November 26, 2019
Creating a Baseline: 5 Steps to Measure Everything and Improve Affordability
The first step toward affordability – knowing what works – with the advanced breadth, depth and speed of the NextHealth platform, helps plans know what they have, what they need to look at, and where to go from there.
August 2, 2019
Mark Ganz, CEO of Cambia Health Solutions, Believes in a Radical Focus on Consumers
Highlights from an interview with Mark Ganz, President and CEO of Cambia Health Solutions
March 26, 2019
ROI Decision Making: P-Value Won’t Set Us Free
NextHealth's ROI Decision Curve in its analytics platform allows users to make rapid business decisions without relying solely on statistically significant results.
February 5, 2019
Hype or Reality: Will the $23B Analytics Market Spend Impact the $3.5T in US Healthcare Spend? Only When Insights Optimize Workflow.
NextHealth's Chief Product Officer, Sonu Kansal, shares why he believes that being able to make faster, data-informed decisions based on solid study design is the new competitive imperative.
August 21, 2018
It’s Time for More Pragmatic Test & Learn Approaches That Deliver Real-World Answers
To change health-related behaviors, we need to improve the way we test and learn about the interventions that have the most impact at the best cost.
August 14, 2018
The Failure to Learn What’s Really Working in Healthcare Is Driving Innovation
To change health-related behaviors, we need to improve the evidence around the highest impact and most cost-effective interventions.
August 8, 2018
How Hidden Insights Can Predict Consumer ER Habits for Better ROI – A Case Study
Pinpoint 60% of ER overuse costs by targeting only 20% of members to sharpen program decisions.
June 21, 2018
Three Ways for Healthcare Companies to Uncover Hidden Value Through a Culture of Experimentation
Lessons from Microsoft executive Ronny Kohavi on how to radically transform cost saving initiatives in the healthcare industry through rapid testing and experimentation.
June 18, 2018
10 Lessons Learned in Driving New Healthcare Outcomes through Analytics with Dr. Steven Udvarhelyi
Highlights from an interview with Dr. Steven Udvarhelyi, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
June 11, 2018
5 Executive Insights About the Future From 2018 Healthcare Events
Top takeaways from 2018 UCAOA Urgent Care Convention and Health Evolution Summit offer insights into why a culture of measurement and optimization is a critical core competency in today’s highly competitive environment.
June 8, 2018
The Fast Eat The Slow
McDonald’s USA Senior Vice President of Strategy and Insights Kristy Cunningham shared her insights on building a high performing test and learn culture with Eric Grossman, CEO of NextHealth Technologies in the latest Analytics & Outcomes podcast.
May 15, 2018
It’s Time To Know What Works To Control Healthcare Costs
Selected insights from senior healthcare executive summit outlining how to use measurement and optimization to drive down medical and administrative costs.
February 18, 2018
Insights from the 36th JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
NextHealth Technologies’ CEO Eric Grossman and VP of Sales and Business Development Elise Mariner outline takeaways from the conference describing how plans can tackle the unsustainable cost environment.
January 26, 2018
Finding the Signal in Difficult Data
Changing consumer behavior is complicated. Many different factors can impact human health-related behavior.
January 6, 2018
NextHealth Highlighted in 5280’s “Digital Health Boom”
NextHealth Technologies was recently highlighted in 5280 Magazine's January 2018 showcase on Denver's booming digital health scene. The company was called out for its focus on cutting costs by "knowing what works" for health plans and healthcare consumers through better population targeting, measurement and optimization of clinical and engagement programs.
December 6, 2017
Test and Learn Your Way to Medical Cost Savings
Being able to test, measure and optimize quickly and consistently is essential for innovation, cost reduction, and improved outcomes. This capability has been widely adopted in industries such as retail, financial services, fast food, and publishing, but is not as widely seen in healthcare. NextHealth's platform solution helps health plans quickly and consistently automate a "test and learn" culture to test and optimize both new and existing programs to drive both administrative and medical cost reduction.
November 20, 2017
Know What Works – Make Data-Driven Decisions To Drive Down Medical Costs
Eric Grossman, CEO of NextHealth Technologies, recently attended the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit, Nov 6-8 in Dallas, TX. Titled “Industry Interrupted: Delivering on the Promise of Change”, the event convened healthcare industry leaders to discuss disruption in healthcare. We recently sat down with Eric to highlight his thoughts on the event and the industry as a whole.
October 20, 2017
Richard Thaler’s Nobel Prize – Can Behavioral Economics Drive Down Healthcare Costs?
Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler's economic theories have wide-spread implications on behavioral change and program design. Within the realm of healthcare, understanding how consumers make choices will help health plans frame solutions and tackle complex problems.
October 13, 2017
Improve the Bottom Line by Reducing Low-Cost, Low-Value Services
Low-cost, low-value, high-volume health services contribute to 65% of unnecessary healthcare spending – here’s what health plans can do about it.
October 6, 2017
Machine Learning in Healthcare: From Data to Prediction
Machine learning in the NextHealth platform allows for more accurate prediction of targeted behaviors and more precise targeting of high-risk, impactable populations.
September 27, 2017
Reduced Risk, Scalable Value: The Build-Operate-Transfer Model
When addressing complex problems, the right deployment model can be just as important as the solution. Our Build-Operate-Transfer deployment model reduces risk, calculates rapid ROI, and empowers teams for long-term, scalable medical cost reduction.
September 22, 2017
Target, Measure, Optimize: Three Ways Health Plans Can Get Ahead of the Opioid Crisis
Given the scale of the opioid crisis and the associated budgetary demands, it’s more important than ever that insurers know which interventions provide the greatest benefit, so they can get the most out of every engagement dollar spent. Many of these problems can be prevented, provided that opioid disorders are recognized and supported by appropriate interventions.
September 7, 2017
Optimizing Outreach to Maximize Resources and Empower Consumers
Health plans often struggle to get the right tools and information to the members who need them most. Our solution? A platform that rapidly measures and optimizes outreach programs, so plans can prove which efforts are working and pivot away from those that aren’t.
September 1, 2017
Understanding Social Determinants to Reduce Costs and Improve Outcomes
Roughly 3.6 million Americans miss or delay medical care each year because of transportation issues. Social determinants of health can significantly impact health outcomes and increase risk behavior - leading to higher medical costs. A deeper understanding of social determinants can help health plans develop programs that lead to better health outcomes for members while also reducing costs.
August 25, 2017
Leveraging Advanced Analytics to Address Opioid Abuse
In the face of the explosion of opioid abuse disorders, NextHealth has developed new KPIs that can better predict opioid abuse and use disorders. Opioid use increased 493% between 2010 and 2016 according to a new BCBSA study, and health plans are trying new interventions and programs to combat its rise.
August 14, 2017
Eric Grossman Interviewed at 2017 Health Evolution Summit
NextHealth CEO, Eric Grossman, was recently interviewed at the 2017 Health Evolution Summit for their Executive Interview Series. He spoke about how NextHealth helps take 1 out of 2 people out of the ER who are there for avoidable reasons.
August 14, 2017
Using Analytics + Engagement to Address Diabetes
The NextHealth platform tackles the growing problem of diabetes with big data, advanced analytics and effective consumer engagement.
August 13, 2017
Podcast | Consumer-Centric Healthcare: A Conversation with Avik Roy
NextHealth Technologies CEO, Eric Grossman, interviews Avik Roy, President of The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.
August 7, 2017
Effective Health Insurance Marketing – Frictionless Engagement
Effective consumer engagement can be difficult in today’s complex landscape, especially for health insurers. Payers must focus on making the interactions with their members "frictionless" to help drive satisfaction and loyalty, as well as to ensure that they stand out from the competition.
August 2, 2017
Three Strategies to Overcome Common Healthcare Analytics Mistakes
A recent article in Health Data Management outlined 5 common mistakes healthcare companies make when trying to drive improvement with analytics. NextHealth offers 3 additional mistakes they can make, as well as how to solve for them.
June 5, 2017
Measuring “Lift” in the Real World
After using RCTs in dozens of client campaigns, NextHealth gleaned four important lessons as to how RCTs work as a measurement model. NHT balances scientific rigor with practical considerations to measure impacts for our clients and ensure the best possible outcomes.
April 28, 2017
Innovation for Healthcare Executives: Health Evolution Summit 2017 Key Takeaways
The 2017 Health Evolution Summit was exceptional. Here are some of my key takeaways from this year’s event including health plan innovation success stories and how to address challenges in funding and implementing innovation projects.
April 1, 2017
HITRUST Certification Reflects NextHealth’s Commitment to Client Data Security
Since healthcare organizations are increasingly a prime target for cybercriminals looking to obtain members’ personal health information, NextHealth Technologies set out to obtain the HITRUST CSF certification as quickly as possible. Here’s how we did it and 5 key takeaways for other healthcare organizations pursuing the HITRUST CSF certification.
December 19, 2016
Don’t Leave Digital Engagement Dollars on the Table
Given the wide adoption of technology, how are healthcare organizations using digital strategies to engage with consumers?
August 1, 2016
Using Python for Data Science
Python is a general purpose programming language which emphasizes code readability and programmer productivity, and is at the heart of NextHealth Technologies’ analytics engine.
July 2, 2016
The Power of Maps in Healthcare
London, in the mid 1850’s, was a bustling city of about 2.5 million people living in close proximity to one another with basically no sewage infrastructure or waste management system.
May 27, 2016
Are You Being Nudged?
You may be surprised to learn that for nearly three decades, social scientists have been quietly engineering ways to help us live happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
April 18, 2016
Integrate “Who, What, and How Well” for Consumer Behavior Change
It’s hard to read about healthcare today without bumping into a product, service or initiative that is trying to drive consumer or patient behavior change.
February 16, 2016
The 3 Most Important Database Principles Driving Big Data ROI
Last month, Eric Grossman, the CEO of NextHealth Technologies (“NHT”), discussed the 4 requirements of a “No Regret Investment” in analytics.
February 9, 2016
Way to go, Broncos!
The office had quite the amazing view from the NextHealth Technologies offices as the proud Denver Broncos came marching up 17th Street.
December 9, 2015
Are Predictive Analytics a Waste of Money?
Predictive analytics are a capital “B” or a billion-dollar annual investment in health care today with many C-suite executives writing blank checks and still waiting on return on investment or improvement in health outcomes.
November 13, 2015
Cloud-First Strategy for Business Agility?
The measure of building an enduring competitive advantage by delivering products and/or services more quickly, less expensively and with better quality
September 15, 2015
Causality – How Important Is It In Healthcare?
Health care payers (insurers) and providers are seeking innovations that demonstrably improve health and lower the medical costs of the populations they serve by impacting positive behavioral changes.