David Raths

Philadelphia

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Senior Contributing Editor at Healthcare Innovation Magazine

Freelance writer for Healthcare Innovation, Campus Technology, Government Technology and District Administration

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Articles

What Keeps Chief Population Health Officers Up at Night? | Healthcare Innovation

2 days ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

Uncertainty around Medicaid program changes among top concerns expressed by Population Health Colloquium panelists
Cedars-Sinai Boosts Innovation Efforts With Redesign Health | Healthcare Innovation

4 days ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

Partners seek to identify solutions for personalized medicine, specialty care access, workflow optimization, clinical decision support, and care coordination
LucyRx CEO David Blair on Disrupting the PBM Model

1 week ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

Venture capital firm LRVHealth recently invested in LucyRx, which was founded in 2023 and describes itself as a “next-generation” pharmacy benefits manager (PBM). The investment brings the startup’s total committed capital to more than $500 million. LucyRx CEO David Blair recently sat down with Healthcare Innovation to describe how he sees his company disrupting the old model.
Ascension’s Experience With eCQMs: Zoom Out Before Zooming in

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

During a panel session on the shift to electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) at the Spring NAACOS conference this week, Pranali Trivedi, senior director of Medicare performance for Ascension, said her health system learned it had to broaden the scope of its eCQM initiative beyond just the Medicare Shared Savings Program in order to gain traction and funding support internally. Ascension has 10 accountable care organizations (ACOs) across the country.
How MaineHealth Revised Its Complex Care Management Framework

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

Once the COVID pandemic began to ebb, the MaineHealth integrated health system did a program evaluation and then revised its complex care management framework. At the NAACOS spring meeting, Deborah McGill, associate vice president for population health management at the MaineHealth Medical Group, described some of the changes.
Innovator Awards Winning Team: Penn Medicine’s PennAInsights

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

With the twin goals of shifting from episodic to proactive, long-term management of patients with chronic disease and reducing physician burden, radiologists and IT specialists at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia have developed an artificial intelligence solution, PennAInsights, that automates the workflow from image capture through AI analysis to diagnostic reporting.
Atropos Further Integrates Into Stanford Health Care’s EHR

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

Real world evidence company Atropos Health said it is further integrating with Stanford Health Care to extend the availability of evidence within the electronic health record. Atropos Health, already installed inside Stanford Health Care’s firewall, said it will now generate evidence that will help clinicians finalize their encounter notes, including those generated by the hospital’s ambient AI provider, DAX from Microsoft, without having to leave their existing workflow.
Albany Med Partners With Honest Health on Value-Based Care

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

ID 97089153 | Albany New York © Sean Pavone | Dreamstime.comAlbany Med Health System, the largest nonprofit health system in northeastern New York and western New England, is partnering with Honest Health, a value-based care enablement organization. The organizations said that Nashville-based Honest Health will empower the Albany Med Health System's physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses with real-time insights, predictive analytics, and population health management strategies.
North Carolina Stakeholders Work to Simplify Value-Based Primary Care

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

During an April Primary Care Collaborative webinar, stakeholders in North Carolina’s healthcare transformation effort discussed how the state is trying to reduce the administrative burdens making it difficult for primary care practices to transition to alternative payment models.
American Oncology Network Details Drivers of Success in Value-Based Model

2 weeks ago | hcinnovationgroup.com | David Raths

ID 88380376 © ibreakstock | Dreamstime.comAmerican Oncology Network (AON) credited pharmacy interventions, comprehensive care navigation, and virtual palliative care support as key factors leading to its cost savings in the first performance period in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM). Founded in 2018, AON’s network represents more than 290 providers practicing across 21 states. AON practices represent approximately 10% of the total EOM population.