News and Views
Insights and the latest news on Healthmap Solutions and all things chronic care.
Living Well with Kidney Disease: Making Mental Health a Priority
Those struggling with untreated mental health conditions and kidney disease encounter unique challenges. Learn what payers, providers, and patients can do.
It Is Time to Bring Kidney Care into the 21st Century
Kidney disease is life-altering for patients and families, complex for providers to treat, and costly for health plans to cover. It doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s National Heart Month….So Why are We Talking About the Kidneys?
February is American Heart Month and this year the focus is on hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and a “gateway” condition to chronic kidney disease.
Healthmap Solutions Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture, and Meet Compliance Requirements
Healthmap announced that its PHM platform, branded as “Compass,” has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
In-Home Dialysis: A Critical Key to Supporting High-Risk, High-Cost Kidney Disease Populations
The costly status quo for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is to automatically send them to in-center dialysis treatment. However, in-home dialysis represents one of the greatest opportunities to improve care, outcomes, member experience, and better manage cost.
Healthmap Solutions Earns National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Population Health Program Accreditation
Healthmap has earned Population Health Program Accreditation from NCQA, making it among the first Kidney Health Management companies to earn this distinction.
Health New England Partners with Healthmap Solutions to Provide Kidney Health Management Program to Members
Health New England announced a new partnership with Healthmap Solutions to make the Kidney Health Management program available to its Medicare Advantage, Commercial, and Medicaid members living with CKD and ESRD.
Jonathan B. Gavras, M.D., FCCP, Appointed to the Healthmap Solutions Board of Directors
President of the Florida market for Bright Health Plans and former Florida Blue Chief Medical Officer joins the Healthmap Solutions Board as need for Kidney Health Management solutions surges.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model
CMS finalized the ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model to improve quality of care and reduce Medicare expenditures by encouraging increased use of home dialysis and kidney transplants.
Kidney Care Innovation: The Next Best Action Strategy
Healthmap’s Joe Vattamattam and Dr. Stephanie Toth-Manikowski explain how the “next best action” approach turns CKD risk scores into the single most impactful intervention for each patient and provider.
Healthmap Leaders on Growth, AI, and the Future of Healthcare
CEO Eric Reimer and Chief Growth Officer Tom Gaffney look back on Healthmap’s strongest growth year, the Carium integration, and the industry trends shaping kidney care in 2026.
Making Predictive AI Actionable: Why Human Behavior and Physician Partnerships Are Key
Healthmap Co-founder and President Joe Vattamattam explains how predictive AI, physician partnerships, and behavior change work together to improve outcomes for people with chronic kidney disease.
Why CKD Patients Fall Through the Cracks and How Healthmap Bridges the Gaps
Dr. Howard Shaps explains why CKD patients fall through the cracks between office visits and how Healthmap’s risk models and care navigators help close the gaps.
Health Plan Strategies for Better Care
Dr. Beth Malko discusses the role of primary care in complex disease management and why health plans should choose clinical partners, not vendors, for CKD care.
Healthcare’s 800% Growth Champion
On Advancio Talks, Healthmap CEO Eric Reimer shares his path to the 2024 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year national award, how he scales health care companies, and how technology is changing kidney care.
Slowing Kidney Disease Progression Through Proactive Population Health Management
Nephrologist Dr. Stephanie Toth-Manikowski explains how early identification and multidisciplinary care slow kidney disease progression, reduce unplanned dialysis starts, and expand home dialysis.
Improving Kidney Health: An Interview with Joe Vattamattam
On the Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast, Healthmap President Joe Vattamattam discusses how data analytics and clinical expertise can transform kidney health management for health plans.
From Risk to Reward: Healthmap’s Strategic Expansion, An Interview with Tom Gaffney
Chief Growth Officer Tom Gaffney discusses Healthmap’s upstream focus on stage 3 CKD, its move to full-risk contracts, its expansion into Puerto Rico, and its growth plans.
Groundbreaking Population Health Strategies for Chronic Kidney Disease
CEO Eric Reimer walks through Healthmap’s population health approach to CKD: defining the right population, working with the providers members trust, and proving value to health plans.
2024 EY Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year: Eric Reimer’s Journey to Innovating Kidney Care
Eric Reimer shares his journey to the 2024 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year national award, why Healthmap focuses on earlier-stage CKD, and his advice for health care leaders.
Improving Kidney Health Management: A Conversation with Eric Reimer
On the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast, Healthmap CEO Eric Reimer discusses why health plans should invest in kidney health management and what makes a program successful.
Better support for every step of complex care
Healthmap brings population health management, kidney and cardiac care, technology and analytics, and care navigation together to help health plans and providers support the people they serve with greater clarity and coordination.