If there’s one thing I’ve learned working with rural health centers, hospitals, and health plans, it’s this: data isn’t an accessory in healthcare—it’s infrastructure. Like roads, electricity, or broadband, data determines whether rural patients get...
As value-based care (VBC) programs evolve, health centers and payers face increasing pressure to improve outcomes, close care gaps, and accurately measure performance. None of this is possible without complete, trusted, and accessible data—and...
On any given morning in a busy health center, providers walk into exam rooms ready to deliver care, but the ability to optimize that care during the visit often depends on what information is immediately visible. Too often critical information that...
As 2025 draws to a close, I find myself looking beyond the noise of headlines and policy shifts to focus on what truly matters: how the systems we build today will shape the health of our communities tomorrow. This year has pushed safety-net...
The VBC Foundations series recently featured a blog unpacking how risk adjustment plays a key role in value-based care (VBC) contracts. VBC Foundations – Decoding Risk walks through how even small changes in a population’s Risk Adjustment Factor...
