Presenter: Janice Bourgault, CPB, CPC, Senior Director of Process & Product DevelopmentIntended Audience: General While they may sound alike, Medicaid and Medicare are two very different programs, especially when compared to commercial payers. Understanding these differences is critical – n...
November 2019 - Onpoint’s APCD and reporting client, the state of Washington, recently enacted the Balance Billing Protection Act, which will become effective on January 1, 2020. The Act aims to protect consumers from balance (or “surprise”) bills – specifically for out-of-network facility or pro...
November 2019 - Onpoint is pleased to announce our continued partnership with Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) to support the state’s all-payer claims database, the Vermont Health Care Uniform Reporting and Evaluation System (VHCURES). Over the past 10 years, Onpoint has collaborated wi...
November 2019 – Onpoint is pleased to welcome Deborah Deatrick, MPH, to Onpoint’s Board of Directors. Deborah brings many years’ experience developing and leading successful health-focused organizations and initiatives within the delivery system, state government, and research sectors. Her intere...
November 2019 – Comagine Health, which operates the voluntary Oregon Data Collaborative, was recently re-selected to perform data aggregation for CMS’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) initiative for the state of Oregon. Onpoint is Comagine Health’s technical contractor for its CPC+ initiat...
November 2019 - It has been more than three months since Onpoint successfully launched the enhanced user interface for Onpoint CDM, our cross-client data integration and reporting solution. Since this summer’s launch, Onpoint CDM’s new interface has made it easier and more efficient for our clien...
November 2019 - Earlier this fall, Onpoint convened the latest in a regular series of Data User Group webinars designed for clients and their approved data analysts and researchers. September’s webinar focused on one of the enhancements that Onpoint delivers in its analytic data sets: A Member Mo...
July 2019 – The Washington All-Payer Health Care Claims Database (WA-APCD), developed on behalf of the State in 2018 by Onpoint Health Data and the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), includes longitudinal claims data for more than 6.4 ...
July 2019 –The Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) selected Onpoint as the consultant and data management contractor for their recent de-identification of protected health information (PHI) project, which was undertaken to ensure continued, comprehensive access to the ...
July 2019 – Onpoint is pleased to welcome Beth Virnig, PhD, MPH, to Onpoint’s Board of Directors. She brings a broad and varied background spanning health services research, academia, and administration. Her deep health policy expertise combined with strong leadership skills will be a valuable ad...
July 2019 – Onpoint is excited to announce the launch of the enhanced user interface for our flagship data integration solution, Onpoint CDM. Offering a configurable dashboard, drillable reporting, and enhanced workflows, Onpoint CDM makes it easier and more efficient for Onpoint’s clients and da...
July 2019 – The Onpoint Revolution cycling team celebrated this year’s Father’s Day weekend by kicking off our fifth consecutive outing at the Trek Across Maine. The Trek, an annual, three-day, 180-mile cycling journey throughout the state of Maine is the largest fundraiser of its kind in the nat...
July 2019 – Early this spring, a team from Onpoint gathered to volunteer for the East End Community School Garden in our home city of Portland, Maine. Team members were not afraid to get their hands dirty in support our community members – helping local students weed, mulch, plant, and water prod...
For nearly two decades, Onpoint Health Data has been building the databases that inform healthcare transformation initiatives across the country. Onpoint CDM (Claims Data Manager) is our proven and powerful suite of data integration, enrichment, and warehousing services. The system provides tools...
This past February, Onpoint staff participated in the “Opioid Epidemic Measurement” webinar hosted by the APCD Council. We had the pleasure of introducing two researchers using data from APCDs supported by Onpoint: Minnesota and Vermont. Pamela Mink, PhD, MPH, from the Minnesota Department of He...