xG Health Solutions Leader Speaks at World Health Conference

COLUMBIA, Md., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The 12th Annual World Health Conference convenes from March 22nd to March 25th, in Washington, D.C. The conference unites health care providers, insurers, and policy makers to learn from the best and brightest. Earl Steinberg, MD, MPP, Chief Executive Officer of xG Health and Executive Vice President, Innovation and Dissemination at Geisinger Health System, will be speaking at the conference. He will share Geisinger's experience as a provider and insurer and how xG Health (arising from Geisinger) brings lessons learned to benefit other healthcare organizations. xG Health is the primary provider of Geisinger's Healthcare performance improvement Intellectual Property (IP).

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xG Health Innovations

xG Health's mission is to help health systems and others committed to high quality, value-based care succeed under risk-based payment arrangements. Our population care management solutions are powered by Geisinger's methods that are proven to achieve best-in-class outcomes. xG Health provides experienced professionals partnering to develop and implement strategies focused on improving quality and reducing costs of care over the long haul.

On Tuesday, March 24th 2015 from 11:30am-12:30pm Dr. Steinberg spoke on how to Align Strategies and Integrate Systems to Succeed in a Blended Payment Environment. Topics covered are:

• Improve performance under risk-based payments
• Examine processes of implementing reimbursement models that support transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value with payers
  • Establish meaningful payer collaborations
  • Stay solvent while transitioning to new forms of payment
• Integrate system-wide clinical and financial systems
  • Necessary elements to achieve full, not partial, integration
  • Connecting siloed clinical and financial systems

Dr. Steinberg joined Geisinger in 2012 to develop and lead xG Health and was tasked with identifying key systems and processes that could benefit other hospital systems. He says of his work with Geisinger and xG Health,

"I have been given a chance to examine the inner workings of a truly unique and successful patient-care model and determine how to translate these processes to other providers. Our goal is to assist healthcare programs successfully navigate the new payment structures and shift from a volume to a value driven healthcare delivery system.

"I am excited to share our findings and experiences at such a prestigious venue as the World Health Conference. At xG Health, we have worked with a number of clients and can now attest that the benefits experienced at Geisinger Health System can be achieved by others. I look forward to presenting this exciting information during my discussion."

To learn more about xG Health, visit the company online at http://www.xghealth.com or call (443) 276-0600. Additional information about xG Health is also available on Google +, LinkedIn and on Twitter.

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