{"id":19999,"date":"2020-05-04T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=19999"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:54:42","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/health-data-news-roundup-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Reliance COVID-19 Response Use Cases; Population Health and Payers; and IMAT Highlighted in KLAS Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reliance eHealth Collaborative Leverages IMAT Platform for Enhancing Data Reporting and Analytics for COVID-19 Response<\/a><\/strong>
\nLast week, we announced<\/a> that Reliance eHealth Collaborative, a growing HIE in the Pacific Northwest, is leveraging the IMAT platform for developing and implementing a wide-range of use cases for enhancing its stakeholders\u2019 COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n

How Population Health Tactics Fortify COVID-19 Member Engagement<\/a><\/strong>
\nAs the healthcare system reels from the coronavirus, payer success in member engagement relies in part on<\/a> effective implementation of population health management strategies.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Rules Federal Government Must Pay $12B to ACA Insurers<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled<\/a> that the federal government must pay $12 billion to insurers enrolled in the Affordable Care Act\u2019s risk corridor program.<\/p>\n

BCBS MA Deploys Employees for Contact Tracing, Staffing Support<\/a><\/strong>
\nBlue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is deploying<\/a> its employees to support statewide efforts against the coronavirus by helping in contact tracing and working at Boston Hope, the state capital\u2019s field hospital.<\/p>\n

Medicare Advantage Enrollment, Quality Continue Upward Trend<\/a><\/strong>
\nMedicare Advantage plans are continuing along a trend of burgeoning enrollment and rising quality, although costs for certain services may be more expensive than traditional Medicare, according<\/a> to recent analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).<\/p>\n

Humana Calls for Social Determinants of Health in Risk Adjustment<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn a recent joint article with the National Quality Forum (NQF), Humana called for<\/a> a new risk adjustment model that accounts for both clinical factors and social determinants of health.<\/p>\n

Medicaid, CHIP Amendments Help States Fight COVID-19 Outbreak<\/a><\/strong>
\nRecent CMS amendments and waivers allow state Medicaid and CHIP programs more flexibility<\/a> in order to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

HIPAA, State Laws Hamper Patient Data Exchange During COVID-19<\/a><\/strong>
\nState privacy regulations and (HIPAA are making it more difficult<\/a> for HIEs to send and receive patient data, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

IMAT Solutions Featured in KLAS COVID-19 Technology Solutions Guide<\/a><\/strong>
\nWith health data management and analytic solutions being critical for rapid COVID-19 response, we are excited to announce<\/a> that IMAT Solutions was featured in the recent KLAS COVID-19 Technology & Services Solutions Guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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. Reliance eHealth Collaborative Leverages IMAT Platform for Enhancing Data…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20004,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19999\/revisions\/20004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}