If you are like me, then your LinkedIn feed has been streaming endless takes on the potential CVS-Aetna merger. How will this affect me? Is this merger legal? Is this merger a preemptive strike to Amazon buying Whole Foods? Many of these posts are speculative and raise compelling points. At Care Experience, we wanted to … Read More
Have you heard of IoT? IoT stands for internet of things. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. How does IoT affect healthcare? The internet of … Read More
Care Experience is pleased to announce our partnership with The Kinetix Group (TKG), a New York City-based life science marketing agency and care delivery consultancy. TKG partners with organizations to implement value-based care delivery. Together, our integrated solution strengthens our offering across the Care Continuum. “The overarching mission of Care Experience is to elevate the voice-of-the-patient … Read More
This week we want to highlight a great blog from our friends at The Kinetix Group (“TKG”), “Patient Centricity and Technology’s Freedom of Choice in Disease Management.” TKG works directly with health systems and payers to build and implement value-based delivery models for identified patient populations. As we move further and further into value-based purchasing and the shifting of risk from payers … Read More
September 8, 2017, President Donald trump took to Twitter with a shocking announcement: In July, the Senate voted against repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a replacement. The Skinny Repeal Bill that was voted on in July targeted the removal of personal mandates. Skinny repeal set the personal penalty for not carrying health insurance … Read More
Since the inception of computers, we have been programmed that interacting with technology involved pressing buttons. In order for me to communicate with you via any kind of electronic communication media required typing on either alphabetical or numerical keys to relay that message. Then came the internet and we were programmed how to search. We … Read More
Recently we explored pricing transparency as one of the three major factors contributing to the consumerization of healthcare. This week will explore how government regulations are becoming another major driving force.Government regulations are affecting the reimbursement of healthcare organizations. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program is a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative … Read More
Anytime consumerization hits an industry, the power shifts from the service providers to their customers. We’ve seen it happen over and over in multiple industries most recently transportation by Uber and travel accommodations by Airbnb.And now it is the perfect storm of (1) patient access to pricing data combined with (2) government regulations combined with … Read More
