We are your experts
Explore our research and analysis, watch our webinars, and see the latest news and events
CareJourney Open Data Report
In late August, CMS released the 2017 performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The big news was that the program generated net savings for CMS for the first time, as ACOs saved the federal government $313.7 million. Most high-level trends persisted from previous years: ACOs with [...]
The Health Internet, a Decade in the Making, Gets a Shot in the Arm
By Aneesh Chopra, President and Co-Founder of CareJourney Earlier today, at the opening ceremonies for the largest health IT conference of the year, Jared Kushner made a surprise appearance committing, unequivocally, to a “whole of government” approach to ensure patients and their caregivers can connect their health data to any application that [...]
CareJourney Announcing Blue Button 2.0 Analytics Service
ARLINGTON, Va. March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CareJourney, a leading provider of clinically-relevant analytics for value-based networks, is excited to announce its participation in the Blue Button 2.0 Developer API initiative to better serve its Medicare ACO members with more timely and comprehensive beneficiary data.
CareJourney President to Deliver Opening Keynote at HIMSS Innovation Symposium
ARLINGTON, Va. March 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CareJourney, a leading provider of clinically-relevant analytics for value-based networks, today announced its President and Co-Founder, Aneesh Chopra, will deliver the opening keynote at the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) Innovation Symposium in Las Vegas, NV. The event takes place from [...]
Benchmarking Provider Groups Using Clinically-Relevant Metrics
By Katie Poore An ACO’s ability to communicate and measure a standard of excellence for its participating practice groups is a critical component in achieving annual shared savings and improving care quality for the beneficiaries the ACO serves. Comprehensive analytics and benchmarks with actionable takeaways are fundamental to this [...]
Apple’s Move to Bring Health Care Record to the iPhone Is Great News
IN LATE JANUARY, Apple previewed an iOS feature that would allow consumers to access their electronic health records on their phones. Skeptics said the move was a decade too late given a similar (and failed) effort from Google. Optimists argued that Apple was capable of translating health data into something [...]
CareJourney Supports Harvard ACO Research Collaborative
Application of a High-Need Patient Segmentation Framework in ACOs: A Research Collaborative Between ACOs, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and CareJourney [...]
Startup Health Festival Fireside Chat: The Government Mindset to The Entrepreneur Mindset
Aneesh's recent panel at the Startup Health Festival
ACO Winners and Losers
By Ben Bigelow Last week, Medicare published its list of 2018 participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and the MSSP 2018 Fast Facts. Since its inception in 2012, the MSSP has grown from 220 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with 3.2 million beneficiaries to 561 ACOs with 10.5 million beneficiaries. [...]
CareJourney Awarded Innovator License to Medicare Claims and Assessment Data
December 18, 2017: CareJourney, a leading health care analytics company, has been awarded access to the 100% Medicare claims and assessment datasets through the Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC), the CMS-provided avenue for opening patient claims data. [...]
A prescription for healing the healthcare industry
The year is 1900. Life expectancy is 47 years. Almost all hospitals in the U.S. are nonprofit institutions founded by religious organizations. More people die in war due to infection than in battle. Fast-forward to today. Healthcare in the U.S. has ballooned into a massive industry worth $3 trillion. The [...]
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) 101
By Stephanie Sealy
The Affordable Care Act established several programs administered through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the aims of which were to incentivize and partner with providers to proactively coordinate patient care, maintain and improve the quality […]