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KaMMCO WA S FORMED IN 1989 BY THE K ANSA S MEDICAL SOCIE T Y A S A BUSINESS SOLUTION FOR PHYSICIANS FACING ROCKE TING MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y žMPLŸ COSTS. JUST A S IT DID THEN, K AMMCO IS NOW OFFERING RELE VANT SOLUTIONS FOR NE W, DECISIVE ARE A S OF CONCERN FOR PHYSICIANS ¤ THE TR ANSITION TO VALUE¡BA SED PAYMENT MODELS AND EFFECTIVE USE OF CLINICAL DATA TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES AND QUALIT Y REPORTING. Expands Insurance, Health Informatics on National Scale BY AMY GEISZLERJONES KaMMCO BUILT A sound capita l position, strong and trusted relationships with its insured clients, a well-managed and e•ciently operated organizational structure, and a committed, ta lented sta. It a lso has a solid relationship with the state's medica l society and hospita l association at its core. However, after more than a decade of a relatively benign claims environ- ment and changes in the MPL insurance market, KaMMCO o•cia ls rea lized the compa ny 's business model needed to evolve. It went back to its founding premise — Ka MMCO is an advocacy organization that just happens to sell insurance. "When KaMMCO looked to the future, we realized we needed to be relevant for physicians, given the cha llenges presented by this new hea lthcare landscape," says CEO Kurt Scott. O f f ici a l s of t he phy sici a n-le d c ompa ny u nder s t o o d KaMMCO's need to expand beyond the boundaries of Kansas and beyond the straightfor ward insurance oerings, while continuing to serve in an advocacy role. With the hea lthcare marketplace moving from volume to va lue in terms of how physicians and hospitals are measured and reimbursed, a vision to oer robust hea lthcare data interoperability solutions and business intelligence services began to take shape. In 2014, KaMMCO formed two subsidiaries to better position the company to achieve this vision. This was a necessary step for Ka MMCO to oer the new hea lthca re data-driven solutions a long with MPL insurance and cyber- security insurance products in other states. Now, in addition to insurance products, Ka MMCO provides t he technolog y infra str ucture a nd ex per tise to establish physicia n-led, electronic-hea lth-record interoperabi lit y; secure data wa rehousing; a nd actionable business intel- l i gence tools for physicia ns a nd hospit a ls on a nat iona l level. Th is u n ique physicia n-gover ned model for hea lt h information excha nge sta r ted in Ka nsa s w ith the Ka nsa s Hea lt h In for mat ion Net work ( K H I N ) i n 2010. K H I N is now one of the most successf u l HIEs in the countr y, w ith over 1,500 participating providers securely sharing hea lthcare data on over 5.5 million patients. "By pa r tnering with medica l societies across the nation, we a re suppor ting physicia ns a nd hospita ls in their effor ts to deliver the best possible ca re while empowering patients through access to their ow n hea lthca re data ," Scot t says. "It is truly exciting to be a pa r t of this unique physicia n-led effor t that sta r ted right here in Ka nsas." In addition to partnering with the Kansas Medica l Society, Ka MMCO is building aff inity relationships with the medica l societies of Con necticut , G eorg ia , Louisia na , Missou r i, New Jersey a nd South Ca rolina . Scot t says he a nticipates severa l additiona l new medica l society partnerships will form yet in 2018. ■ KaMMCO F E A T U R E ❰❰❰❰❰ 0 9 M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S G R E AT E R K A N S A S ■ 2 018 0 9