Flatiron Health - Improving lives of every cancer patient

Cancer is a life-threatening disease that has still not received a proper full-proof cure. But many organizations are working on getting a sure shot cure of the same. There are many types of cancer, and the causes and symptoms vary a lot. With the sedentary lifestyle, cancer is increasing at a larger rate. Flatiron Health is a company whose mission is to improve lives by learning from the experience of every cancer patient. Each patient’s story has the unique potential to teach researchers about the way cancer works, and in turn, help find more effective treatments faster.

Flatiron believes that learning from the experience of every cancer patient is imperative. It is the key to accelerating research and continuing to improve the quality of care. What stands in the way is an overwhelming technology challenge: Much of the available, real-world clinical data is unstructured and stored across thousands of disconnected community clinics, medical centers, and hospitals. It is a problem that Flatiron is aiming to solve.

Flatiron Health was founded by Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg in 2012. A few years earlier, Nat’s 7-year old cousin Brennan was diagnosed with rare leukemia. During Brennan’s cancer treatment journey, he and Zach first witnessed a fragmented and siloed healthcare system. Nat and Zach started Flatiron in pursuit of an audacious idea: combine some of the best minds in medicine and technology to transform the way cancer is understood and treated.

Investing in the future of community oncology

Flatiron Health believes in community focused long-term success of community oncology. Their OncoCloud suite is built to meet the technology needs of the future community practice: operationally efficient and prepared to thrive in the world of value-based care. Over 2,600 clinicians at more than 800 sites across the country have chosen Flatiron as their long-term technology partner.

The OncoCloud suite has been ranked the #1 end-to-end oncology technology solution by Black Book Research. It is top-rated for overall satisfaction by KLAS’ 2019 Medical Oncology Performance Report. It offers Value-based care to counter declining reimbursement rates, increased patient loads, and regulatory changes. Flatiron’s OncoCloudTM products can help clinics to remain financially viable while delivering the best care possible.

OncoEMR®

Workflow efficiency and speed are the most important goals for OncoEMR. Flatiron’s oncology-specific workflows and features like Document Search are designed to reduce minutes of work down to seconds. They have the tools to help you succeed in the program. OncoEMR enables to collect and report on all required data. Their team assists you through workflows, data capture, and official reporting requirements. OncoEMR was built for the community oncology practice. From NCCN Chemotherapy Order Templates to the latest AJCC disease factors, oncology-specific design elevates OncoEMR to a customized diagnostic and treatment tool.

Flatiron can migrate your historic EHR database, ensuring you hit the ground running on the first day of go-live. Once migrated, their 150+ preloaded reports can help you extract business and clinical insights such as patient wait times, drug utilization (including oral chemotherapies), unstaged patients, and more. Flatiron’s integrated patient assistance applications allow you to seamlessly match the right patient to the right program directly from your EHR, reducing the time it takes to submit enrollment forms.

OncoBilling®

OncoBilling is a practice management system integrated with OncoEMR that helps you focus on what’s essential for the financial viability of your practice. Using this, you can automate with technology and focus on higher-value tasks. The faster you submit a claim, the quicker you get paid. Features like OncoBilling’s claim scrubber saves time by ensuring the right information is sent on the first try. Instead, you can spend time reviewing your performance, including payer- and patient-level comparisons.

While a clear view of your financial health is critical for practice success, you can view the information in real-time and review claim status in real-time, receive payer remittance and EOBs electronically and access the superbill and provider notes for any date of service—all in the same application as your EMR. It’s not enough to have all the information; it needs to be in the right place. Referrals and authorizations from OncoEMR® flow directly to the claim and won’t get lost in costly interfaces between systems. You can print patient statements and copay receipts directly from the application.

 “Our products connect community oncologists, academics, hospitals, life science researchers, and regulators on a shared technology platform. Together, we can learn from the experience of every patient.”