Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "We are both building an integrated experience that supports a more proactive, preventive and holistic approach to patient care." In 2023, those ACOs will represent 700,000 patients.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Native telehealth integration was a rarity in patient portals not too long ago. After telehealth appointments , patient portals can grant access to information about self-care and healthy habits between appointments, and also can be a vehicle for reporting patient health indicators over time.

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Health Care Leader News

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s high time GP federations are acknowledged for what they bring to the primary care table, argue Fiona Adamson and Andy Hilton from the NHS Confederation’s Primary Care Federation Network. We are emerging from the biggest health crisis of our generation, but the real challenge facing primary care has barely begun.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

State Strategies to Support the Future of the Primary Care Physician and Nursing Workforce December 7, 2022 / by Elaine Chhean , Anita Cardwell , Lauren Block (Aurrera Health Group), and Sarah Tocher (Aurrera Health Group). High-quality primary care is foundational to a healthy society and well-functioning health care systems.

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Accountable Care Doctors

MARCH 19, 2021

The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of visionary medical groups and health systems supporting accountable value-based care, has added Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, to its board of directors. Dr. Kimura is a practicing primary care internist with a specialization in clinical informatics.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 8, 2022

What You Should Know: – TytoCare has partnered with Carilion Clinic , a not-for-profit health care organization serving Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Southwest Virginia regions. Shortage of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Communities. Providing Carilion’s Patients with Comprehensive Remote Care Capabilities.

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NASHP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

During a recent virtual meeting focused on alternative payment approaches, Maine state officials detailed how the state intends to use its Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) program to reimburse for CHW services.­ Including a scan also helps the state assess practices’ needs and take their varying knowledge of CHW roles into account.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2024

As a result, some hospitals and primary care clinics are experimenting with artificial intelligence and large language models to focus on note-taking and scribe work. Revenue integrity and compliance is another group within health systems that can benefit from a streamlined, automated intake and outtake process.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom. We were able to streamline our interpreter services process by integrating with our existing interpreting platform.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"The AI space can get very complex and confusing, so I would look for plug-and-play AI systems that address specific problems that are easy to integrate in your organization's tech stack." "Mediktor proposed to us to leverage this patient behavior and provide them with an appropriate and safe digital solution instead.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"Our virtual urgent care experience, Virtual ExpressCare, has allowed us to better meet the needs of our patients where they are while reducing the impact of structural barriers they have in getting care," said Erfan Karim, senior director of mobile integrated health at New York City Health + Hospitals.

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

states, Unite Us creates accountable coordinated-care networks, interconnecting providers of social services to reduce the cost of care by integrating ALL social determinants of health. The other question: Why are patient alcohol and substance use issues so often overlooked in primary care?

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

"Within these different patient engagement systems, functions like digital registration, appointment scheduling, digital clinic visit tools, virtual care provision and feedback all became possible and integrated," he continued. 91% of patients have logged into their portal account within three months of an encounter.

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In this episode of Inside Health Care, we present two interviews that each ask really basic, yet complex, questions about health care. The first question: Why are patient alcohol and substance use issues so often overlooked in primary care? And those tools, by the way, take advantage of NCQA HEDIS measures.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

" NorthSight's facilities initially manually tracked outcomes and lacked an integrated data platform. "When data is missing or of lower quality, the solution can leverage advanced data science algorithms to account for the missing pieces and help identify anomalies," he explained.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 10, 2022

What You Should Know: – Primary care EHR provider Elation Health and provider workflow management platform provider Dock Health announced an integration to significantly improve task management for already burnt-out providers. CEO and co-founder of Dock Health.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 15, 2022

Neil Taurins, General Manager of Nonprofit Solutions with MIP Fund Accounting. Whether a Federally Qualified Health Center or a nonprofit health clinic that’s self-sustaining, you work tirelessly to provide primary care services in your communities. Optimizing Your Finance Team’s Technology.

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Home Health Care

MAY 19, 2023

Now, Humana is focused on accelerating value-based care and integrating all of its services that fall under the larger CenterWell brand, which includes home-based care, primary care and pharmacy services. We have partnered with organizations like Heal, which provides primary care at home.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Innovation Center also released the Making Care Primary (MCP) model and the GUIDE model this year, innovative solutions to achieve multi-payer alignment and focus on populations that have historically been underfunded in health care.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 5, 2022

When Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) invested $1 billion into VillageMD , it was largely viewed as a way for Walgreens to enhance its primary care approach, especially in underserved communities. And then we also made an investment in CareCentrix that really focuses the post-acute care episode of a patient’s journey.”.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

With that in mind, healthcare organizations need to adopt a model of integrated care if they want to make real quality measure improvements that have a significant financial impact. We’ve compiled the essential book for supporting integrated care, through published and validated research: 1.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Apple has made steady progress over the years, successfully integrating its Health app with the EHR systems of dozens of providers across the nation. The commonalities between Apple's Health Habit product and the Amazon Care product are important. Google Health shuttered in 2011 , and Health Vault closed its doors in 2019.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Humana’s CenterWell brand includes home health care, primary care and pharmacy services. The integration of CenterWell’s assets continues to be a key focus for Humana in the near-term future. “This has been instrumental in clinical decision-making, contributing to an accelerated wound healing time by 35%,” Brousard said.

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Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 11, 2023

Notably, within this overall decrease, CMS is also proposing increases for certain forms of direct patient care, including primary care. Impact to Health Equity Services CMS is proposing to pay separately for Community Health Integration and Social Determinants of Health (“SDOH”) Risk Assessment services.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

State Medicaid programs, behavioral health authorities, public health, departments of insurance, human and social service agencies, departments of education, departments of corrections, housing, and employment can collaborate to align overlapping efforts, align policies, and braid funding and accountability mechanisms.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home health providers, and also allow them the opportunity to get more involved in value-based care initiatives. TEAM would be yet another model furthering that goal, if enacted.

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Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

These insights were shared at the keynote discussion, “Leveraging Employer-Provider Partnerships to Curb Rising Health Care Costs and Improve Outcomes” at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC), held June 8?–?10. A growing demand for integrated mental health care. WHCC panelists were Stephen Parodi, M.D.

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

NCQA seeks candidates who embody Phyllis’ passion for health care quality research and policy. Primary care. Preventive care. Health care disparities. Value-based care and payment. The Phyllis Torda Fellow will work on critical issues related to quality and equity, including: Social needs. Maternal health.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2022

– Alpha Medical, whose services are available in 49 states plus DC and treat over 60 conditions with their virtual PCP offering, continues to fulfill its mission to bring convenient, affordable, and accessible medical care, medications, and resources to its patients.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 24, 2022

– The funding will fuel growth of the provider/payer platform that integrates with the electronic medical records (EMR) to identify high-value tactical care and coding interventions. KAID Health allows providers to profit from delivering more informed coordinated care.

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Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

These insights were shared at the keynote discussion, “Leveraging Employer-Provider Partnerships to Curb Rising Health Care Costs and Improve Outcomes” at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC), held June 8?–?10. A growing demand for integrated mental health care. WHCC panelists were Stephen Parodi, M.D.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 19, 2023

Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina Tampa General Hospital (TGH) partners with AI-powered platform Navina to bring its transformative AI the health system’s primary care clinicians. Clinicians using Navina’s platform can quickly assess diagnoses and opportunities to improve care and compliance with quality measures.

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NCQA

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Improving Accountability for Behavioral Health Care Access is our latest white paper summarizing savvy measurement of behavioral health networks. Models of care. Since behavioral healthcare often requires an integrated care team, there could be implications for value-based payment models.

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Home Health Care

MAY 5, 2022

Another major component of the company’s value-based mission was its acquisition of Caravan Health, an accountable care organization (ACO) manager. I’m very pleased with the positive reaction from our clients who are excited about the prospect of Signify Health providing a total cost of care model,” he said.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. Visiting your primary care physician? Aaron Kaufman, EVP at Carenet Health. Ordering takeout? While a lofty concept, it’s just not practical in the siloed real world of healthcare.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 31, 2021

These discussion forums generated many promising and innovative solutions including improving healthcare by integrating behavioral health with primary care, pursuing strategies for reducing low-value care and increasing high-value care, and developing better metrics for measuring performance in alternative payment models.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 31, 2021

These discussion forums generated many promising and innovative solutions including improving healthcare by integrating behavioral health with primary care, pursuing strategies for reducing low-value care and increasing high-value care, and developing better metrics for measuring performance in alternative payment models.

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