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	“Risk adjustment helps us understand the relative risk or resource use of an individual. Predictive modeling helps us anticipate the chances of something happening, and when and how to intervene, before it happens. They are complimentary and are critical in helping organizations maneuver changing reimbursement models, tightening budgets and managing patients more effectively in a post-reform world. The Affordable Care Act accelerates the need for care transformation. With more people to cover, shrinking healthcare budgets and growing price and margin pressures, predictive models can help organizations improve patient outcomes and identify appropriate price or cost reduction areas without compromising quality.” - Swati Abbott, CEO, Blue Health Intelligence
	"Healthcare data are growing at an estimated rate of 45% a year, but this represents only 5% of the digital data wake each of us leaves behind." Excerpted from: Predictive Modeling News, Volume 8 Number 2, February 2015, ThoughtLeaders' Corner: "Predictions for 2015 and Beyond"
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	Maine's Statewide HIE Members Get New Predictive Analytics Using Real Time Clinical Data HealthInfoNet, January 7, 2015
	Predictive analytics, a potent prescription for health care Fortune, January 5, 2015
	Population Health Management Apps Proliferate Using Analytics to Drive Effectiveness in Medicaid, Part I Thought Leaders’ Corner: "How would you compare and contrast risk adjustment and predictive modeling?" Industry News with briefs regarding SCIO Health Analytics; Cigna; Outcomes Based Healthcare; Explorys Catching Up With… Matt Siegel Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Predictive Modeling News, or find out more
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