- Current Efforts to Improve Price Transparency in Healthcare. The key themes that emerged in the Current Efforts to Improve Price Transparency in Healthcare Executive Roundtable included increasing patient access to relevant billing data, health literacy; understanding the financial costs associated with clinical decisions for the consumers; defining what is appropriate care in all healthcare settings; increasing coordinating between various stakeholders; the effect of the administration's recent Executive Order on price transparency, and the role that Prior Authorization has in price transparency efforts. 10.23.19. In conjunction with United HealthCare.
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Straight from the Field: Collaborations to Improve the Patient Experience. This roundtable discussed the use of data to improve patient experience. Topics included the impact of care and wellness on patient experience and using data and analytics to lower cost, determine appropriate pharmaceutical interventions for patients, and personalize patient experience at the payer level. 7.30.19. In conjunction with Google Cloud.
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ICD-10 Coding for Social Determinants of Health. Organizations are ramping up efforts to address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) within their communities with proactive approaches that help identify members in need and to assist them with referrals to social and governmental services. This roundtable sought to develop a consistent and consolidated approach to communicate and assist providers and coders in utilizing existing ICD-10 SDOH codes. It also sought to formulate a strategy and unified approach for providers and coders to adopt and utilize proposed SDOH codes once approved. Read our materials on SDOH and understanding ICD-10-CM Codes. 7.17.19. In conjunction with United HealthCare.
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Demonstrating the Impact of Wearables in Research: Supporting Wellness & Patient Care. This roundtable focused on the use of wearable devices to support wellness. It specifically discussed the positive impact of wearables on care; using wearables to monitor and predict disease, manage chronic conditions, and affect behavior change; and the use of wearables for older adults with chronic conditions. 7.10.19. In conjunction with Fitbit.
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Cyber Readiness and Medical Devices: The Future of Healthcare Depends on a Cybersecure Ecosystem. This roundtable is a multi-disciplinary discussion on the challenges and solutions of cyber readiness and medical device protection. Medical devices can be vulnerable to security breaches, impacting the safety and effectiveness of the device. Healthcare stakeholders need to be vigilant about cybersecurity over the lifetime of a device, ensuring patient efficacy discussions include cybersecurity risks. 5.30.19. In conjunction with Booz Allen Hamilton.
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Beyond Healthcare: Social Determinants of Health Roundtable Series. This two-part roundtable gathering established a collaborative group to define and publish guiding principles for the use of SDOH. Stakeholders identified innovative policy and process approaches to help policy makers understand the value of SDOH. Participants aided in the composition and public promotion of a set of principles based on the industry guidelines, policy recommendations, and process approaches to support efforts to utilize SDOH to its full potential while addressing privacy and security concerns. eHI hosted a policy breakfast on June 27, 2019 to celebrate the release of the principles. 4.24.19 and 5.22.19. In conjunction with LexisNexis Healthcare.
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Concurrent Roundtable Sessions at eHI's Executive Leadership Summit. 3.14.19
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The second Simplifying Prior Authorization Executive Roundtable meeting was the final in-person gathering of stakeholders in eHI's Prior Authorization Collaborative Project. 01.31.19. In conjunction with United HealthCare. This initiative included four roundtables sponsored by United and athenahealth (formely GE's Health Group), executive interviews, and remote workgroup meetings. The project ultimately lead to the development of the Considerations for Improving Prior Authorization Document.