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Digging into Data Issues to Collaborate Across Healthcare
November 2018
Kerda DeHaan, a management analyst with the District of Columbia’s Department of Healthcare Finance, talks about the agency’s implementation of HealthEC’s population health management solutions to improve both the care management and cost profiles of care delivery for Medicaid recipients in Washington D.C.
Collaboration is taking place more and more across different types of healthcare entities these days—not only between hospitals and health insurers, for example, but also very much between local government entities on the one hand, and both providers (hospitals and physicians) and managed Medicaid plans, as well.
Among those government agencies moving forward to engage more fully with providers and provider organizations is the District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF), which is working across numerous lines in order to improve both the care management and cost profiles of care delivery for Medicaid recipients in Washington, D.C.
The work that Kerda DeHaan, a management analyst with the D.C. Department of Health Care, is helping to lead with colleagues in her area is ongoing, and involves multiple elements, including data management, project management, and health information exchange. DeHaan spoke recently with Healthcare Informatics Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland regarding this ongoing work. Continue reading
Excerpt from Healthcare Informatics