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3 Ways to Improve Clinical Quality Measures

on October 12, 2021 | By Kevin Leung
Clinical quality measures are a top priority in healthcare today. With reimbursements now directly tied to quality measures, payers are increasingly incentivized to maximize their plan’s performance and ultimately improve their Centers for Medicare ...
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Improving Medication Adherence to Specialty Drugs

on October 5, 2021 | By Dr. Linda Schultz
Adherence to specialty drugs is essential for managing and treating chronic and complex conditions. However,  pharmaceutical companies face a myriad of unique challenges in medication adherence to specialty drugs. In fact, a study on specialty ...
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Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Care

on September 28, 2021 | By Dr. Linda Schultz
The U.S. healthcare system is highly fragmented in nature. Poor care coordination and disparities between best practices and the care received can lead to dangerous clinical errors, poor patient outcomes, and increased healthcare spending. 
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How Certain Quality Measures Impact Each Other

on September 21, 2021 | By Dr. Linda Schultz
For payers, improving clinical quality measures for Medicare plans has become a top priority to boost Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings and maximize quality performance. Understanding how different measures impact each ...
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How Smart Data Can Optimize Your Patient Support Programs

on September 14, 2021 | By AllazoHealth
These days, nearly everything is driven by data in one way or another. Data empowers us to make better, more strategic decisions in many areas of life. Now, we are seeing more and more how smart data can help personalize programs and services to ...
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Preventing Non-Adherence in Asthma Patients

on September 7, 2021 | By William Grambley
Asthma is a common and costly condition, impacting  around 25 million people in the U.S. and  upwards of 262 million globally. Although treating asthma is possible with the right treatment plan, non-adherence to asthma medications poses a problem, ...
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Factors That Influence Medication Adherence

on August 31, 2021 | By William Grambley
Medication adherence is a complex issue that impacts the entire healthcare industry. Patients fail to take their medications as prescribed  for many reasons, and the consequences are often significant.  To improve medication adherence, it’s ...
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How Machine Learning Can Help With Non-Adherence

on August 24, 2021 | By Devraj Mukherjee
Machine learning powers many of the services we regularly use, from personalized recommendations on Netflix and Spotify to voice assistants such as Siri or Alexa. In recent years, machine learning has gained momentum in healthcare due to the vast ...
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How Medication Adherence Impacts Medicare Part D Star Ratings

on August 17, 2021 | By Dr. Linda Schultz
Medication adherence is a critical area of focus for health plans that evaluate quality performance. Payers are incentivized to increase medication adherence among Medicare Advantage Part D (MAPD) patients in order to boost Star Ratings, bring down ...
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4 Ways Medicare Plans Can Improve Star Ratings

on August 10, 2021 | By William Grambley
Efforts to improve clinical quality measures have become the norm for Medicare plans in the modern era of performance-based contracts. Payers are now incentivized to elevate their Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings in ...
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