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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 [...]
Epic Systems, a major medical records vendor, is warning customers it will stop working with Google Cloud
“We’ve historically seen hospital systems make these decisions independently of their medical record provider,” said Aneesh Chopra, the president of health-technology company CareJourney and the former chief technology officer of the United States. “It will be interesting to see if Epic’s thumb on the scale moves cloud market share.”
CareJourney data to be used in the recently awarded research grants for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Health Data for Action research program
CareJourney data will be used to study a range of issues, including care coordination and quality, cost-sharing and benefit design, maternal health, prescription drugs, and public health. In 2017, the RWJF launched the Health Data for Action (HD4A) program, managed by AcademyHealth. In this newest iteration, the HD4A program doubled [...]
Aneesh Chopra Keynote at the 2020 O&P Leadership Conference
Aneesh Chopra presented the keynote session "Transforming the Profession Through Data and Innovation” at the 2020 O&P Leadership Conference in Clearwater, FL., an invite only event for CEOs, COOs, and other top-level executives from AOPA member companies. The conference focuses on executive level discussions around harnessing data and innovation to [...]
2018 MSSP ACO Results: Optimistic Savings Trends Encourage New CMS Risk Sharing Program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2018 Financial Performance results on all Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). CMS shared this data for the last six years, contributing to a more transparent, open evaluation of the program, and demonstrating how ACOs are not only increasing overall savings, but striving towards value-based care. [...]
The Digital Evolution of Clinical Care
The financial commitments to health tech startups made by leaders like Amedisys and Almost Family showcase the ways the home health care industry is spurring the digital evolution of clinical care. Almost Family, a national home health care agency, made a strategic investment four years ago in CareJourney, previously known as [...]
Exploring Variation in Healthcare Services in the Medicare Diabetic Population
As of February 2018, about 30 million people (or 9.4% of the U.S. population) suffered from diabetes; another 84 million people aged 18 or above had prediabetic symptoms.1 Diabetes is a chronic condition; proper and timely diabetes care management is critical to ensure that people with diabetes can avoid long-term sequelae and maintain their quality of life. [...]
Whitepaper: How Universal Health Services Accountable Care Organizations Optimize Value and Outcomes with Data
Universal Health Services (UHS) is one of the country’s largest hospital management companies, with more than 350 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.K., and sponsors seven Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) across the nation through Prominence Health Plan.
Medicare Advantage 101
Medicare is the federal health insurance program started in 1965 that is provided for individuals who meet certain criteria. Those who are over the age of 65, younger people who have certain disabilities, or anyone who has End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) qualify for Medicare insurance. In 1997 Medicare Advantage (at that time called Medicare+Choice) was signed into law which gave Medicare eligible beneficiaries more [...]