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COVID-19 Health Innovation Collaborative Attracts Ideas from Across U.S. to Address Health Pandemic Challenges

October 13, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell), the parent to a family of forward-thinking companies focused on transforming health care, announced 13 health-tech companies from across the nation will showcase solutions that address some of the major challenges of the current health pandemic today at the GuideWell COVID-19 Health Innovation Collaborative Showcase. A virtual substance abuse support system and an AI-powered COVID-19 symptom attestation platform are among the concepts and prototypes that will be featured.

All of the ideas focus on increasing the scope and scale of resources to reduce the complex stress factors COVID-19 is having on our country’s health care system.

“Overcoming the health care challenges associated with COVID-19 requires out-of-the-box thinking from some of the brightest minds,” said Camille Harrison, senior vice president and chief operating officer of GuideWell Commercial Markets and GuideWell Innovation. “It is more imperative than ever

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Announces Case for Quality Collaborative Community with FDA Participation

October 7, 2020

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The Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) will participate in its Case for Quality Collaborative Community (CfQcc) initiative.

The CDRH identified participation in collaborative communities as a strategic priority for 2018 to 2020. The purpose of a collaborative community is to bring together medical device stakeholders in a continuing forum of private- and public-sector members, including the FDA, to achieve common outcomes, solve shared challenges, and leverage collective opportunities. Ultimately, collaborative communities seek to contribute to the improvement of areas affecting U.S. patients and healthcare.

“The FDA is committed to working with diverse stakeholders to help ensure that patients and health care providers have access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices,” said Francisco Vicenty, CfQcc program manager within FDA’s CDRH. “Today’s announcement reflects the agency’s commitment to collaborative communities and builds upon existing

Three Quarters of ACOs in Premier Inc. Population Health Management Collaborative Achieve Savings for Medicare

September 28, 2020

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In calendar year 2019, 75 percent of Premier member ACOs generated savings for Medicare and 44 percent performed well enough to qualify for shared savings.
Results are significantly better than the national averages for comparable ACOs.
PHMC members responsible for $716 million in net Medicare savings over the last five years.

Three quarters (75 percent) of Premier Population Health Management Collaborative (PHMC) accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) earned savings for the government, according to results released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week. Of those, 44 percent performed well enough to qualify for shared savings payments from Medicare.

These results outpace the national averages for comparable ACOs, which generated savings and shared savings at a rate of 70 percent and 40 percent, respectively. Additionally, PHMC MSSP ACOs participating in two-sided risk generated savings at a slightly higher rate when

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COVID-19 Health Innovation Collaborative Attracts Ideas from Across U.S. to Address Health Pandemic Challenges

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Announces Case for Quality Collaborative Community with FDA Participation

Three Quarters of ACOs in Premier Inc. Population Health Management Collaborative Achieve Savings for Medicare