March 2017 -- As the focus of healthcare transformation shifts from fee-for-service to value-based payments, the need for all-payer – “whole-population” – analyses of system and provider performance has become essential. Fundamental to a value-based payment strategy that supports proactive popula...
March 2017 -- The Onpoint Analytic Enclave (AE) is a secure environment where authorized data analysts, scientists, and researchers alike can store, access, and interpret timely and actionable information to help drive transformative and sustainable changes across local communities’ systems of he...
March 2017 -- Last year’s annual meeting of the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) took place at the Loews Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota – a building conveniently located next door to Target Center and Target Field (spectacular multi-purpose arenas) and within wa...
March 2017 -- As Onpoint continues to expand and innovate, we also continue to grow our staff and resources. Recently, we welcomed newcomers Katie Oberg and Scott Morin to the team. Katie Oberg – Health Data Analyst Katie Oberg, Onpoint’s newest Health Data Analyst, joins us as a recent graduate ...
October 2016 -- The State of Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM) announced in July 2016 that it has selected Onpoint and its partners – the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University and Forum One – as the state’s new contractors to develo...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Q Corp) as the organization’s new data and analytics partner to support its voluntary Data Collaborative – a statewide multi-payer claims database used to produce a robust set o...
October 2016 -- At this year’s annual NAHDO meeting, Mary Kate Mohlman, PhD, MS, Health Services Researcher for the Vermont Blueprint for Health, participated in a panel presentation exploring innovations and new technologies being used to support the next generation of APCD solutions. In her pre...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is excited to participate again in the annual conference of the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), where we will be taking part in the conversation around the evolving information needs of health data stakeholders and the technical advances required...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is pleased to welcome the newest members of our team, Shuan Mahmoodi and Carolyne Conrad, two highly qualified healthcare professionals bringing great experience and skills to the work we perform for our clients. We continue to add new talent to our bench and look forward ...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is excited to announce the launch of our new website, which updates our web presence with a contemporary design that puts information in visitors’ hands even faster than before. Featuring a user-friendly interface, improved navigation, and enhanced functionality throughout...
Academy Health, based in Washington, DC, is a leading national organization that brings together key stakeholders from the health services and policy research disciplines to address the current and future needs of the nation's evolving healthcare system. One of their fundamental and guiding objec...
According to a recent press release from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Minnesota has become the first state in the Midwest – and only the sixth in the entire nation – to publish summary-level health insurance claims files using data compiled from their all-payer claims database (MN AP...
In a 6-2 decision released earlier this March, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled against the state of Vermont in the case Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual, putting at risk the breadth of all-payer claims databases (APCDs) and the expansive advantages they yield. SCOTUS's decision effectively denies...
Across the country, a growing number of states are looking for ways to counter the escalating health crisis of opioid abuse and addiction. With the problem intensifying in Northern New England, health researchers and policymakers in the region are scrambling to find a proven approach to fight the...
Based on the outcome of the upcoming 2016 elections, the fate of the nation’s healthcare system may face yet another potential shift in key provisions and priorities. As we head toward November, public and private agencies committed to improving healthcare accessibility, affordability, and transp...