The majority of analytics professionals employed by health plans — 77 percent — expect spending on analytics to increase during the next year, according to a report by accounting and consulting firm Deloitte.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana launched a tool that allows customers to compare costs of medical procedures in more than 300 categories.
Heather Cheng, MD, PhD. Director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Prostate Center Genetics. Dr. Cheng serves as director of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Prostate Cancer Genetics Clinic, which she helped form. An established researcher, Dr. Cheng has led numerous clinical trials…
Vik Bakhru, MD. COO of ConsejoSano (San Francisco). Dr. Bakhru is the COO of ConsejoSano, a venture-backed health technology platform for Spanish speakers. He previously served as the COO of First Opinion, a digital health start-up, and CMO for Abercrombie &…
Fatima Paruk, MD. CMO of Allscripts Analytics (Chicago). Dr. Paruk uses analytics to increase efficiency, effectiveness and improve health outcomes for Allscripts Analytics. She is responsible for driving innovation in population health analytics that increase efficiency and effectiveness while improving outcomes.…
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Abhinav Shashank. Co-Founder and CEO of InnovAccer (Palo Alto, Calif.). Since co-founding InnovAccer in October 2012, Mr. Shashank has been named on Forbes’ list 30 Under 30 – Asia. InnovAccer is a health analytics company focused on its proprietary product,…
Shivdev Rao, MD. Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises (Pittsburgh). Dr. Rao combined his cardiovascular training, research and technology interests to become one of UPMC’s leading digital health strategists. He served as the vice president of clinical innovation strategy at UPMC…
Thirty-nine percent of health plan members said their insurer does not provide a cost predictor, according to a HealthMine survey.
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Community Hospital and Salt Lake City-based University of Utah rolled out a health plan Tuesday, The Daily Sentinel reports.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Redirect Health unveiled a healthcare plan in Arizona's Maricopa County, where several insurers pulled their individual ACA exchange health plans from last year.