A recent healthcare shift from a fee-for-service payment model to pay-for-performance focuses on value instead of volume, as doctors are paid based on patient outcomes as opposed to the number of patients a physician treats. Get Real Health Board of Director member Farzad Mostashari, M.D. believes pay-for-performance has profound implications for the future of healthcare…
Congratulations to Dr. Farzad Mostashari! Get Real Health board member Dr. Farzad Mostashari is launching a new firm, Aledade, to help independent primary care physicians form accountable care organizations (ACO). The former head of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) will receive $4.5 million from venture capital firm Venrock as startup capital. Aledade will…
When you walk the Orange County Convention Center at HIMSS14 with former ONC Director Farzad Mostashari, M.D. you’ll do one thing — stop walking — a lot! Farzad is like Bono of the health IT world. Everyone wants to say “hi”, shake his hand and give him a hug. For him it’s like a…
When Dr. Farzad Mostashari announced this month that he plans to step down in the fall from the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology position at US Department of Health and Human Services, the news inspired two immediate reactions within Get Real Health: sadness at his departure and appreciation for his accomplishments. “Farzad has been a…
