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HealtheConnections has been steadfast in its mission to collaborate with you to develop and deliver valued services, enabling improvements for healthier people, better care, and cost efficiencies. We set ambitious objectives and targets each year because improving health and care in our communities is a job that is never truly done.

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HealtheConnections Validated Through NCQA’s DAV Program

HealtheConnections is pleased to announce its successful completion of the NCQA Data Aggregator Validation (DAV) Program and has once again received validation status. The rigorous process from NCQA helps ensure data accuracy, builds trust, and improves the usability of our…

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HealtheConnections Continues Support of Public Health Initiatives Through Collaborative Partnerships

Recently, HealtheConnections demonstrated its ongoing commitment to supporting public health work through two collaborative efforts. The first involved a community project with the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health. The project aimed to create a dashboard of hospitalizations and…

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HealtheConnections Joins NYeC Public Health Workgroup

Earlier this year, NYeC convened HealtheConnections, other RHIOs, the NYSDOH, and external advisors to form a public health workgroup. The group aims to support State and local health departments across New York. It is their goal to protect and improve…

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HealtheConnections Earns HITRUST and SHIN-NY Re-certifications

HealtheConnections received its fourth consecutive certification letter from HITRUST, recertifying for another two years. The HITRUST certification attests to HealtheConnections’ ability to safeguard patient data and is the gold standard of security measures. To achieve a HITRUST certification, an organization…

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HealtheConnections, Lantana Consulting Group Continue Strong Partnership

HealtheConnections is pleased to continue our strategic partnership with Lantana Consulting Group, a full-service consulting company that helps health care providers, government agencies, and insurance providers achieve clinical information exchange and health data management. With set goals in common, HealtheConnections…

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HealtheConnections Collaborates with Westchester County to Support Opioid Response & Overdose Prevention Initiative

HealtheConnections is collaborating with the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health to launch a new weekly report of hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits involving opioid overdoses for residents of Westchester County. The report will support the county’s Opioid…

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HealtheConnections Welcomes Westchester Medical Center Health to Our Network!

HealtheConnections is pleased to welcome the addition of Westchester Medical Center Health to our network. WMC Health plans to implement the full range of HealtheConnections participant services and to share their data with the network, which will significantly benefit our…

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Managing Health Data Throughout a Large Network in the Hudson Valley

HealtheConnections is currently working with Nuvance Health, one of Hudson Valley’s largest integrated health systems, to help them better manage data across their network of more than 15,000 care providers. Nuvance Health leverages HealtheConnections’ services to: drive efficiencies in patient…

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HealtheConnections’ Continued Commitment to our Partners

HealtheConnections is proud to have a suite of solutions that are widely used and valuable in providing the best care to patients. Our Customer Engagement Services team members have diverse healthcare backgrounds and perspectives and are committed to collaborating with…

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Comments on New York’s Proposed 1115 Waiver Amendment

New York State is proposing a new 1115 waiver amendment to be submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), titled: “Strategic Health Equity Reform Payment Arrangements: Making Targeted, Evidence-Based Investments to Address the Health Disparities Exacerbated by the…

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HealtheConnections Supports the Identification of Pediatric Hepatitis Cases

In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an advisory about a cluster of pediatric cases of severe hepatitis and adenovirus infection that first presented in October 2021. The CDC asked clinicians and state health departments to report…

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HealtheConnections, NYS-HCCN and Bronx RHIO Host Learning Collaborative

HealtheConnections is partnering with NYS-HCCN and the Bronx RHIO to host a small group learning collaborative on the topic of HIE considerations for Race, Ethnicity and Language (REaL) Data Collection. Collection of REaL data is critical for stratifying populations and measures…

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