Onpoint’s team -- expert in data integration, enhancement, analytics, delivery, and dynamic reporting -- assists our clients’ end-user communities in maximizing the use of their available data. Through collaborative webinar sessions, we work to ensure a transparent knowledge base and cross-train end users on how to most efficiently and effectively work with their data.

Navigating Complex Provider Information in Claims Data
 Event Date: December 11, 2024

How Healthcare Payment Mechanisms Work (Including a Live Query Demo)
 Event Date: October 9, 2024

Medical Service Line Flags, APR-DRG Updates, and Ambulance Claims, OH MY!
 Event Date: October 18, 2023

Onpoint Spotlight: Exploring Minnesota's Public Use Files
 Event Date: December 16, 2022

FIPS Enhancements & Linking Dental Data to Your APCD (Overview, Tips, & Use Cases)
 Event Date: June 28, 2022

Updates on Telehealth and COVID-19 Coding & Value-Adds in Your Data Sets
 Event Date: March 9, 2022

Introduction to APMs: Exploring Their Role in Claims & Non-Claims Data
 Event Date: December 8, 2021

Exploring the Quality Assurance Process, Part 2: Incoming APCD Data
 Event Date: April 14, 2021

Exploring the Quality Assurance Process, Part 1: Delivered Data Sets
 Event Date: February 10, 2021

Interpreting Medical Claims Using the Optimized Service-Line Flagging Table
 Event Date: December 16, 2020

A Preview of Upcoming COVID-19 Reporting & Data Availability in Your APCD Extracts
 Event Date: October 21, 2020

Understanding How the COVID-19 Pandemic Will Impact Your Upcoming APCD Data Sets
 Event Date: May 20, 2020

On-Pointers: Best Billing Practices for APCD Claims Data; COVID-19
 Event Date: March 18, 2020

Exploring the Differences Between Commercial & Medicaid/Medicare Data Sources
 Event Date: November 13, 2019

Deciphering Member Enrollment by Using the Enhanced Member-Month Table
 Event Date: September 24, 2019

Making the Most of Final Claims & Their Value-Adds 
 Event Date: May 28, 2019

What is Identity Resolution? Tracking Members & Providers Across Time & Payers 
 Event Date: March 26, 2019

Onpoint’s analytics team is focused on providing innovative and insightful research for our clients. Whether independently authored or created in close collaboration with our clients’ teams, our team’s analytic studies are designed to advance the conversation, explore new opportunities, and shed light on how healthcare can be delivered as effectively as possible. 

Team publications include:

Statewide Data Infrastructure Supports Population Health Management: Diabetes Case Study
Full Text PDF | On American Journal of Managed Care Website
Craig Jones, Mary Kate Mohlman, David Jorgenson, Karl Finison, Katie McGee, and Hans Kastensmith.
Am J Manag Care. 2017;23(10):e331-e339.

Synthesis of Research on Patient-Centered Medical Homes Brings Systematic Differences Into Relief
Full Text PDF | On Health Affairs Websit
Anna D. Sinaiko, Mary Beth Landrum, David J. Meyers, Shehnaz Alidina, Daniel D. Maeng, Mark W. Friedberg, Lisa M. Kern, Alison M. Edwards, Signe Peterson Flieger, Patricia R. Houck, Pamela Peele, Robert J. Reid, Katharine McGraves-Lloyd, Karl Finison, and Meredith B. Rosenthal.
Health Aff (Millwood). March 2017 vol. 36 no. 3 500-508.

Risk-Adjustment Methods for All-Payer Comparative Performance Reporting in Vermont
Full Text PDF | On BMC Health Services Research Website
Karl Finison, MaryKate Mohlman, Craig Jones, Melanie Pinette, David Jorgenson, Amy Kinner, Tim Tremblay, and Daniel Gottlieb.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2017, 17:58.

Impact of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction on Medicaid Expenditures and Health Services Utilization Rates in Vermont
Full Text PDF | On Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment Website
Mary Kate Mohlman, Beth Tanzman, Karl Finison, Melanie Pinette, and Craig Jones.
J Subst Abuse Treat. August 2016, vol. 67: 9-14.

Vermont's Community-Oriented All-Payer Medical Home Model Reduces Expenditures and Utilization While Delivering High-Quality Care
Full Text PDF | On Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers Website
Craig Jones, Karl Finison, Katharine McGraves-Lloyd, Timothy Tremblay, Mary Kate Mohlman, Beth Tanzman, Miki Hazard, Steven Maier, and Jenney Samuelson
Popul Health Manag. 2016;19:196–205.

Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data Model
Full Text PDF | On American Journal of Managed Care Website
Carrie H. Colla, William L. Schpero, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Asha B. McClurg, Peter G. Albert, Nancy Baum, Karl Finison, Luisa Franzini, Gary Kitching, Sue Knudson, Rohan Parikh, Rebecca Symes, and Elliott S. Fisher.
Am J Manag Care. 2014;20(8):650-657.