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WIC Pilot Program Launches Preventive Dental Services to Children in Detroit and Beyond
December 14, 2017 | Press Release
A partnership between several nonprofit and government organizations has led to more than 1,000 children over the past year visiting a dentist in Wayne County. The pilot program, funded by the Delta Dental Foundation, brings together Altarum’s Michigan Caries Prevention Program and McMillen Health to provide oral health training and program evaluation to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
Altarum's Response to CMS's Request for a "New Direction"
December 01, 2017 | Announcement
Altarum responded to the CMS Innovation Center’s informal Request for Information on a new direction to promote patient-centered care and test market-driven reforms that empower beneficiaries as consumers, provide price transparency, increase choices and competition to drive quality, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.
Controlling Healthcare Spending Through Bundled Payments
November 21, 2017 | Press Release
Altarum and Payer Compass announce the combining of Altarum’s PROMETHEUS Analytics®, the model for all bundled payment programs implemented in the United States, and Payer Compass’s proprietary claim pricing technology, VisMed, to deliver a true, complete cost for healthcare procedures.
Altarum Introduces Payformance Solutions to Facilitate Value-Based Reimbursement Contracts
November 16, 2017 | Press Release
Nonprofit research and consulting organization Altarum announces the launch of a new company, Payformance Solutions, an innovative provider of value-based reimbursement solutions and services, to advance payment transformation in the healthcare industry.
Sluggish Hospital Spending Continues to Restrain Growth in Overall Health Spending
November 09, 2017 | Press Release
Total health spending growth in September was 4.3% higher compared to a year earlier primarily due to slow growth in hospital spending.
Presidential Opioid Commission’s Final Recommendations Must Include Recovery Supports
August 08, 2017 | Perspective
The federal Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis last week released its much anticipated recommendations. Some of them were bold and constructive, but a critical piece to solving this challenge—supporting people in recovery—was missing.
Socio-economic Disparities Pose Risk to Texas Economic Growth and Business Prosperity
March 20, 2017 | Press Release
Texas has long enjoyed one of the strongest economies in the nation, but widening disparities among the state’s growing population, particularly among minority groups, puts this growth at risk.
The Impact Of IMPACT
October 28, 2014 | Perspective
The world of Medicare post-acute care (PAC), which as a general rule covers the 90-day period following hospitalization, is set to change.