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Introducing HIMSS Payer Initiative -- Linking Payers and Providers to Improve the Quality of Care through IT
November, 12 2011
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Shelley Price, director, HIMSS Payer and Life Sciences Recent healthcare policy changes, in conjunction with ever advancing health and health information technologies, are facilitating this country's movement toward the trifecta goal of improving the quality of patient care and outcomes while reducing costs. The payer community is an important and large healthcare stakeholder, and has a core expertise in facilitating the goal of "value."
NEW! HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable October Monthly Meeting: ACOs and HIEs
October, 18 2011
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Shelley Price, director, HIMSS Payer and Life Sciences Join the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable at its next monthly meeting this Thursday, October 20, from 4:00-5:00pm EST for a discussion with Michael R. Solomon on “Success of Patient-Centered Accountable Care Depends on Successful HIEs.” Major initiatives to develop accountable care organizations and their patient-centered medical homes core are being announced with increasing frequency.
HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable: Accountable Care Organizations
September, 12 2011
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HIMSS Patient-Centered Roundtable The following is a summary of a selected monthly meetings of the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable. Each session has a featured speaker and is focused on a specific topic. Session recordings of each meeting is available on the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable website at no cost.
Accountable Care Organizations
Presented by Antonio P. Linares, MD, FAAFP – Medical Director, RVP, Anthem Blue Cross Comprehensive Health Solutions
HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable: Health IT-Enabled Medical Home
September, 12 2011
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HIMSS Patient-Centered Roundtable The following is a summary of a selected monthly meetings of the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable. Each session has a featured speaker and is focused on a specific topic. Session recordings of each meeting is available on the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable website at no cost.
Health IT-Enabled Medical Home
Presented by Martin Lustick, MD – Senior Vice President and Corporate Medical Director, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable: Payer-Provider Collaborations
September, 12 2011
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HIMSS Patient-Centered Roundtable The following is a summary of a selected monthly meetings of the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable. Each session has a featured speaker and is focused on a specific topic. Session recordings of each meeting is available on the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable website at no cost.
Payer-Provider Collaborations
Presented by Emad Rizk, MD – President, McKesson Health Solutions
HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable: Building a Consumer Centric Collaborative Platform
September, 12 2011
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HIMSS Patient-Centered Roundtable The following is a summary of a selected monthly meetings of the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable. Each session has a featured speaker and is focused on a specific topic. Session recordings of each meeting is available on the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable website at no cost.
Building a Consumer Centric Collaborative Platform – Healthcare Reform Is a Team Sport: Has Payer/Provider Collaboration Finally Arrived?
Call for Members: HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable
September, 12 2011
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Shelley Price, director, HIMSS Payer and Life Sciences The HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable is accepting new members. The vision of the Roundtable is to improve individual patient care, quality, and outcomes in a cost-effective manner by fostering collaboration and trust between providers, payers, and health information technology vendors through the development of interoperable health IT. The Roundtable serves to provide a vehicle for these and other stakeholders to exchange ideas and dialogue on emerging health IT issues and opportunities.
Payers Are Key Partners in Building a Foundation for Collaborative Care Models
September, 12 2011
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Shelley Price, director, HIMSS Payer and Life Sciences Care delivery in the U.S. is fragmented and disjointed and often leaves individuals to coordinate their own care. This lack of coordination results in overuse and underuse of resources, both of which can result in increased costs and decreased quality of care.
The HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable
September, 12 2011
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Shelley Price, director, HIMSS Payer and Life Sciences With the mission of supporting the payer community as it works toward the goal of improving individual patient care, quality, and outcomes in a cost-effective manner by fostering collaboration and trust between providers, payers, and health IT vendors though the development of interoperable health IT, the HIMSS Patient-Centered Payer Roundtable is a forum that directly links important health IT stakeholders and the payer community.
