Senior Companion Platform Papa Raises $150M at $1.4B Valuation
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
– Since its 2017 founding, Papa and its Papa Pals have served members in all 50 states, across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and employer health plans.
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Opioid Use Disorders Cost U.S. Hospitals More than $95B Annually
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
What You Should Know: – Based on prevalence estimates from PINC AI™ data during 2017-2022, an estimated 66 million emergency department (ED) outpatient visits and 760,000 inpatient admissions in the U.S. during 2017-2022, creating a substantial economic burden for affected hospitals. – Patients with an OUD diagnosis had 32.5
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3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 21, 2023
The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings. In the same time period we have seen a large surge in Medicaid enrollment.
Better Data Will Serve as the Foundation in Modernizing the Medicaid Program
CMS.gov
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Better Data Will Serve as the Foundation in Modernizing the Medicaid Program. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicaid & CHIP. Better Data Will Serve as the Foundation in Modernizing the Medicaid Program. Between 2013 and 2016, Federal spending on Medicaid grew by over $100 billion.
M&A: Phreesia Acquires Insignia Health to Improve Patient Experience
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 13, 2021
What You Should Know: – Phreesia’s acquires Insignia Health, a mission-oriented company dedicated to improving health outcomes through patient activation. PAM results are used to improve risk identification, guide patient support and evaluate impact as a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM).
ClosedLoop.ai Raises $34M to Expand Healthcare Data Science Platform
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 17, 2021
In 2018, 36% of spending was via alternative payment models and by 2025, CMS has targeted 100% of Medicare and 50% of Commercial and Medicaid spending.4 4 AI will help providers succeed under these models because it gives them the ability to predict patient-specific outcomes so they can adjust patient care, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.
Raising Clinical Outcomes and Engagement Through Healthcare Equity: What Health Plans Need to Know
HIT Consultant
MAY 3, 2022
Social drivers of health, which impact a disproportionate number of non-white Americans who live below the poverty line, account for as much as 90% of individuals’ health outcomes. In other words, most health system interventions lack equitability. These are just two examples of data that highlight the need for equity.
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