How population health gaps can be filled using analytics

Healthcare Finance News May 13, 2020
Jeff Lagasse

Potential benefits to robust analytics and real-time reporting capabilities include more reimbursement dollars and better patient care.

Making headway on population health initiatives is an integral part of care delivery in the switch to value-based care models, but it requires real-time, actionable data. The lack of it can cause frustration when it comes to gauging the effectiveness of various pop health efforts.

For example, data that was available to the University of Texas Medical Branch, a safety net organization with 125,000 Medicaid patients, was often typically delayed by at least six weeks, which naturally slowed the improvement process. The data also didn’t convey the scope of potential opportunities, which hindered chances for improvement on Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment...

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