03 Jun 2015

by Fred Goldstein PopHealth Week will be featuring Jennifer Drago EVP of Population Health at Sun Health. This week’s show will focus on some of the innovative programs that Sun Health offers in the seniors market including their Care Transitions Program  which has a CMS Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) contract. CMS just renewed the Sun Health CCTP contract and increased...

02 Jun 2015

  Listen to a recording of the show with Jennifer Drago here: PopHealth Week airing Wednesday June 3 at 12 pm eastern will feature Jennifer Drago, EVP of Population Health at Sun Health. This week’s show will focus on some of the innovative programs  that Sun Health offers in the seniors market including their Care Transitions  Program which has a CMS Community-based Care Transit...

26 May 2015

PopHealth Week May 27 at 12 pm Eastern www.pophealthweek.com       Join Fred Goldstein, Gregg Masters and Doug Goldstein as they discuss recent news and issues in population health. This week’s show will focus on Evolent Health and their recently announced IPO as well as the Quantified self and health care data, who’s using it, and what are some of the issues the industry...

26 May 2015

Thirty years in healthcare makes one a bit jaded.  I have been mulling over the following questions, some for many, many years. Perhaps one of you might have an answer, propose a solution or have another question to add ... If the IOM says that 30% of healthcare is waste, fraud and/or abuse, why are Kaiser and other fully integrated provider/insurers not at least 20% cheaper than other...

22 May 2015

As we move to the Internet of Things (IOT), we are also rapidly moving into the Internet of Me, the ability to track oneself 24 hours per day for a multitude of different measures. Where I am, what I’m doing, exercise, weight, blood pressure, pulse, blood sugar, stress, who I’m with and on and on. The value of these data to ones self cannot be underestimated, nor its potential value to s...

21 May 2015

Well I made it through the first broadcast of PopHealth Week, thanks to a  fantastic guest, David Nash, MD and the work of my partner, Gregg Masters, the shows producer and co-host.  We explored many areas of population health and its clear that David is such a wealth of knowledge that we'll be calling on him again.  To listen to  a recording of the show, please go to the PopHealth Week ...

18 May 2015

This week Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) and I (@fsgoldstein), along with Doug Goldstein (@eFuturist) are announcing the launch of PopHealth Week. This weekly radio podcast (broadcast at 12 pm eastern each Wednesday) with associated website (www.pophealthweek.com) will focus on all things population health. Our shows will feature 1) people, topics, news and analysis as we will 2) present t...

15 May 2015

By Frederic S. Goldstein As providers move rapidly into what they call population health, it is becoming clear that there are many definitions  of population health and many people who state they provide population health management. David Kindig, MD has pointed out, it’s time to provide more specificity to delineate what population health is, and what providers and others are doing with...

30 Apr 2015

As providers move rapidly into what they call population health, it is becoming clear that there are many definitions  of population health and many people who state they provide population health management. David Kindig, MD has pointed out, it's time to provide more specificity to delineate what population health is, and what providers and others are doing within population health. Dr....