Accountable Care

The company will collect a $1 million prize for its algorithms designed to predict unplanned hospitalizations and adverse events. Runner-up Geisinger will get $230,000.

The health system has achieved tremendous results for nephrology patients, boosting its value-based care program in the process.

The 10-year collaboration, billed as a "radical departure" from the transactional status quo, includes launch of a new company aimed at data-driven approaches to value-based care and the creation of a new virtual health center.

Sean Cavanaugh, chief policy officer at Aledade and former deputy administrator and director of CMS, offers expert insights into virtual care post-pandemic.

The impact of COVID-19 is felt most severely in communities of color, yet the disparities have not been the result of the pandemic.

As chief information technology officer, Comer will continue to transform KP's digital strategy, with a focus on innovating and improving consumer experience at the healthcare giant.

At providers working closely with Castell, the cost of care for patients has decreased in a meaningful way, its chief analytics officer says.

With its promise of virtual care in all 50 states, this is the first time a big tech firm will be directly in the healthcare services business. Will it be another failed experiment, or the breakthrough we've been waiting for?

The analytics company wants to help its customers use augmented intelligence to tackle everything from value-based care and price transparency to pandemic response and health equity.

Brooks-LaSure formerly worked for the Obama Administration within CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services.