PatientPing partners with Bellin Health
PatientPing, a health technology company that notifies healthcare providers in real-time when their patients visit a provider outside their network, has signed a contract with Bellin Health.
“This is just the beginning of a lot to come in the state of Wisconsin that we hope to deliver,” said Jay Desai, co-founder and CEO of PatientPing. “We’re going really fast.”
Jay Desai, PatientPing CEO
PatientPing and northeast Wisconsin health system announced the partnership last week.
PatientPing notifies providers when their patients are admitted or discharged at any organization that participates in the Boston-based company’s network. It also offers the admitting provider a history of where that patient has received care.
Desai said they’re in talks with other Wisconsin organizations and state officials for a larger roll out. PatientPing has launched in 12 other states, including Michigan. Desai’s focused on connecting the entire country.
“Patients gets care from a lot of providers,” Desai said. “When those providers don’t coordinate with each other, then it can be dangerous and really inefficient.”
In Michigan, PatientPing has partnered with the state’s health information network. All the hospitals in the state participate, Desai said. They’ve also built a network with auxiliary providers that includes nursing homes, home health agencies and others.
Dr. Brad Wozney, medical director of population health at Bellin, said they entered into the partnership because they’re fashioning themselves as an accountable care organization.
Bellin has several insurance contracts where they’re taking on more risk for an entire episode of care, no matter where the care is provided, Wozney said. He also hopes the company can help with patients entering nursing homes.
“Once you go into a nursing home, it’s like you are now pulled out of the traditional mainstream of medical care and everything happens there,” he said. “As long as our physicians are the ones who are managing the care in the nursing home, that’s fine. But that doesn’t always happen.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Dr. Brad Wozney is medical director of population health at Bellin.
