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	"A key to the success of bundled payment initiatives is an understanding of the components of care, such as testing, post-surgical care and complications. Only with an accurate model of those components and what drives them can payment incentives be established fairly and effectively which will encourage high-quality and low-cost delivery. Beyond merely adjusting for risk, it is important to model rates and costs of episodes and to identify what is driving higher-than-expected costs and worse-than-expected outcomes. This insight allows providers to manage what truly makes a difference and payers and regulatory bodies to track meaningful improvements.” - Swati Abbott, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Health Intelligence
	"A recent study that mapped adverse event and outcome rates to hospitalization costs, based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, indicated that serious avoidable adverse events are costing the healthcare system as much as $20 billion annually." Excerpted from: Predictive Modeling News, Volume 8 Number 8, August 2015, "Adverse Event Data Promote Population-Based Health Analyses"
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	Predictive Analytics for Use in Enabling Population Health Management Survey: Prioritizing Predictive Modeling Activities Adverse Event Data Promotes Population-Based Health Analyses by Brian Overstreet Thought Leaders’ Corner: “How can predictive analytics support involvement with new bundled payment initiatives such as the CMMI Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) Model?" Industry News with briefs regarding Oculus Health Catching Up With… Jeff Brown 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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