Accountable Care
Watch the second day of our livestream of interviews with healthcare IT industry luminaries, thought leaders and innovators from AsiaPac19 in Bangkok, Thailand.
ACOs saved Medicare $739 million last year after accounting for shared savings bonuses and collecting shared loss payments.
Among the challenges explored at the Oct. 7-10 event in Bangkok, Thailand, will be the challenge of homegrown EMRs and the "iron triangle" of healthcare.
The company, founded by former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Farzad Mostashari, says advanced analytics are helping its accountable care organizations drive big efficiencies.
At this year's Health 2.0, attendees were particularly interested in providing patients with their health data, say Jamie Skipper and Damon Davis of Elevation Health Consulting.
Digital health companies are evolving from mere point solutions to "flip stack" vendors complete with clinical staff, innovative therapeutics and more, says Catalyst @ Health 2.0 President and co-founder Dr. Indu Subaiya.
The current state of health tech investment and value-based care were among the major talking points at this year's Health 2.0 Conference, says Jonah Comstock, HIMSS Media's new director of content development and editor in chief.
NantHealth VP Mark Jackson was at Health 2.0 looking for new opportunities to bring valuable cloud-based data to physicians at the point of care.
Dr. Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS International, says health tech ideas are coalescing toward a real sea change.
Changes to Medicare's post-hospital payment structure, to bring it closer to that used by private insurers, might save money, Health Affairs says.