{"id":20668,"date":"2022-10-03T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=20668"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:50:42","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/health-data-news-roundup-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: IMAT\u2019s DaaS Platform Boosts Payer Revenue; Data Drives Value-Based Care and Population Health; and CHIME News"},"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

How Health Payers Can Enhance Revenue with IMAT\u2019s DaaS Platform<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe IMAT Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform<\/a> allows payers to leverage clinical data in ways that boost overall revenue and drive continual cost-savings, as highlighted in this recent blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How Data Drives Value-Based Care and Population Health<\/strong><\/a>
\nPhilip M. Oravetz, MD, MPH, chief population health officer at Ochsner Health, in Louisiana, has some crucial advice for other health systems mulling value-based contracts, in this recent AMA article<\/a>. <\/p>\n

CHIME Leads Request for HHS to Delay Information Blocking Deadline<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and nine other healthcare industry groups have called on HHS<\/a> to postpone the approaching information blocking compliance deadline, which is set to go into effect on October 6, 2022.<\/p>\n

Nine Organizations Earn Advanced NCQA Health Equity Accreditation<\/strong><\/a>
\nLast week, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced<\/a> that nine health care organizations have earned accreditation in the first cohort of the NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus program.<\/p>\n

CMS Approves MA, OR Section 1115 Demonstration Initiatives<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has approved<\/a> two Medicaid section 1115 demonstration initiatives that aim to offer continuous coverage to children and seek to address social determinants of health needs in these states.<\/p>\n

HC Awards $200K in Social Determinants of Health Grants in NM<\/strong><\/a>
\nUnitedHealthcare is offering four grants to community organizations that are addressing social determinants of health in New Mexico, UnitedHealth Group announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Businesses Struggle to Meet Employer Sponsored Health Plan Expectations<\/strong><\/a>
\nAs businesses struggle to cover the costs of employer-sponsored health plans, employees want better options and more control over their coverage choices, according to an eHealth survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Improved EHR Usability Needed to Support Care Coordination, Communication<\/strong><\/a>
\nEfforts to optimize EHR usability for patients, caregivers, and clinicians are necessary to improve care coordination, according to a National Quality Forum (NQF) report<\/a>.<\/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. How Health Payers Can Enhance Revenue with IMAT\u2019s DaaS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20670,"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\/20668"}],"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=20668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20671,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20668\/revisions\/20671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}