September 9, 2016 - Curant Health COO, Marc O'Connor, in Managed Healthcare Executive - Healthcare technology simultaneously grinds away like a rusty squeezebox (i.e., EMRs & interoperability) and advances at breakneck speed in a constant attempt to support the industry sea-change born by the advent of value-based care. Venture capital funding in healthcare information technology […]
Representatives from Curant Health recently celebrated our shared commitment to serving the HIV community with many of our partners attending the National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment in Washington, DC. Our reception brought old and new friends together with a focus on Celebrating Our Community. Dr. Jim Raper, Director of the UAB […]
When asked about proportionate stakeholder responsibility – payer, provider, patient, pharmacy - in developing a value-based algorithm in healthcare, is there a singular answer? The short answer, single payer system notwithstanding, is that all stakeholders must share responsibility on cost-versus-cure decision points. A more revealing pair of questions to ask is how long is going […]
August 17, 2016 – Atlanta, Georgia – Curant Health, a company committed to improving patient lives and outcomes through high touch patient care and personalized medication management programs, has been ranked #2058 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. This year Curant Health ranks as the #7 fastest-growing, large […]
August 16, 2016 - Curant Health COO, Marc O'Connor, in Specialty Pharmacy Times - When Specialty Pharmacy Times editorial team proffered the topic of cost versus cure, and the responsibility of the payer (including the employer and patient), prescriber, patient or pharmacy, I hesitated. Answering the question by making one party more responsible than another reinforces […]
Curant Health is so much more than a specialty pharmacy. We treat our patients like family and are personally invested in nurturing long-term patient-care team relationships. So what makes us different? Start with the high touch, patient-centric support we offer to all of our patients. We use data to help clinicians and payers identify which […]
August 10, 2016 – Atlanta, Georgia – Curant Health, provider of personalized medication management services, has formed a partnership with Louisiana Physicians ACO (LPACO), to deliver a coordinated, structured medication management program for selected Medicare patients Initial program focus will be on patients with one or more of the following chronic conditions: diabetes, congestive heart […]
Dr. Sharon Dudley-Brown and Vickie Andros, PharmD, present study results at ACG 2016 At Curant Health, proving the value of our medication therapy management protocols and patient support services is paramount to our mission of improving lives and outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. As such, we want to express enthusiastic congratulations to Dr. Sharon […]
August 1, 2016 - Curant Health COO, Marc O'Connor, in Managed Healthcare Executive - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Five Star Quality Rating System to help educate consumers on quality of healthcare and make healthcare quality data more transparent. Health plans are rated on multiple measures, five of which are […]
The fee-for-service design of the healthcare industry has been the standard for the last 50-75 years. The simple fact remains that many stakeholders are still heavily invested in prolonging its tenure, even as irreversible steps are taken to ensure its eventual demise. As we make the inevitable transition to value-based care, certain questions still need […]
