Creating action from chaos can be problematic especially when there is limited transparency in patient admits and drivers. With more than 80% of hospitals using hospitalists, a hospitalist group can help reduce the provider’s burden by assisting with patient care navigation and coordination in the hospital and post-discharge. With hospitalist
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DataLink assists health plans, providers and their partners with solutions to improve patient care and simplify healthcare navigation. During this time of global crisis, it is imperative that provider communication across the healthcare ecosystem remains transparent as the country fights the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Effective October 1, 2020, the Centers
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When payers and providers collaborate on patient care, combined with data integration and screening for social determinants of health (SDoH) — socioeconomic factors that affect healthcare — they can achieve a higher level of value-based outcomes at a lower cost. An important aspect of effective risk-based payment models is interoperability,
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Formerly known as CareBook, Evoke360 passes every measure for health plan certification DataLink is proud to announce that we have achieved the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) certification for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) Health Plan 2020 for all measures. Meeting highly demanding requirements across the
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Given today’s complex market dynamics, healthcare providers play a critical role in not only enhancing the patient experience, but also improving health plan performance. Barriers, such as physician resistance, can be overcome by building a comprehensive data strategy that improves transparency and helps every stakeholder understand the healthcare organization’s objectives.
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Today is a day for reflection, appreciation, and commitment. We all should take a moment to be grateful to those who serve this country—firefighters, the military, police, doctors, nurses, teachers and those who govern us. Today is a day when we should be thankful and share our gratitude with others.
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The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is a set of managed care performance measures developed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Here are a few quick facts about HEDIS. HEDIS is… A measurement tool used by health plans to evaluate performance in terms of
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Data scientists and health informatics teams are increasingly using predictive analytics to tackle high cost of care challenges such as patient readmission, non-emergent ER and ICU utilization, and high-risk pregnancy. CMS, HHS, and state Medicaid agencies are progressively leaning on risk adjustment to help predict the cost of care for
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In 2005 with a group of super-smart people, we built an ASP offering for risk adjustment. DataLink had 42 reports and our clients only used 17 of them. Our clients asked for business intelligence reporting so they could pull reports themselves. We found they needed refreshed reports from their provider
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In the July-August 2019 Harvard Business Review, linked here, Tim Fountaine, Brian McCarthy, and Tamim Saleh all from McKinsey & Company, discuss building the AI-powered organization. They share how it is really about culture and not a huge technology challenge. Let’s talk about how to integrate AI into healthcare and
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