: Podcast Technology ACA ACO health plan health plans ICD-10 ikaSystems information technology capabilities Source Type: blogs