Acupera

The page says fee-for-service remains the predominant payment model as hospitals shift toward value-based payments. It identifies network inefficiency and leakage as drivers of lost revenue and discusses efforts to improve market share, patient retention, and operating margins.

The page describes how emerging payment models require hospitals and health systems to take on additional risk and improve care quality while reducing costs.

Acupera secured $2 million in bridge financing from The Whittemore Collectin, Ltd to develop its population health and care coordination technology. It had previously secured $4 million in Series A funding from Whittemore Collection, Ltd and Liebkind, LLC.

The company discusses how payment models that reimburse for quality and outcomes rather than visit and procedure volume affect providers.

Acupera partners with healthcare executives who have developed population health and provider-based care management programs. The page describes advisory services for planning population health management and care coordination.

Author Name Eric Wicklund | Date March 5, 2014

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Acupera is a San Francisco digital health company offering a population health and care coordination platform, a Big Data Predictive Analytics engine, and a workflow engine.

Peter Szolovits holds professorships at MIT and Harvard/MIT and leads the Clinical Decision-Making Group at MIT CSAIL. His research applies AI methods to medical decision-making.

Dr. Ronald Razmi is Founder and CEO of Acupera. He is responsible for Acupera’s strategic direction, company operations, and product portfolio. Ron’s background as a cardiologist and healthcare consultant and investor gives him unique insights into the challenges facing medical professionals.

Acupera provides digital health solutions that help healthcare provider organizations deliver efficient care and manage quality of care while achieving operating and performance goals through a scalable, cloud-based solution.

The company has an office in San Francisco's Jackson Square Historic District, a few blocks from the Embarcadero waterfront.

Acupera offers a scalable, cloud-based digital health solution for healthcare provider organizations to manage care quality and operating and performance goals.

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