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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 […]
Harnessing Open Health Data & Methodologies to Serve Value-based Care Networks
In December 2016, CareJourney launched the Insights Workbook—a monthly executive-level review of ACO performance, with actionable metrics and data visualizations to get to increased savings. Our analytic model is firmly rooted in the questions population health leaders seek to answer and is driven by our members. [...]
The Rise of Open APIs in Healthcare
Aneesh Chopra sat down with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, to talk about the future of healthcare delivery on this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW Watch Now
Data-Fueled, Patient-Centric Health Care: HealthChangers Podcast
There's little debate that health care in this country needs improvement. Costs are high, paperwork is cumbersome and confusing, and patients can get lost in the shuffle. Some believe technology will drive improvements in health care. But the guest on this episode's podcast disagrees. Aneesh Chopra was the first ever [...]
The Rise of Open APIS in Healthcare
October 13, 2017 | External blog
A Guide to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
FHIR is growing interest as the standard for easily and securely exchanging healthcare data. What is it and what does it means for healthcare providers? Below we answer some frequently asked questions: [...]
Joe Biden just brought the debate over medical records into the limelight
Aneesh Chopra sees positive momentum in FHIR development
Drchrono injects FHIR support into its EHR
“Increasingly, more of our healthcare system’s burden is on patients, when it comes to higher deductibles, the need for second opinions, the need to understand what preventive services are available to them .... That shift to more responsibility is concurrent with the need to have more information so you can get [...]
Aneesh Chopra on the future of FHIR: It’s starting to come together
Aneesh Chopra says healthcare is entering an upgrade cycle to more modern technology en route to democratizing health data.