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W2O Acquires Discern Health to Strengthen Value-Based Care Capabilities

by Fred Pennic 07/28/2020 Leave a Comment

W2O Acquires Discern Health to Strengthen Value-Based Care Capabilities

What You Should Know: - W2O announced today the acquisition of Discern Health, a leading healthcare consultancy based in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, to strengthen its strategic capabilities in assisting clients with critical healthcare policy trends and value-based reimbursement models. - Discern Health brings experts with decades of experience in quality, health care measurement, and payment models to W2O’s analytics-driven, technology-enabled marketing and communications solutions.
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Evolent Health Achieves NCQA Population Health Program Accreditation

by Jasmine Pennic 10/10/2019 Leave a Comment

Evolent Health

- Evolent Health becomes the first company ever to achieve Population Health  Program Accreditation from NCQA with the status of Accredited–3 years. - The Population Health Program Accreditation is the third NCQA Accreditation Evolent has achieved in 2019, with Evolent having also earned 3-Year Accreditation in both Utilization Management and Case Management in 2019. - Three years is the longest accreditation time period NCQA designates for organizations.Evolent Health, a company providing an
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Innovaccer Launches Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) Solution

by Fred Pennic 09/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) Solution

- Innovaccer launches Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) solution aimed at assisting organizations as they embark on the journey of delivering patient-centric, cost-effective care by transitioning into a PCMH and advancing primary care. - With PCMH Pre-validation from the NCQA, Innovaccer provides over 40% of the total credits needed for certification. - The solution saves providers from the trouble of navigating through EHRs and Excel sheets with automated care delivery
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Eden Health Earns NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition

by Fred Pennic 09/04/2019 Leave a Comment

Eden Health Earns NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition

- Eden Health earns National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.- PCHM recognition underscores Eden Health’s trailblazing role as a tech-enabled primary care delivery model.- PCMH is widely regarded as the highest quality recognition that exists for primary care.Eden Health, which delivers primary care in the workplace, near the workplace and virtually, announced it has earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Patient
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CredSimple Raises $14M to Redefine The Provider Credentialing Process

by Jasmine Pennic 06/14/2019 Leave a Comment

CredSimple Raises $14M to Redefine The Provider Credentialing Process

 CredSimple, the a NYC-based cloud-based healthcare credential verification organization, has raised $14 million in Series B funding led by Questa Capital. The round also included participation from existing investors including Windham Venture Partners who led the company's Series A round and Primary Ventures who co-led its seed investment.Outdated Credentialing ProcessTraditionally, credentialing has run on outdated systems, spreadsheets, and repetitive manual work that only increases work,
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Diameter Health Raises $9.6M to Expand Clinical Data Integration Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 04/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Diameter Health Raises $9.6M to Expand Clinical Data Integration Platform

Strategic Investment Made by Optum Ventures Will Support Product and Marketing for Clinical Data Integration Platform Diameter Health, a Farmington, CT-based provider of clinical data integration solutions has raised $9.6 million in Series A funding led by Optum Ventures. Optum Ventures joins existing Diameter Health investors Activate Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Excelerate Health Ventures and LRV Health. Brining Order to Complex Clinical
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Carisk Integrates with Valera Health to Optimize Care Coordination

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Carisk Integrates with Valera Health to Optimize Care Coordination

Carisk Partners (Carisk), a specialty risk transfer and care coordination company, and Valera Health, a digital health startup have announced a strategic partnership to deliver an intuitive behavioral healthcare experience for patients. Valera Health leverages analytics and mobile tools that monitor, engage, and connect patients with care coordination teams. As part of the partnership, Carisk plans to utilize Valera technology to provide its care coordination teams with tools to optimize care
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary

by Fred Pennic 02/12/2019 Leave a Comment

4 Trends We Expect to See at HIMSS 2019

 Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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Video: AHA’s CEO Rich Umbdenstock Speaks on the Accountable Care Era

by Fred Pennic 01/24/2012 2 Comments

Accountable Care Organizations

January 2012 marks the start of CMS's accountable care organization experiment, in addition to the many private partnerships hospitals are forging using the ACO model. AHA (American Hospital Association) President Rich Umbdenstock talks to Hospital & Health Networks senior online editor Haydn Bush about the challenges and opportunities hospitals face in the new era of accountability.
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NCQA Accountable Care Organization Accreditation Overview

by Fred Pennic 11/17/2011 Leave a Comment

Accountable Care Organizations

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is launching a new accreditation program for Accountable Care Organizations on November 21st. ACO accreditation is an independent evaluation of healthcare delivery organizations' ability to coordinate the high quality, efficient, patient centered care expected of ACOs. I decided to write a brief comprehensive overview based on the presentation and white paper provided by NCQA. Why ACO Accreditation Matters: Variation in capabilities
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