Bill Balderaz

70% of home care agencies are still scheduling manually. That means: • Missed visits • Caregiver burnout • Slow operations • Revenue leakage Manual scheduling is no longer sustainable for agencies scaling in 2025 and beyond. This is why we built ClaraWave — an AI-powered platform designed to automate scheduling, reduce missed visits, enable compliance, and help teams move faster with fewer errors. #HomeCare #HealthTech #Scheduling #AIInHealthcare

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Most agencies are senior-led in sales and oversight. HealthStack Partners is senior-led in sales and oversight, AND EXECUTION. We avoid the cost of delegation: Lost time. Wasted budget. Frustration. The Success: When senior expertise executes the plan, you get clearer communication, fewer roadblocks, faster problem-solving, and a predictable path to achieving your growth objectives. #HealthStackPartners #SeniorLedExecution #BusinessStrategy #HealthcareMarketing #Consulting

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IHCI ACO Demonstrates Success of Value-Based Care Model Indianapolis, IN — The Innovative Healthcare Collaborative of Indiana (IHCI), a joint venture operated by Community Health Network and Deaconess Health Systems, operates a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) known as IHCI ACO. Through this program, IHCI and its partners care for more than 49,000 Medicare beneficiaries across Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois tri-state region and Central Indiana. According to newly released federal performance data, IHCI ACO successfully met Medicare’s quality and cost goals in 2024—resulting in significant savings for taxpayers while improving care for patients. IHCI ACO ranked in the top 25% of all 476 MSSP ACOs nationwide for quality performance in 2024. Medicare measures ACO performance on a range of indicators, from preventive screenings and electronic health record use to reducing avoidable hospitalizations. In addition to strong quality scores, IHCI ACO achieved meaningful cost savings, which will be reinvested in population health initiatives that further benefit patients. “By working together through an ACO, we can deliver higher-quality care at lower cost while preserving patient choice,” said Dr. James Porter of Deaconess Health System and Dr. Patrick McGill of Community Health Network. “ACOs like ours are proving that value-based care improves outcomes, saves Medicare dollars, and strengthens our health system.” IHCI ACO initiatives include: ·       Increasing Medicare beneficiaries’ use of annual wellness visits, screenings, and preventive care. ·       Ensuring smooth transitions of care when patients move from the hospital to home or to a skilled nursing facility. ·       Sharing best practices among clinicians and specialists to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) represent a market-based solution to fragmented, costly care. By aligning incentives, the MSSP empowers local physicians, hospitals, and other providers to collaborate in improving quality, enhancing patient experience, and keeping care affordable. More National ACOs than ever earned shared savings in 2024, underscoring the program’s growing success. For additional resources, including a fact sheet on MSSP ACOs and “What is an ACO?”, visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. About IHCI ACO IHCI ACO provides the operations needed to support value-based care and specific population health efforts. The primary goals are to identify best practices for population health in collaboration with the participants, create strategies for deploying solutions, and support participants with people, process and tools needed for ACO patient populations. To learn more about our ACO, visit us at: https://lnkd.in/gj4cu8uS

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Big news in Indiana healthtech: Olio has raised $11M in Series B funding to accelerate product innovation and expand market reach. The round was led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with participation from Mutual Capital Partners, a growth equity firm specializing in scaling innovative healthcare and B2B software companies. Congratulations to Ben Forrest, Philip Lewis, Bill Trainor and the entire Olio team. Your venture building is adding to Indiana’s growing reputation as a hub for digital health innovation. #HealthTech #IndianaTech #DigitalInnovation Ting Gootee, CFA, CAIA, Chelsea Linder, Samantha Ginther, Vince Wong, Emily Atkinson, PhD, Mike Bolinder, Roger Shuman, Mary Stocker Dougherty 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/ec2HN8rx

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We’re excited to see Henry Ford Health take a major step forward by joining the Nomi Health Direct Network. This announcement highlights the strength of Mosaic CIN’s broad network. By bringing together Henry Ford Health and a wide range of independent providers across Michigan, our network enables employers and families to access more than 4,500 clinicians and 550+ care sites with $0 deductibles, $0 copays and no surprise bills through Nomi’s direct-to-employer model. This partnership deepens our commitment to support providers across Mosaic CIN — regardless of employment model — with the tools, data and structure they need to deliver high-value, accessible care. Here’s to affordable, seamless care that keeps people and communities at the center! 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eqD3AkHY #HenryFordHealth #NomiHealth #HealthInnovation #EmployerHealth #ValueBasedCare

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Health care advisory Chartis brings AI development engine in-house to build tools for clients: With the acquisition of artificial intelligence incubator Leap AI, Chicago-based Chartis’ health care advisers will move from making suggestions about AI to rolling up their sleeves and building custom AI solutions. http://dlvr.it/TRfBTV #Healthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDevelopment #Innovation

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Telehealth Isn’t the Future of Rural Healthcare — It’s the Present We’re past the point of debating whether telehealth works for rural communities. The evidence is in. The question now is how we fund, scale, and sustain it. Federal programs like the USDA DLT Grant were designed for exactly this moment — providing up to $1 million to deploy telehealth carts, distance learning technology, interactive video systems, and the connectivity infrastructure that makes it all work. But technology alone doesn’t transform healthcare. What transforms healthcare is a clear strategy that connects the right technology to the right funding to the right community need. That’s the intersection where I operate. Through my consulting work, I help rural organizations see the full picture: the funding opportunity, the implementation pathway, and the long-term sustainability plan. The technology is ready. The funding is available. The question is whether your organization is positioned to act. Want to explore what’s possible for your organization? Set up a time to talk — link below. connorc3i.com/contact-us #Telehealth #RuralHealthTransformation #HealthTech #FederalFunding #USDAGrant #C3i #DigitalHealth

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Breaking health IT news: Former Michigan Medicine CTO Dr. Tim Calahan joins EHC Consulting full time to help more health systems thoughtfully and responsibly navigate their transition to public cloud. Read more on his transition and why Tim says that healthcare needs to exit the data center: https://lnkd.in/gMjh57pE

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