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Manifest MedEx and Anthem Blue Cross Partner to Improve Care Coordination, Streamline In-Patient Utilization Management Review, and Provide a Seamless Member Experience
Health plans increasingly rely on a broad scope of clinical data to help improve care transitions, identify and address gaps in preventive care to improve quality, and provide more seamless and personalized care for their members. Anthem BlueCross (Anthem), California’s second largest health plan serving more than 8 million members, and Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Announces Erica Galvez as Chief Executive Officer
Former Chief Operations Officer brings more than 15 years of health information exchange and interoperability expertise to lead California’s largest nonprofit health data network EMERYVILLE, Calif. – July 19, 2022 – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s leading health information network, announced today that Erica Galvez has been appointed as the new chief executive officer, assuming responsibilities…
Read MoreOp-Ed: California Needs Clinical Data To See The Most Vulnerable
Accessing health care in California can be a hurdle in itself. For our low-income, unhoused and vulnerable citizens, many of whom make up the 14 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal, finding and returning regularly to a usual source of care can be challenging. In my region of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, about 30% of our population…
Read MoreManifest MedEx and Leading California Health Plan Speed Care Coordination and Improve Member Experience with Hospital ADT Notifications
Participating in California’s largest nonprofit health data network streamlines post-discharge care coordination, reduces readmissions, and improves member outcomes and experience — all while saving more than 9 hours a day of staff time for a single team Over the past few years, health plans large and small have been transitioning to new roles in the…
Read MoreThe Role of Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) Notifications in Improving Care Coordination
How Optum uses ADT notifications to improve Transitions of Care and reduce Emergency Department and inpatient readmissions Optum, formerly NAMM California, is an independent physician association (IPA) that develops and manages provider networks, representing a network of more than 600 primary care providers and 2,000 specialists in Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties. In August 2022,…
Read MoreOptimizing and Streamlining HEDIS® Reporting With Health Information Exchange Data
How an innovative health plan saves time and improves quality scores with data from Manifest MedEx As part of its quality improvement efforts, Health Plan of San Joaquin uses HEDIS® to measure performance and gauge quality and effectiveness of care provided to their members. Developed and maintained by NCQA, the performance measures in HEDIS® are related to…
Read MoreImproving Public Health and Communicable Disease Control With Health Information Exchange
How the largest county in the U.S. launched an innovative prevention effort using ADT alerts and longitudinal patient records to coordinate care for vulnerable pregnant women The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH) works in partnership with their communities to promote and improve health, wellness, safety, and quality of life in San Bernardino…
Read MoreHealth Plan of San Joaquin Drives California’s Mission to Vaccinate Vulnerable Populations
As California’s Covid-19 vaccination distribution began, a leading Medi-Cal health plan focused on innovation and strategy to support its highest-risk and underserved members Located in the heart of California’s multicultural Central Valley, Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) is the leading Medi-Cal managed care provider in the region, serving over 91 percent of Medi-Cal recipients…
Read MoreCalifornia’s Data Exchange Framework Released
On July 5th, the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) released the final Data Exchange Framework, associated Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), and the initial set of Policies and Procedures (P&Ps). This is the culmination of over nine months of stakeholder discussions and recommendations to CalHHS, including consistent input from MX, that we have chronicled through our News…
Read MoreCommunity Medical Centers Partners With Manifest MedEx To Improve Care Transitions
Community Medical Centers (CMC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center and certified Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) with locations in San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties. CMC clinics serve the safety net population, and most of CMC’s more than 100,000 patients are insured through Medicare, Medi-Cal, or the Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ). CMC…
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