Population Health

Medicare Creates Experimental Pilot Incentive Program to Boost Medication Adherence

By Bill Hein, Payer/Provider Executive Lead As a strong believer in harnessing the power of pharmacists as part of the patient care team, I’m pleased to see some critical national …

Are your IT strategies for engaging patients working?

By Michael Solomon, PhD, MBA, Practice Lead, eCare Management Everyone is talking about ways to engage patients in their healthcare. Payers, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and HIT vendors are making major investments …

Stopping Physician Overprescribing

By Maria Friedman, Senior Consultant The war on drug abuse is taking a turn with the growing spotlight on physician overprescribing. More fuel has been thrown on the fire with new …

ONC’s Annual Meeting: Ongoing Themes Plus Population Health

By Maria Friedman, Senior Consultant Tony Schueth, Ed Daniels, myself and more than a thousand other intrepid souls braved the frigid DC weather to attend the ONC annual meeting last …