Nine out of 10 healthcare leaders expect disruptive pressures to increase tremendously in the year ahead, according to a recent survey. However, fewer than half believe their organizations are prepared to withstand these forces.
In an era of transformation—in which traditional business models are continually being revamped in response to pressures such as consumerism, policy changes, and the market entrance of non-traditional healthcare players such as Amazon and Apple—payers face daunting
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7 Steps to Data Lake Success: What Payers Need to Know Before Diving In
There is a promising new trend in healthcare data science. Innovative health payers are beginning to complement their use of structured data with raw data – from healthcare transactions, physician notes, digital health applications, and more – to make decisions that affect population and individual member health.As payers have massive amounts of both types of data at their disposal, the concept of a “data lake” is gaining traction. A data lake stores both structured and unstructured data without
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Cotiviti Acquires Value-based Anaytics Provider RowdMap for $70M
Cotiviti, a provider of healthcare analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions has acquired RowdMap, a Louisville, KY-based payer-provider, value-based analytics company for $70 million in cash. Cotiviti also intends to issue an aggregate of approximately 800,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain employees of RowdMap as a material inducement to their employment with Cotiviti. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of July 2017. The acquisition broadens Cotiviti’s data
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