14 Mar Health Data News Roundup: Before and After DAV for Payers; Health Plans and Health Equity Data; and BCBSA News

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

Health Payers: Before and After Data Aggregator Validation (DAV)
For health payers, the need for data aggregation is coming more into the forefront, and here’s a run down of the Data Aggregator Validation (DAV) capabilities for payers. In addition, IMAT Solutions is the first, and currently only, technology company to achieve full DAV designation from NCQA.

Payer Orgs Respond to CMS Medicare Advantage Advance Notice
Payer organizations such as AHIP and the Alliance for Community Health Plans (ACHP)
have raised some concerns in their comments on the advance notice of methodological changes for Medicare Advantage capitation rates and payment policies in 2023.

Health Plans Grapple with How to Acquire, Implement Health Equity Data
Emerging requirements from the Biden administration have health plans working to get key social determinants of health data (SDOH) on their members to improve equity, but health plans could face heavy barriers in getting and using actionable data from non-healthcare sources.

TEFCA Interoperability Framework to Enhance Health Data Exchange, Security
The Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement (TEFCA) interoperability framework is set to streamline health data exchange for enhanced care delivery, and security will be coming into the forefronts, according to Lee Barrett, CEO of EHNAC.

Humana Aims to Use Data from Fitbit to Help Some Medicare Advantage Members Predict Adverse Events
Humana is working toward using Fitbit devices it has distributed to Medicare Advantage plan members to help track data on chronic conditions and to encourage healthy behaviors.

ONC: Most Information Blocking Claims Have Come from Patients
Patients have submitted the vast majority of information blocking claims since the ONC interoperability rule went into effect in April 2021, according to ONC data.

BCBSA Partnership Aims to Increase Access to Low-Cost Insulin
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has partnered with a nonprofit generic drug company to help increase access to low-cost insulin for members living with diabetes.