By Sarianne Gruber – Despite the onerous task of working with claims data, the Health Datapalooza panelists presented their organization’s success turning this messy data into actionable and reliable information for the end user whether consumers, providers, payers and health systems.
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By Sarianne Gruber – “Claims data is incredibly noisy and unless you really understand what the is question that you are trying to answer, there is a high likelihood that the data that you pull to answer the problem is going to be the wrong data,” Ariel Bayewitz, Vice President of Provider Analytics at Anthem, unequivocally told the audience.
By Sarianne Gruber – Christina Farr had a “Next Generation” house call for the first time. The on-demand doctor’s visit provided her care and resolved the possibility of a trip to the emergency room, and best of all she felt great. Ms.Farr, an award-winning health and technology journalist, happen to have had her encounter just days prior to the d.Health Summit.
By Sarianne Gruber – A fundamental concern is how our healthcare system will adapt to meet the needs of seniors to bring this goal to fruition. This year the d.Health Summit set out to address barriers, such as antiquated reimbursement and licensing policies, with global healthcare leaders as their shared their own “disrupting healthcare” stories.
By Sarianne Gruber – Consolidated Health Services would agree that to stay financially healthy – especially when it comes to preventing denials, means investing in a better technology solution for receivables management. I had the opportunity to interview Don Hoskins, Revenue Cycle Support Manager from Consolidated Health Services and learn about the challenges.
By Sarianne Gruber – Today’s health care leaders are also the emissaries for bringing new technology, coupled with the demand for improving health delivery makes this a critical role. At this month’s NYC Healthcare Business Leaders forum, Laurel Pickering, President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health, moderated a distinguished panel of Population Health solution experts.
By Sarianne Gruber – Laurel Pickering, President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health, introduced a “bold and audacious” initiative to close the gaps in health care, and it starts with a primary care transformation plan for New York State.
By Sarianne Gruber – At the start of this month, Robert Wood Johnson Health System and Barnabas Health publicly announced its merger – one that will cover 5 million people or more than half of the state’s population spanning from Ocean County in the south to Hudson County in the north and Somerset in west.
By Sarianne Gruber – The prize is $1 million dollars. The challenge is a 100% accurate universal Patient ID. Designed as a crowd sourcing competition, innovators from around the world are invited to submit a solution. CHIME, a professional organization for Chief Information Officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders, held a press conference to officially launch the competition.