Hearst Health, a division of the Health Corp., and partner Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have lined up an all-star list of judges for its new $100,000 prize for the best population health management program.
The nine judges include attorney Nancy-Ann DeParle, who helped the Obama administration pass the Affordable Care Act; Dr. Tejal Gandhi, who runs the National Patient Safety Foundation; Dr. Mark McClellan, a former CMS administrator now at the Brookings Institution; Dr. Mark Fendrick, who leads the Value-Based Insurance Design center at the University of Michigan; and Stephen Lieber, who runs HIMSS.
Submissions for the first of what will be an annual prize are now being accepted through October 23. The guidelines offering of program examples that might be contenders include improving care transitions for the elderly; a technology that improves patient safety; or an education program that increases medication compliance.
