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<p>Deliver what healthcare workers want and address the burden of disease, says Dr. Ricardo Leite, CEO of I-DAIR.<br />  </p>

<p>Alisa Chestler, chair of the data protection, privacy and cybersecurity team at Baker Donelson, questions whether $20 million in annual funding from a new Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination bill is enough to move the needle.</p> <p> </p>

Stop APM bonus cut and MIPS penalties in MACRA and Medicare physician payment decreases, AMA says.

<p>Health equity is being brought into the chapter's current events, says Elise Kohl-Grant, cochair of the programming committee at the chapter.</p>

<p>The National Institutes of Health estimates the cost of race and ethnicity disparities in the United States is upwards of $400 billion a year, says Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health.<br />  </p>

<p>The health system has an integrated strategic plan to help clinicians and patients get the best care, says CIO Dr. Michael Pfeffer.<br />  </p>

Clinical decision support improves outcomes, ROI and the move to value-based care, says Yaw Fellin of Wolters Kluwer Health.

The larger ACA plan footprint will bring access to affordable benefits to more than 60% of the eligible population, UHC says.

<p>Payers have seen success in improving health outcomes by taking a holistic approach to member interventions, says Leah Dewey, vice president of Cotiviti.</p>

<p>Health equity index measures will be used in determining a plan's bonus payments, says Christie Teigland, vice president of Research Science and Advanced Analytics at Inovalon.<br />  </p>