Bellevue, Wash.-based Caradigm has formed a team dedicated to boosting outcomes for its clients' accountable care organizations and bundled payment programs.
Dubbed the Care Transformation Team, it will consist of population health clinical experts who will provide guidance to providers on how to align care delivery needs to the software solutions provided by Caradigm. This new team is Caradigm's response to the fact that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to making population health and alternative care delivery systems work.
"The transformation that population health is driving in healthcare is universal, but how providers adapt and harness this change is an extremely personal undertaking," Caradigm CEO Michael Simpson said in a statement. "There are multiple paths to population health, such as bundled payments, [the Medicare Shared Savings Program], federal programs and clinically integrated networks — but no two providers, even if they employ the same strategy, will execute it in the same way. In the era of population health, the responsibility of software companies goes beyond successful implementation — as they must also ensure that the provider is able to achieve the outcomes unique to its organization. Caradigm's Care Transformation Team is entrusted with this critical responsibility."
The team will be led by Caradigm Vice President Vicki Harter, who is experienced in both payer and provider markets.
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