Posts Tagged ‘Payer’
Proactively predicting ER visit trends with augmented analytics to improve revenues, asset utilization and patient outcomes
Mission critical emergency departments (EDs) are the most valuable revenue generating asset for hospitals. While visits decreased during the pandemic, hospitals are starting to report a return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. In December of 2022, more than 80% of hospital beds were in use nationwide, jumping 8 percentage points in two weeks. However, capacity varies…
Read MoreBest practice tools to build an integrated approach to multimorbidity
The traditional model of treating single diseases no longer works. Data collected from 2016 to 2019 indicated that 32.9% of US adults had multiple chronic conditions—and that attempting to address these issues individually and separately is ineffective and costly. This fact is particularly poignant for Medicaid populations, who are significantly more likely to suffer from…
Read MoreWill adopting a risk-based approach with augmented analytics support care gap closure?
A common challenge for healthcare systems is how to properly segment its patient populations based on risk profiles and co-morbidities. Doing this well ensures a high quality of care delivery and superior patient outcomes.
Read More4 questions healthcare executives are asking about augmented analytics
At our annual Impact Summit, I had the privilege to talk about augmented analytics and address questions from healthcare executives—many from payer organizations. Here are a few answers to some of the most common questions I’m asked. (You can also catch my session on-demand.) 1. What is augmented analytics? Augmented analytics is the use of enabling…
Read MoreUsing data analytics to combat the maternal health crisis
With most pregnancy-related deaths being considered preventable, why is the United States facing a maternal health crisis? The country’s maternal mortality rate is the highest of any developed nation in the world and more than double the rate of peer countries.
Read MoreQ&A with Dr. Lyle Berkowitz: Diving into the future of AI, analytics and precision medicine
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes After an excellent keynote session led by Dr. Lyle Berkowitz at our 2022 Impact Summit (read the full talk summary here!), healthcare expert and MedeAnalytics executive Andy Dé sat down with Dr. Berkowitz for a follow-up Q&A about technological innovations in healthcare. Read through their fascinating discussion below! Dé: How…
Read MoreThe missing piece to your Population Health strategy: A prescription for maximizing pharmacy data
The healthcare industry is swimming in data; sometimes organizations can even feel like they are drowning in available information. To stay afloat, health plans need systems and strategies for unifying disparate sources, sifting through the sea of data, and extracting meaningful, actionable insights. When done well, robust analytics have enormous power to impact population health…
Read MoreData, analytics and AI-enabled healthcare: Four key takeaways from the IS22 keynote
The 2022 Impact Summit (IS22) was outstanding for a plethora of reasons—and Dr. Lyle Berkowitz is foremost among them. For this year’s keynote, Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACHP, FHIMSS, a biomedical engineer turned primary care physician, healthcare innovator, futurist and digital health expert, shared how to execute on the powerful potential of data analytics and AI to advance the ‘renaissance in healthcare’ that is happening as we…
Read MoreThe role of analytics in whole person care: 4 key takeaways
David Schweppe, Chief Analytics Officer at MedeAnalytics (right), being interviewed by John Lynn, Founder and Chief Editor at Healthcare IT Today. The idea of whole-person care as critical to health equity initiatives was a significant theme at AHIP this year. During the conference, Healthcare IT Today met up with David Schweppe, Chief Analytics Officer at…
Read MoreIs telehealth exacerbating health inequities?
It has been widely reported that telehealth utilization increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, MedeAnalytics health plan customers saw up to a five-fold increase in telehealth utilization from the first quarter of 2020 to the second quarter of 2020 for the employer groups they served. The increased reliance on telehealth during the pandemic…
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