We recently discussed the impact of all of the changes going on with payment models on the providers. We discussed that the evolution to payment models that reimburse for quality and outcomes rather than volume of visits and procedures will have significant impact on the providers. This is no trivial change! Physicians have practiced the […]
I’m in Orlando, walking around the Exhibit Hall here and marveling at all of the systems on display here. Rows and rows full of different companies with cool and shiny systems meant to address every pain point possible for healthcare providers and consumers. I’ve been to many conferences over the years and seen so many […]
We have discussed the historic changes going on with Medicare and the entire healthcare system. The pressure of increasing costs of healthcare on governments is forcing them to take radical steps to contain costs. These include cutting payments to providers, paying only for the most essential medical services, and linking payments to outcomes. So, if […]
Author: Kyle Murphy, PhD | Date: January 22, 2014 “The structure of an ACO is complicated. It requires collaboration between separate institutions that oftentimes have trouble collaborating on their own…” Read more
Author: Rick Dana Barlow Date: January 2014 Ronald Razmi, CEO, Acupera Remote monitoring of patients with chronic diseases and population health management tools will become critical for healthcare organizations in the future. Read more
SAN FRANCISCO—January 13, 2014 Acupera today announced that St. Vincent Health, a 22-hospital system based in Indiana, sponsored by Ascension Health, is implementing a pilot project with Acupera to improve patient care through real-time population health management. Acupera is a population health analytics and clinical workflow management platform designed as an engine for team care. St. Vincent […]
Date: November 18, 2013 Author: Stephanie Baum Health IT startup Acupera has raised $2 million in bridge financing to advance its Software as a Service tool. Read more
EHRs Will Go Under the Microscope In 2014, many large health systems will continue to re-evaluate their enterprise Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. They will also be increasingly willing to scrap those investments and start over with EHRs that better support population health management, can integrate with practice management and billing, and offer more integration […]
In our last installment of this series, I’d like to review some of the ongoing changes in our healthcare system and their potential impact on how healthcare is practiced in US. First, health insurance exchanges are meant to provide everyone an opportunity to have health insurance. On the surface, this might suggest increased costs to […]
So, now you are the US government, the number of people in Medicare is increasing and they live longer and get better and more expensive treatments for their heart disease, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s and you have to pay for all of it. Economic growth is around 2-3% annually, which means the tax revenue coming in […]