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Payment Designed for People: Introducing the Primary Care Outcomes Model

Early data shows that alternative payment methods (APMs) such as Alternative Quality Contract or Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been associated with lower spending on healthcare and improved use of healthcare resources. However, both of these APMs have produced only modest cost reductions in Medicare spending. Why? Because these models fail to leverage behavioral economics to maximize the impact of incentive dollars on changing physicians’ way of practice. Furthermore, they offer “relatively small rewards with delay and uncertainty while being complicated by too many metrics.” In...

Propeller Health research suggests asthma guidelines update

Clinical guidelines for determining asthma control were set many years ago, and now new research from Propeller Health suggests that those guidelines should be updated. The research was done in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. It showed that both patients and providers can get a better view of a patient’s medication when digital sensors are used to record the number of incidents of rescue inhaler use. Digital data, the research found, can be used to more accurately measure and...

Kyruus Announces Launch of ProviderMatch for Salesforce on the Salesforce AppExchange to Help Health Systems Deliver Optimal Access Experience

Kyruus announced today that its ProviderMatch for Salesforce solution, which integrates into Salesforce Health Cloud on the Salesforce AppExchange, is now available. ProviderMatch for Salesforce enables contact centers to deliver a personalized, end-to-end patient experience by combining Salesforce’s 360-degree view of the patient with Kyruus’ robust matching, appointment booking, and provider data management capabilities. With access centers serving as a key entry to health systems, Kyruus and Salesforce have already seen significant demand for the combined offering of ProviderMatch and HealthCloud. The launch accompanies a strategic...

New Actuarial Study Shows Accolade Personalized Advocacy Substantially Reduces Employer Healthcare Costs

A comprehensive study from a leading consulting firm has found that Accolade employer customers save significant medical and pharmacy spend across the entire member population, regardless of age, demographic, or condition. According to a rigorous independent comparison study by Aon, Accolade personalized advocacy allows self-insured employers to save between $527 and $782 per employee, per year—substantial savings over a matched multi-employer control group. The single-year and multi-year study was conducted by a highly respected team of Aon actuaries, who compared the medical utilization and financial results of...

Digital Therapeutics Market to Reach $7.83 Bn, Globally by 2025 at 20.5% CAGR—Allied Market Research

A new report by Allied Market Research shows that the field of digital therapeutics has a bright future. Increasing penetration of smartphones and tablets, and the rising incidence of chronic diseases are expected to boost the growth of the global digital therapeutics market. In addition, increasing awareness about the benefits of digital therapeutics such as low healthcare expenditure, improved patient and doctor communication, and efficient management of patients’ health supplements the market’s growth. This is good news for companies like Propeller Health, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company,...