Articles

Avoid COVID-19 modeling pitfalls by eliminating bias, using good data

By Kim Babberl

COVID-19 models are being used every day to predict the course and short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic. And we’ll be using these COVID-19 models for months to come.

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Population Health Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak

By Product Consulting Team

In speaking with many colleagues throughout the provider and payer healthcare community, I’ve found an overwhelming sense of helplessness to the outbreak’s onslaught. This is exacerbated by the constant evolution of reported underlying medical conditions that indicate a higher risk of hospitalization or mortality for a coronavirus patient.

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COVID-19 and the Financial Storm Ahead for Providers

By Product Consulting Team

Across the country, healthcare organizations are seeing 40%-80% declines in monthly charges with some of the most profitable services lines only seeing 20% of their normal monthly volumes during the pandemic.

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CMS updates payment for certain COVID-19 lab tests

By Brenda Turner

The COVID-19 landscape as it relates to testing is frequently changing as CMS made wholesale changes and smaller adjustments to payment schedules.

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3 Steps Any Healthcare Organization Can Take to Improve Enterprise Analytics

By MedeAnalytics

By Kristin Weir When it comes down to the most basic purpose of why organizations use analytics, it’s simple: they want to uncover insights that help them take the next best step or…

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Why Predictive Analytics is the Answer to Healthcare’s Big Data Problem

By Editorial Team

By Scott Hampel Making improvements in healthcare data analytics has the potential to lead to significant cost savings and improved patient health and wellness. We’ve identified two ways these improvements can be accomplished:…

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Unfamiliar Healthcare Players, Interoperability and Social Determinants Round Out 2020 Megatrends

By Editorial Team

By Scott Hampel, president of MedeAnaltyics We conclude our 2020 Megatrends with an exploration of new players entering healthcare, the necessity and importance of data interoperability as well as social determinants. While each…

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More Megatrends: Price Transparency, Telehealth, Individualized Medicine

By Editorial Team

By Scott Hampel, president of MedeAnalytics Now that we’ve dealt with Megatrends one through three, we’re approaching the next set. In this group we’re exploring price transparency (and its likely difficult implementation), the…

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2020 Megatrends: Consumerism, Data Privacy and Security, AI

By Editorial Team

With 2020 two weeks old, it’s becoming clear the data produced in the healthcare industry by providers, consumers and payers will power and propel our 9 megatrends. Healthcare data is the foundation on which we’re building everything from healthcare outreach for the underserved to new Internet of Things-based healthcare programs to treatments designed just for you.

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Why Unconventional Businesses Will Find Success in Healthcare: It’s the Data

By Editorial Team

It seems everyone is moving into healthcare. It’s a rapidly growing industry, historically dominated by large, well-embedded companies and organizations, and “pure tech” companies have had difficulty breaking in. That, however, is changing.

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