by Justin McGillivray-Zanelli | Uncategorized
Microsoft is a global technology leader, constantly driving innovation and transforming the digital landscape. With cutting-edge mobile applications and cloud solutions, the company enables users to work, learn, and enjoy entertainment wherever they are. Innovative...
Attribution: The Underlying Conundrum in Population Health Management
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
The ultimate goal of any managed care model (e.g., HMO, PPO, POS, PCMH, ACO, etc.) is to improve the health of the population, enhance the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reduce per capita costs of care. All of these models have at least three things in...
Medicare Insolvency, What you Need to Know
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
Despite efforts and trends to slow the growth of U.S. national health expenditures, we have just 7 years until we experience insolvency in the Medicare Part A trust fund, otherwise known as the Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund. This is according to the 2019 Annual...
Vulnerability & Risk Are Not Synonymous in Population Health Management
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
The term “vulnerable” keeps popping up in the context of population health management. More and more, I am seeing marketing around solutions that identify vulnerable populations and how they are using these factors to manage patients more effectively Through some...
Measuring Risk by Vulnerability, Not Just Burden of Illness
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
A primary objective of value-based care is to increase provider accountability in delivering better health outcomes. This is driven out through Alternative Payment Models (APMs) such as capitation, gainsharing, and bundled payment arrangements. As a provider, one of...