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An Exploration of the Primary Care First (PCF) Payment Model
Earlier this year, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced five new payment models designed to transform primary care by paying providers for outcomes rather than services. One of the payment models is the Primary Care First (PCF) Model which is a voluntary, five-year alternative payment model (APM) aimed at reducing Medicare spending via prevention of acute hospital utilization, improving doctor-patient [...]
On-demand Webinar: Data Sharing in the Spotlight: COVID Gaps, New Interoperability Rule and the Path Forward
In partnership with Health Level Seven and our partner, CitusTech, we hosted a webinar to share insights on data sharing, COVID Gaps, CMS & ONC's new Interoperability rules. [...]
Integrating Medicaid Data: Understanding the Sociodemographic Metrics At Play
Last November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the release of Medicaid and Children Insurance Program (CHIP) data through its Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) analytical files. This release marks a historic step in CMS's commitment towards increasing data transparency and enables healthcare professionals to identify waste, promote best practices, and optimize [...]
3 DC Healthtech Startups That are Assisting in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Hatchpad IT recognizes CareJourney as on of three outstanding DC health-tech startups that are helping fight the Coronavirus pandemic by opening up their vast wealth of data. How do hospital pharmacies keep track of millions of pills and bottles while ICUs and ERs are flooded with COVID patients? How can [...]
Google Unveils Tech to Make it Easier for Doctors and Patients to Share Health Info
The Department of Health and Human Services released a set of rules earlier this year to prevent health care companies from so-called “information blocking.” “Hospitals and vendors have two years to comply with new rules,” noted Aneesh Chopra, the first chief technology officer of the White House and the president [...]
A World Without Prior Authorization — How Analytics are Helping Health Systems Transition to Value-based Care
Beckers Hospital Review recently pubs lied an article highlighting a recent CareJourney webinar moderated by Aneesh Chopra and featuring key industry leaders like Rod Neill, COO at Mercy Health Physicians in Youngstown, Ohio, Dianna Grant, MD, CMO at Next Level Health, Mark Foulke, executive vice president of transformational value-based care [...]
How the Move to Value-based Care May Accelerate in the Post-pandemic Era
In the latest episode of Tuning Healthcare, Aneesh Chopra discusses how the lack of data transparency and interoperability has crippled the ability for the US to respond to current COVID-19 public health crisis. Aneesh is the president and cofounder of CareJourney, a data and analytics company focused on the move [...]
Whitepaper: ACOs and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) attempt to lower the cost of health care for a defined population while improving the quality of care that population receives. Reducing the total cost of care requires ACOs to implement both payment reform and delivery reform—changing payment models to align incentives for high-value care and shifting treatment to use resources more effectively.
Case Study | Building a High-Performing Specialist Network For a New Medicare Advantage Plan
Building a High-Performing Specialist Network For a New Medicare Advantage Plan Our member is a non-profit organization that is nationally recognized for providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage to over a million members across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial plans. Challenges [...]
Case Study | Louisiana Physicians ACO Reduces Avoidable Hospital Admissions by 16 Percent
Louisiana Physicians ACO Reduces Avoidable Hospital Admissions by 16 Percent Louisiana Physicians ACO (LPACO) is a Track 1, physician-owned ACO founded 2014 and based in Baton Rouge, LA. LPACO is a network of independent primary care physicians and healthcare professionals dedicated to working in a consistent and cohesive manner to [...]
Impact of COVID-19 on Accountable Care Organizations Short-Term and Long-Term
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the healthcare industry dramatically. We all have loved ones affected by COVID-19 whether they are on the front-line fighting for us or they are patients trying to fight off the virus themselves. A significant focus has deservedly gone towards disease prevention and progression, but little time has been devoted to discussions around what the outlook looks like [...]
New Initiative Aims to Build a Model Open COVID-19 Patient Data Registry Network
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action program, managed by AcademyHealth, is supporting a collaboration between Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), CareJourney, and a network of health systems to increase the availability of standardized, actionable information on COVID-19 impact and progression.