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Benchmarking ACO Network Utilization: Lessons Learned in Network Design and Performance
For organizations across the healthcare sector concerned with network building and management, utilization of the network among the attributed population is often a major area of focus. Whether from a provider or payer perspective, maintaining a high-performing network with high utilization allows organizations to more effectively manage the quality and cost of patient care. [...]
Aneesh Chopra on Gist Healthcare Daily Podcast
Gist Healthcare Daily delivers our take on the top healthcare business and policy news in under 10 minutes. Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra shares his thoughts on efforts by the Trump administration to ensure consumers have free access to all of their health data. And an update on [...]
Entering the “Consumer-First” Delivery Reform Era
Today, ONC & CMS finalized landmark rules to ensure safe, secure, standardized access to health information. Having spent some time on these issues, I’m pleased to read this White House post that puts these rules in historical context, and celebrates the bipartisan nature of this important endeavor. [...]
Association of Declines in End-of-Life Health Care Costs With Fee-for-Service Enrollee Per Capita Expenditures
This cross-sectional study assesses the association between end-of-life health care costs and fee-for-service Medicare spending and examines whether expenditures attributed to decedents have changed over time.
On-demand Webinar: APG and CareJourney’s Deep Dive On Data Analytics
Harnessing the power of your data is a key component in providing high-quality, efficient care and improving patient outcomes. But far too often, roadblocks—limited access to longitudinal patient data, lack of reliable tools, and slow and ineffective provider benchmarking—stand between you and success in risk-based contracts. Listen to our webinar recording [...]
MedStar Health Launches New Interactive Heart Risk Calculator in Patient Electronic Health Record
MedStar Health has launched a new tool that automatically calculates a patient's risk of having a heart attack or stroke and displays it in their electronic health record with colorful, easy to read, and interactive graphics. For the first time, patients who visit MedStar Health cardiology, primary care, family medicine, [...]
Aneesh Chopra joins Senator William H. Frist, Dr. Marty Makary, and others as keynote speaker at the BHA 2020
Each year Business Health Agenda (BHA) brings together leaders in employer-sponsored health care, their industry partners and innovators for a conversation about the key current health care topics. Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney, joins as keynote speakers to participate in thought-provoking discussions and gather insights from influential speakers and leading [...]
Measuring the Success of Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment 2019
While much of the healthcare market hypes Open Enrollment (OE), for CareJourney, the months to follow are an equally exciting time. During OE, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and health plans are able to recruit new (and retain existing) Medicare Advantage (MA) insurance plan beneficiaries as individuals select their choices for the year. [...]
CEOs, top executives share best leadership advice they ever received
Be mindful of where to allocate energy, decide what you can and cannot do and be ready for personal worst-case scenarios — those are just some pieces of advice CEOs and executives say stuck with them over time. Aneesh Chopra points to Advisory Board Company founder David Bradley for instilling [...]
Case Study | Integrated Delivery Network Builds High-Performing Provider and Specialty Care Networks of 5K+ Physicians
Integrated Delivery Network Builds High-Performing Provider and Specialty Care Networks of 5K+ Physicians Our member is one of the largest health care systems in Michigan, with multiple hospitals, and over 5000 physicians in its network, along with several acute care facilities and ambulatory care centers. [...]
Investigating the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP)
Diabetes is a condition that affects more than 1 in 4 Americans age 65 and older.1 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimated that Medicare spent $42 billion more on beneficiaries that have diabetes than it would have spent if those beneficiaries did not have diabetes. Let’s take a look at PMPY (Per Member Per Year) spend breakouts in 2018 [...]
Epic’s CEO is urging hospital customers to oppose rules that would make it easier to share medical info
Epic Systems is urging its health system customers to take a stand against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rules to make it easier to share patient data. Former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra expressed frustration over Epic’s move. “It is unfortunate to see this [...]