New iHT2 report shows how payors, providers, and ACOs, can leverage episode analytics against cross continuum episodes of care to decrease avoidable complications and cut waste in healthcare.
Executive Summary
The wide variations in healthcare cost and quality, a perennial issue for payers, have become important to providers as well with the advent of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and the increasing number of healthcare systems taking financial risk. These organizations need
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Quality Clinically Integrated Orgs Cited As Key Growth Strategy to Healthcare Transformation
With hospital consolidation on the rise, 43 percent of C-Suite executives thought that having a quality clinically integrated organization is the most successful growth strategy to healthcare transformation, according to to recent polling conducted by MedAssets at its annual Healthcare Executive Forum.
Results from the event polling show more than 75 percent of attendees indicated that their healthcare organization is engaged in transformational initiatives in the face of healthcare reform
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Infographic: Differences Between ACO Patients & Non ACO Patients
Infographic illustrates the key differences between ACO patients and non-ACO (Accountable Care Organizations) patients created by Addictive Analytics.
The infographic features recent research findings from Arnold Epstein and other researchers comparing ACOs with non-ACO providers using publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the American Hospital Association’s 2011 Annual Survey of Hospitals, the U.S. census, and the Dartmouth Atlas of Health
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Trizetto and Wellcentive Partner to Provide Advanced Solutions for Collaborative Care
TriZetto and Wellcentive partnership offers advanced solutions for collaborative care.
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The Average ACO Will Risk $3.5 Million Before Any Possible Savings
The average ACO startup costs in the first 12 months is $2.0 million with a range from $300,000 to $6,700,000, according to recent NAACOS survey. The National Association of ACOs first national survey of the 2012 and 2013 Medicare ACOs reveals the average ACO start-up costs are higher than initially estimated by CMS, due to slow savings.
In fact, the average ACO will risk $3.5 million plus any feasibility and pre-application costs until it can see any cash flow relief from possible
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ICD-10 Testing and Readiness: No Longer a Marathon, It’s a Sprint
A full-out sprint for ICD-10 testing and readiness has yet to begin. But there are signs that many hospitals are, at least, lacing up their track shoes.
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GHX UDI Solution Helps Medical Device Manufacturers Meet FDA UDI Requirements
The deadline for medical device manufacturers to comply with the FDA’s Unique Device Identification (UDI) is looming.
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4 Distinctive Functions of a High Performing Network for Healthcare Organizations
83% of Physicians Find Retrospective CDI Queries Disruptive to Clinical Workflow
83 percent of physicians perceive traditional retrospective CDI queries as very disruptive to clinical workflows
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Patient Centered Medical Homes Are The Foundation of Successful ACOs
The Patient Centered Medical Home model studies continue to show positive improvements in impacting cost, quality and population health
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