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Upcoming FHC Webinar- Data Visualization: Unleashing the Power of Insights       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

🎉 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!📊

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🔥 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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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Data Governance: Essential for Timely Decisions in an Era of Changing Social Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Freedman Healthcare explores emerging issues, best practices, and lessons learned

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.

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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

Health Care Price Transparency: The APCD Landscape Just Changed - APCD Journal 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 On Friday, February 3 the U. S. Department of Justice announced the withdrawal of “three outdated antitrust policy statements related to enforceme...

“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.

Mass General Brigham agrees to slash millions of dollars in spending - The Boston Globe The hospital system nearly doubled its earlier commitment to reduce spending after months of discussions with a state watchdog agency.

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

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

Recommended Actions - California Health Care Foundation 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...

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

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 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/mar/community-models-improve-maternal-outcomes-equity

Community-Based Models to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes and Promote Health Equity A wide range of approaches could improve maternal health outcomes, especially for those most at risk: women of color and low-income women.

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. https://costaware.dhss.delaware.gov/

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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: https://apcdjournal.com/analytics/kc-health-collaborative-bringing-kc-community-together-address-social-drivers-health

KC Health Collaborative: Bringing the KC Community Together to Address Social Drivers of Health - APCD Journal 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...

Looking good! FHC Sr. Consultant Mary Jo Condon and Consultant Vinayak are discussing their work in to increase Primary Care investment without increasing Total Cost at today. Feel free to come by and talk to them!

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In part two of the APCD Journal series, Maureen Mustard and John Freedman discuss how the SAPCDAC achieved the vision of improving APCDs as a tool in healthcare cost reform efforts. Learn more: https://apcdjournal.com/leading-apcd/state-payer-claims-database-advisory-committee-reflections-part-ii-achieving-vision-improving-apcds-tool-healthcare-cost-reform-efforts

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part II: Achieving the Vision of Improving APCDs as a Tool in Healthcare Cost Reform Efforts - APCD Journal This is Part II of a comprehensive review of the history, work, and recommendations of the State All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC ) and its efforts to expand the use and efficiency of APCD data. Part I lays out the history of APCDs and Part II focuses on the work of the committe...

The SAPCDAC provided recommendations for improving APCD regulations this past summer. Learn more about the Committee's work, recommendations, and how they could change the use of APCDs going forward in our latest APCD Journal piece with Maureen Mustard https://apcdjournal.com/leading-apcd/state-payer-claims-database-advisory-committee-reflections-part-birth-evolution-payer-claims-databases-apcds

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part I: The Birth and Evolution of All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) - APCD Journal Introduction In August 2021, the State All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC) completed its report to the Department of Labor (DOL) on recommendations for improving All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) regulations with a goal of expanding and standardizing data for state APCDs, a move in...

We're ! FHC is actively searching for an experienced, creative to join our team! See our website for more info and ways to apply: https://freedmanhealthcare.com/freedman-careers/

: NASHP is hosting the Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship Program for health policy professionals. Check it out here: https://www.nashp.org/elc/

Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship Program - The National Academy for State Health Policy NASHP’s Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship aims to empower emerging state health policy leaders from communities of color to lead the development and administration of state health policy informed by their lived experiences.

FHC is proud to work with the at
on their recently released Annual Review of Carrier Progress Towards Meeting Affordability Standards. Give it a read here: https://insurance.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/12/Delaware-Annual-Review-of-Progress-Towards-12062021.pd

SS1 For SB120 signed by Governor John Carney increases primary care investment, limits hospital price growth and ties more of the healthcare $ to value. FHC is proud to staff the DE OVBHCD and support the DE Department of Insurance team in this important work.

We're hiring! Are you an experienced or a student looking for a fall ? Check out our open positions here! https://freedmanhealthcare.com/freedman-careers/

Do you know a smart, seasoned with an eye for detail and a love for health policy and data? We are looking to hire! View the position description on our website and share with your networks! https://freedmanhealthcare.com/freedman-careers/

Check out this interesting, timely new analysis from CIVHC | Center for Improving Value in Health Care on drug rebates (impact, share, etc) using the new drug rebate file they started collecting. http://www.civhc.org/get-data/public-data/focus-areas/prescription-drug-rebates/

Prescription Drug Rebates - CIVHC.org Prescription Drug Rebates Complete Methodology Press Release (August 2021) Prescription Drug Spending and Impact of Rebates Report (2016-2018) Colorado Prescription Drug Rebates Data

Want to learn how one state is arming consumers with health care cost information? Mahi Nigatu, Chief of APCD Public Reporting and Data Release at Maryland Health Care Commission discusses in our latest article. Learn more here: https://apcdjournal.com/analytics/starting-growing-conversation-health-care-costs

Starting and growing a conversation about health care costs - APCD Journal Even before the pandemic, which has caused so much economic uncertainty across the U.S., medical debt was a huge issue and major stressor for millions of Americans. It’s even more so today. And the lack of transparency around health care costs doesn’t help. Medical debt is stressful no matter wh...

SB 120 passed yesterday, bringing more primary care investment, limits on price growth, & more accountability for total cost. FHC is proud to participate in this important work & to continue driving progress in !

Read the full bill here: https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/68606

Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly

Missed our federal funding webinar series, or want to brush up on any of the topics covered? Find all of the slide decks, as well as some additional resources, on our website: https://freedmanhealthcare.com/data-resources/

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Do you know an experienced, passionate project manager with an interest in improving the US healthcare system? We're hiring! Take a look at the job description here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2444452558

Check out this recently released RAND Corporation study that gives a glimpse into variation in hospital prices in Kansas. it really drives home the critical role that robust data plays in understanding healthcare spending. https://www.khi.org/policy/article/21-30

A Glimpse Into Hospital Prices In Kansas (May 2021) - Kansas Health Institute This issue brief examines the price of hospital services across Kansas and the need for additional data.

F HC President John Freedman testified today at the first meeting. Learn about what perspective he brought to the committee in our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/dP3jpVr

First SAPCDAC Meeting Includes FHC APCD Testimony FHC President, John Freedman, provides testimony for first SAPCDAC meeting, sharing APCD lessons learned from decades of nationwide experience.