LogicSource: Looking at Non-Clinical Spending
Healthcare organizations must seek out the same types of supply chain efficiencies as the leaders in other industries, particularly in the face of inflation, rising labor costs, and tighter reimbursement models that erode their revenue. LogicSource specializes in driving savings in non-clinical spending, which typically accounts for over 20% of a health system’s annual revenue.
In this video, David Kirshner, Managing Partner, and Susan Tyler, Managing Director of Healthcare, discuss the valuable insights that LogicSource brings from working across diverse industries outside of healthcare. They also shed light on why ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Revenue Cycle Management David Kirshner Healthcare Costs Healthcare GPOs Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Non-Clinical Costs Source Type: blogs
Evernorth Uses SAS Analytics to Help Determine Next Best Step for Member Care
Evernorth Health Services is using advanced analytics from SAS to help determine the next best action a patient can take to improve their health outcomes. The company is analyzing historic claims data, along with demographic and financial data to build a personalized care path that optimizes a patient’s health.
Healthcare IT Today had the chance to speak with Casey Dudek, Business Analytics Advisor at Evernorth Health Services (EHS), about their analytics work. We wanted to know what types of data they were taking into consideration, how they were using the SAS analytics platform, and what are they working on next.
Impro...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Casey Dudek Chronic Conditions Evernorth Health Services Goldilocks Zone Member Engagement Next Best Action Patient Outcomes SAS SAS A Source Type: blogs
Laguna Health Closes $15M Series A to Usher in the Next Generation of Care Management
AI-powered contextual care innovator gives care managers intimate insights into individuals life circumstances, helping identify risk barriers, personalize care plans and improve care manager productivity
Laguna-supported patients in hospital transitions and complex care settings see superior care plan adherence and outcomes, offering a beacon of light for payers and employers grappling with high-cost members
Initial close of Series A fundraise heralds next generation of contextual care management, which goes beyond SDOH to consider behavioral, emotional, cultural, financial, and spiritual patient life context
Laguna ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI Care Management HC9 HC9 Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Laguna Laguna Health NLP Personalized Care Plans Richard Lungen Robby Peters ROI SDOH SemperVir Source Type: blogs
The Goal of RPM is Management, Not Monitoring
The following is a guest article by Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO at Rimidi
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a key capability in healthcare, particularly as we have seen multiple factors align in recent years: advances in medical device technology, decreased cost of cellular connectivity, new reimbursement models, and consumer demand that accelerated during the pandemic. RPM offers the ability to follow the patient from the clinic to the home and to provide a more complete picture of their health by collecting daily metrics such as blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, pulse oximetry, etc. But the healthcare in...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Chronic Conditions CMS Data Connection Data Interoperability Digital Transformation EMR Fi Source Type: blogs
Automated Computer Assistant for Kidney Transplant Rejection Diagnostics: Interview with Study Authors
A recent study in Nature Medicine, entitled “An automated histological classification system for precision diagnostics of kidney allografts,” has showcased the efforts of a group of researchers who have developed an automated system that can diagnose kidney transplant rejection.
A variety of disparate factors can affect the chances that a transplant will be rejected. At present, clinicians have to manually consider these complex data when making decisions about transplant patients, which can lead to a high level of misdiagnosis and patient morbidity.
This new system incorporates an algorithm that can synthesize t...
Source: Medgadget - May 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Surgery Urology INSERM kidney transplant univ_paris_cite Source Type: blogs
Cascade Health Announces Venture Funding Round to Build Intelligent Platform for Healthcare Transparency
Company’s Advanced Generative AI-Powered Cloud Platform Creates Clarity Around Healthcare Pricing, Coverage for Consumers, Employers, Government Agencies, Hospitals, Insurance Companies, and Other Businesses in the Healthcare Industry
Cascade Health, an intelligent platform for healthcare transparency, announced it has raised $1.7 million in venture funding led by AlleyCorp with participation from other strategic angel investors. The company also announced the launch of its first two products: a generative AI assistant to personalize the consumer experience with full visibility around cost and quality of care, as w...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI AI-Powered Cloud AlleyCorp Ana-Maria Constantin API Artificial Intelligence Cascade Health Datasets Generative AI Generative AI Assistant Generative AI-Powered Cloud Platform Health IT Funding Source Type: blogs
Wearable Ultrasound Measures Tissue Stiffness Under Skin
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that is intended to provide information on the stiffness of underlying tissues as deep as 4 cm below the surface of the skin. The patch consists of a flexible 16 x 16 ultrasonic array with a silver-epoxy composite backing layer that is designed to absorb excessive vibrations. It can provide tissue stiffness data, which could be useful in a wide array of medical scenarios, including monitoring liver cirrhosis, cancer progression, sports injuries, and myocardial ischemia. The technology is part of a new wave of wearable ultrasoun...
Source: Medgadget - May 12, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Radiology UCSD Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care? – Part 1
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care?
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
Sagility LLC Acquires Devlin Consulting, Inc.
Tech-enabled healthcare BPM organization bolsters payment integrity expertise
Sagility LLC, a leading provider of technology-enabled business process management (BPM) services, announced today their acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based Devlin Consulting, Inc. (DCI). For the past 28+ years, DCI has made a name for itself as a healthcare technology services company providing payment integrity services to several of the country’s leading health plans.
With this acquisition, Sagility broadens the 360-degree precision payment integrity solution offering they provide to five leading US health plans and regional Blue plans. ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT analytics BPM Business Process Management Contract Central Technology Platform DCI Devlin Consulting Inc Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Costs Healthcare M&A Healthcare Payments Payment Integrity S Source Type: blogs
Aiming for Health Equity
The following is a guest article by Hakim Yadi, PhD OBE, Co-Founder and CEO at Closed Loop Medicine
Healthcare has historically taken a ‘one size fits all’ approach, which misses the ability to treat all patients as effectively and equitably as possible. Consequently, personalized medicine where treatments are better tailored to a patient has become an aspiration of the modern healthcare system. However, when we look at existing medicines used today, drug therapy is rarely dose optimized for the individual, with most therapies and medical devices approved based on overall safety and efficacy investigated in large-scale...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Closed Loop Medicine Digital Healthcare Hakim Yadi PhD OBE Health Equity Hypertension Patient Health Outcomes Personalized Care Personalized Medicine Racial Disp Source Type: blogs
Vytalize Health Acquires Independent Physician Association (IPA) of New York, One of the Nation ’s Largest IPAs
The deal scales Vytalize’s successful value-based care model to new payer arrangements and specialty care across the healthcare spectrum
Vytalize Health, a leading risk-bearing provider enablement platform, announced it acquired a majority interest in physician-lead Independent Physician Association of New York (IPA NY), through an investment in Practice Management of America (PMA). The deal builds on an existing partnership between the organizations dating back to 2020 and accelerates Vytalize’s expansion into Medicare Advantage, commercial plans, and Medicaid, as well as multi-specialty care.
“IPA NY is a longt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Faris Ghawi Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Henry Bloom Independent Physician Association of New York IPA NY McDermott Will & Emery LLP Michael Guarino PMA Practice Man Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – April 15, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Where to Find Healthcare IT Today at HIMSS 2023. Headed to Chicago? You can visit Healthcare IT Today at Booth #2481 on the HIMSS Showroom floor. In addition, the team has a few events lined up, including the Medigy HITMC 2023 Awards Ceremony and the Healthcare IT Today Community Celebration, and can be found at panels, meetups, and educational sessions...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Value Based Contracting Can Drive Health Equity
In conclusion, the goal is not just to identify SDoH but to make measurable progress in identifying these factors specific to a given population. We need to move from broad agreement that social determinants are an important aspect of designing intervention to actually impacting these factors and thus reduce health inequities. Putting incentives into the design and execution of SDoH interventions through VBC can make this a reality.
About Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes is a seasoned healthcare executive, having over 30 years of senior executive experience with both managed care and provider organizations. He has extensive experie...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Revenue Cycle Management CWH Advisors Dr. Eric Olmsted Healthcare Payers Incentivizing Internet Access MCO Medicaid Medicare Paul Source Type: blogs
Obesity is crippling the US, but there are solutions
By STEPHANIE TILENIUS
Well over a third of Americans are obese — and the percentage keeps growing at a staggering rate. Over the last twenty years, obesity prevalence grew from 30% to 42% of the US population and rates of severe obesity nearly doubled. If we don’t make serious changes to our healthcare system, it’s scary to think where we’re headed in a few short years.
The fact is, obesity is far from a cosmetic condition. It can be a devastating disease and was classified as such by the American Medical Association in 2013. Obesity is the leading risk factor for deadly diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart d...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy GLP-1 Obesity Stephanie Tilenius vida health Source Type: blogs
