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Reduce Medical Costs by 5.3%: Active Member Engagement for Employers

HIT Consultant

As President of Value-Based Care (VBC) for Conifer Health Solutions, Mary Bacaj is responsible for leading the company’s business unit that delivers population health management and financial risk management services to more than 250 organizations. About Mary Bacaj, Ph.D.

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The Benefits of a Stand-Alone Care-Management Program

HIT Consultant

Stand-alone programs provide the transparency and analytics necessary to hold program vendors accountable and drive genuine results. About Mary Bacaj, Ph.D.

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Leveraging Personal Health Nurses to Connect the Dots Across the Care Continuum

HIT Consultant

They work closely with the individual to enhance their health literacy and guide them through the healthcare system and its benefits. This connection fosters accountability and support for the employee’s everyday needs.

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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures

HIT Consultant

healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services. The overarching goal of VBC is to improve the patient experience, improve population health, and reduce per capita health costs.

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Color Raises $100M at $4.6B Valuation to Expand Accessible, Equitable Public Health Infrastructure

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Color , a San Francisco, CA-based health technology company committed to advancing public health, announced a $100 million Series E financing round at a valuation of $4.6 billion led by Kindred Ventures and by certain funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence

HIT Consultant

Physical therapists are trained to constantly reassess their patients from a holistic viewpoint so that any changes are caught and accounted for in their plan of care. Technology is an impressive asset, but only when leveraged by an actual physical therapist.

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Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Health Populi

The Sage team explains that, by layering knowledge about peoples’ behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes on top of the traditional SDOH factors, health care providers can mash-up SBDoH – “socio-behavioral determinants of health” — your new acronym to add to your growing list of healthcare ABCs.