Population Health Management Weekly Wrap Up 7/17/16

Chris Hammack (Patientco) joins population health management consulting group Aegis Health Group as SVP of sales and business development.

Medecision launches Aerial for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage, a population health management system.

Delmarva Health Network ACO selects population health management and analytics technologies from EQHealth Solutions to help better manage the care of its 18,000 members in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

Evolent Health will acquire the majority of Valence Health for $145 million, the companies have announced. The deal, which involves $35 million in cash and the remainder in Evolent shares, excludes Valence’s state insurance cooperative contracts, which will continue to operate under a newly created entity. Mr. H expands on the news here.

Medical Information Network – North Sound, a community-based HIE based in Mount Vernon, WA, selects Jiva population health management software from ZeOmega to support its 20-facility network. MIN-NS has also expanded its use of Jiva HIE, which it signed up for five years ago, by adding care transitions and enhanced HIE capabilities.

Middle Tennessee State University turns to population health management principles to help boost student retention rates. Consulting and research company Education Advisory Board has helped the university use predictive analytics to identify students who are at low risk, rising risk, and high risk of not coming back; and to provide each group with the appropriate outreach services. The 23,000-student institution has seen its retention rate rise by 400 students – equal to $1.5 million – in just one year.

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Contacts

Jennifer,  Mr. H, Lorre, Dr. Jayne, Dr. Gregg

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