Arcadia at HIMSS18, March 5-9

We look forward to connecting with you at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas this coming March, where we’ll be at booth #4221.  We’re excited about some great events, and we hope to see you!

Monday, March 5th

Arcadia customer LaRon Rowe, director of information management at Accountable Health Partners (AHP) in Rochester, NY will speak at the HIMSS Cloud Computing Forum on Monday, March 5th.  AHP is an accountable care network that includes a large urban academic medical center and 48 independent community primary care practices.  Their 2000 providers care for over a million patients in the Rochester region.

LaRon will explain how AHP decided to invest in cloud-based Arcadia Analytics, powered by AWS, to enable their diverse network to get insight into clinical quality measures, cost utilization, risk scores, and clinical gaps.  This cloud-based infrastructure allowed AHP to rapidly collaborate with health plans and take on risk-based contracts and pay-for-performance quality programs.  (HIMSS Cloud Computing Forum at Wynn Las Vegas, March 5th)

Also on Monday, March 5th:

• Connect with our chief technology officer Jon Cook at the CHIME CIO Forum, also at Wynn Las Vegas.

Tuesday, March 6th

Arcadia customer Steward Health Care Network will present a HIMSS general education session, “Closing the Gap: Risk Insights at the Point of Care“.  Heather Trafton, PA-C, MBA,vice president of operations, and Catherine Turbett, director of practice performance improvement, will explain how they are pushing HCC coding gaps directly to the EHR for provider review.  This is the latest phase of a successful risk program at their accountable care organization, which cares for over 2 million patients with 3,500 physicians, 18 hospital campuses, and 25 affiliated urgent care provider locations. (March 6th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Galileo 901)

Newly added!  Our customer Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI) does important work on caring for the whole person under value based contracting.  Medical director Christine Seals, MD and our guest Marc Lassaux, chief technical officer for Quality Health Network will participate in a discussion and Q&A with Arcadia chief medical officer Rich Parker, MD about all things related to getting and – more importantly – making use of behavioral health and social determinant of health data.  Please join us for “What’s New at the Intersection of Tech, Behavioral Health and Social Information Exchange.”  (March 6th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Booth #4221)

Highlights for Tuesday, March 6th:

• 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM, Booth #4221: Meet the Arcadia team and learn about the latest capabilities of our highly-rated population health management platform, Arcadia Analytics.
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Galileo 901: “Closing the Gaps: Risk Insights at the Point of Care”, a general education session from our customer Steward Health Care.
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, Booth #4221: Cocktail reception highlighting the brand new data visualizations in our Arcadia Data Gallery.  Come join us for wine, beer, appetizers, and the insightful data visualizations that draw crowds every year.
• Pick up the “most useful handout ever” according to HIStalk either at our booth (#4221) or at HIStalk’s (#11228).  These conference survival kits went fast last year, so make sure to stop by!

The crowd at our cocktail reception last year

Wednesday, March 7th

We host a breakfast briefing on Wednesday, March 7th, where Arcadia principal data scientist and product manager Michael Simon, PhD will explain the data quality issues that can impact value based care performance and how to address them.  In “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Claims Data Quality and ACO Performance“, Michael will share how to identify and address major data quality issues currently plaguing plan data from sources ranging from commercial plans to Federal and state agencies.  (March 7th, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, Room 201)

Arcadia advisor and renowned health IT thought leader John Halamka, MD, MS will answer your digital health questions in a Q&A at the Arcadia booth on Wednesday, March 7th.  (March 7th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Arcadia Booth #4221)

John Halamka, MD, MS at last year’s Q&A at the Arcadia booth.

Highlights for Wednesday, March 7th:

• 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, Room 201: Breakfast Briefing “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Claims Data Quality and ACO Performance” from Arcadia’s data quality expert Michael Simon, PhD.  Be sure to register in advance!
• 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM, Booth #4221: Meet the Arcadia team and learn about the latest capabilities of our highly-rated population health management platform, Arcadia Analytics.
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Booth #4221: Digital Health Q&A with health IT thought leader John Halamka, MD, MS.  Come by for a unique opportunity to talk with a visionary CIO in our industry.
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, Booth #4221: Come meet our clients during the HIMSS cocktail hour, and enjoy heavy appetizers and insightful conversations.
• Pick up the “most useful handout ever” according to HIStalk either at our booth (#4221) or at HIStalk’s (#11228).  These conference survival kits went fast last year, so make sure to stop by!

Thursday, March 8th

Payment reform drove a radical change in the way Arcadia customer Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic delivers care.  YVFWC is the largest community-based health center in the Pacific Northwest, with 34 clinics in Washington and Oregon serving 139,369 patients.  Chief executive officer Carlos Olivares and clinic director Michelle Lehr O’Connell, MPA will present a HIMSS general education session talk, “Radical Care Transformation with Social Determinant Data“ on Thursday, March 8th.  The YVFWC team will explain their pragmatic approach to capturing and analyzing social determinant of health data to address the true drivers of clinical outcomes for a challenging population while achieving profitability goals under their Medicaid contract.  (March 8th, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Palazzo L)

Highlights for Thursday, March 8th:

• 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM, Booth #4221: Meet the Arcadia team and learn about the latest capabilities of our highly-rated population health management platform, Arcadia Analytics.
• 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Palazzo L: “Radical Care Transformation with Social Determinant Data”, general education session #266 from our customers at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.

Booth #4221

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