Freedman HealthCare

08/08/2023

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      Join Freedman HealthCare for an exciting webinar, "Data Visualization: Unleashing the Power of Insights," on Tuesday, August 8th at 1:00 PM EST. FHC's Data Science team will engage in a comprehe

06/30/2023

🎉 Thank you to everyone who was able to join our third Data Governance webinar. A special thanks to Jonathan Mathieu, Linda Green, Summer Preg, and Marissa Smith for speaking on Wednesday about the importance of safe DG in today's world. If you missed this webinar, the link is provided below! Also offered is our registration link to our fourth and final Data Governance Webinar!📊

We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Third Data Governance Webinar Click Here: https://freedmanhealthcarellc.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/MilbankProposal/ES01-Bp1phtJi_zAew58NNoB1D7cmK2WGVGK0uUxf1TLig?e=e0dHQS

Registration for the fourth Data Governance webinar Click Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d-sofKILR1m5jM6IRc41Cg

06/28/2023

🔥 Don't miss Freedman Healthcare's third Data Governance webinar today, June 28th, at 1 PM—this webinar is designed to enlighten and empower healthcare professionals, researchers, and data enthusiasts alike! 📆💻 Unleash the power of data governance and revolutionize healthcare—join us now! 📊🔒

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Freedman Healthcare explores emerging issues, best practices, and lessons learned

06/26/2023

Are you interested in learning more about Data Governance? Join our third this Wednesday, the 28th, from 1-2pm to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for effectively managing and protecting your organization's data, ensuring compliance, and maximizing its value in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Check it out here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d-sofKILR1m5jM6IRc41Cg

02/07/2023

Last Friday, the US Department of Justice announced a change in approach to transparency and health care cost and price info sharing. Learn what this means for APCDs in our latest APCD Journal piece by Senior Consultant Jonathan Mathieu

Recent action by the U. S. Department of Justice will change APCD approaches to transparency and the sharing of health care price and cost information. On Friday, February 3 the U. S. Department of Justice announced the withdrawal of “three outdated antitrust policy statements related to enforceme...

09/23/2022

“Success here might mean that MGB gets held to the maximum allowable price increases - or higher if the savings turn out to be overstated,” says John Freedman , FHC president, in The Boston Globe 's latest on 's plan to reduce total medical spend.

The hospital system nearly doubled its earlier commitment to reduce spending after months of discussions with a state watchdog agency.

04/28/2022

improves health and equity. FHC’s Mary Jo Condon recently detailed 17 states’ strategies to increase primary care investment. The work is part of California Health Care Foundation's initiative. Check it out in our latest blog post https://apcdjournal.com/?p=1161&preview_id=1161&preview_nonce=25e0ad397e&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true

04/20/2022

California Health Care Foundation brought together CA health care industry leaders in the Primary Care Investment Coordinating Group. FHC is proud to have joined in crafting guiding principals and recommendations for increasing primary care investments. https://bit.ly/3JGRcsP

Moving Forward with Primary Care A new focus on increasing primary care investment is taking root in California. The Primary Care Investment Coordinating Group of California (PICG) brings together public and private health care purchasers, policymakers, analysis and improvement specialists, consumer...

04/13/2022

We love the visual storytelling in Montgomery County, MD's tool to determine "Equity Focus Areas" - areas in county where residents may face challenges in employment, services, education, health, housing, transit, and quality of life. Learn more here: https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=05d437361e7a4e19a2ba3bbced117d10

04/12/2022

For , we are educating ourselves on strategies to break down barriers to care for pregnant and post-partum black folks. One piece we are looking to is this The Commonwealth Fund article on community-based models that improve maternal health outcomes & increase equity

A wide range of approaches could improve maternal health outcomes, especially for those most at risk: women of color and low-income women.

04/07/2022

Today Delaware DHSS launched CostAware, a site comparing health care costs for select episodes of care and services based on DE medical claims! We are proud to work alongside our DE partners to show the value of claims data in understanding health care costs.

04/05/2022

The KC Health Collaborative is bringing together the Kansas City community to address social drivers of health. Learn more about this organization's work in our latest APCD Journal post:

FHC knows that health system transformation starts with bringing stakeholders together to identify shared priorities and work towards measuring progress, while also using data to inform these conversations. FHC is pleased to support KCHC in its development of a Community Information Exchange and Hea...