Cerner developing 'EHR-agnostic' value-based care technology with Lumeris

Cerner is partnering with Lumeris, a health plan, and managed services vendor, with a decade-long agreement, including an ownership stake where the companies will help health systems tackle inefficiencies to prepare for value-based reimbursement. An early centerpiece of the new partnership is a jointly-developed new technology, Maestro Advantage, aimed at value-based payment arrangements like Medicare Advantage and provider-sponsored health plans. The new platform combines tech from the two companies, aiming to help health systems improve lengthy claims processing and reimbursement cycles, clear obstacles to sharing data and records and generally improve quality of care and patient outcomes.