Description: This session will cover how understanding population health can:

1. Help address health with knowing morbidity patterns
2. Understanding your community can provide better health insights
3. How using Patient Need Groups can help determine care
4. Knowing your members existing and future health can save your organization money and help understand resources that are needed now and in the future.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of IHIMA’s 2024 Virtual Fall Conference – November 2024

Duration: 1 hour 

Speaker: Brian Wikle, Director of National Account Management at Velatura Benefit Corporation, brings 30 years of experience within the healthcare industry focusing on key technologies that help bring change in how data is viewed, cleansed and used to not only promote better patient care but to assist providers and payers, state HIE's, state DOH's and Medicaid agencies assist the members and patients who use their services. Over his tenure he has addressed ONC, AHIMA, Civitas and state legislatures on the changing aspects of healthcare and better patient care. Brian holds a Communication degree from Ball State and a Masters from Butler in Communications.

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Cost: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

1 AHIMA CEU*

Domain I: Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC. Check eligibility on the AAPC website.