With more than 100 million Americans suffering from chronic pain this past year, providing effective treatment at an affordable cost is quickly becoming one of the most formidable challenges to healthcare systems across the country. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is tackling the issue h...
January 14, 2015 -- As states work to control skyrocketing healthcare costs, a growing number are implementing reforms designed to improve the quality of care while reducing wasteful spending. At the forefront of this movement is the Vermont Blueprint for Health, a nationally recognized program d...
Onpoint's Karl Finison, Director of Analytic Development, and Katharine McGraves-Lloyd, Health Data Analyst, recently collaborated with Blueprint for Health leaders Craig Jones, MD and Nick Lovejoy and researchers from the University of Richmond and the College of William and Mary to publish a Bl...
Onpoint Selected to Provide Data Management, Hosted Analytic Warehouse, & Consumer Transparency Reporting System for Connecticut’s New APCDAccess Health CT (AHCT) announced this week a new partnership with Onpoint Health Data to provide data management and analytical services for Connecticut'...
November 06, 2014 -- Rhode Island’s APCD – a statewide initiative for which Onpoint integrates commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare data – is featured in a new article from Government Health IT. The piece examines two APCD-based efforts to shed greater light on healthcare price transparency, focusi...
Onpoint is excited to announce the release of two new analytical evaluations of Vermont's Blueprint for Health initiative: adult and pediatric profiles for individual providers and geographic profiles for the state's Health Service Areas (HSAs). These profiles are based on the state's APCD, the V...
Onpoint recently collaborated with HealthPartners and Blue Cross Blue Shields of Michigan and Texas in a project led by the Dartmouth Institute (TDI). The study, "Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data Model," in which the researchers applied the Healt...
February 28, 2014 -- The Dartmouth Institute recently released a new report based on APCD data: "The Dartmouth Atlas of Children's Health Care in Northern New England." The pediatric atlas, which was issued during the 28th annual NAHDO conference, examines disparities in children's healthcare uti...
[Please Note — The Maine Health Information Center changed its name to Onpoint Health Data on October 1, 2009.] Manchester, Maine — The Minnesota Department of Health has selected the Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) to develop a statewide comprehensive claims database, a key component of ...
MANCHESTER, Maine —The Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) today changed its name to Onpoint Health Data. This change is the result of a careful brand assessment process under way since early 2009.“We felt it was time to update our brand to better reflect who we are and how we’ve grown,” says ...
[Please Note — The Maine Health Information Center changed its name to Onpoint Health Data on October 1, 2009.] Manchester, Maine — The Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) of Manchester, Maine, has named James Harrison of Cape Elizabeth as its new president/CEO.Harrison succeeds former MHIC p...