Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"By providing patients with an automated care navigation assistant when they feel more vulnerable, we have been able to qualify patients early and direct them to the right level of care: telemedicine, primary care and pediatrics, or the emergency room," he continued.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We quickly looked for a telehealth solution to prevent unnecessary transfers and keep care local. "Many others have contracted this service out to a third-party vendor, which I believe sacrifices patient care quality and safety," he added. "We needed to leverage the bed capacity of our community hospitals.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. They fill the gaps, and are able to see and treat patients where primary care providers cannot.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 30, 2022

population is over the age of 65, but they account for nearly one-third of healthcare spending, much of which is going into specialty care. This care model increases physician throughput so each physician can help more patients, while also engaging more deeply with them. Roughly 16% of the U.S. These numbers leave the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Importantly, these findings indicate that suicidality can occur independently of other mental health conditions, underscoring the need to approach suicidality as a condition, with a distinct program of care. Many primary care providers miss critical warning signs, particularly in patients who do not exhibit mental health symptoms.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 20, 2025

Aledade collaborates with over 300 health centers across the United States, supporting primary care organizations of all sizes in diverse rural, suburban, and urban settings. All eight of Aledade’s Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) exclusively composed of health centers achieved shared savings.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2025

The new program, Amwell Cardiometabolic Care Powered by Vida, provides members with access to: Obesity management: Personalized support for weight loss and healthy lifestyle changes. Diabetes prevention and management: Evidence-based programs to prevent and manage diabetes.

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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Primary care case management (PCCM) programs are one of the oldest types of Medicaid managed care, but over time most states have shifted to use managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver services to Medicaid participants. ii] Rural areas are highly likely to suffer from shortages of primary care and other providers.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Expanding Supportive Care Offerings: Innovative clinics can boost revenue by introducing cash-pay services, such as training programs to prevent injuries or enhance performance. This approach not only ensures operational success but also reinforces the vital role of physical therapy in injury prevention and recovery.

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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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Health Business Group

JULY 18, 2024

In this episode, we dive deep into this pressing question with Dr. Mohamed Diab , president of CVS Accountable Care. Dr. Diab highlights systemic challenges, such as physician burnout and the inadequacies of primary care funding.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists. Accountability.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists. Accountability.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., telemedicine, minute clinics, and other walk-in services), healthcare consumers are more empowered than ever before to find healthcare organizations that meet (or exceed) their expectations—and to help prevent others from making the same mistake. .

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. primary care teams may be a function of underinvestment in certain types of social services.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Woundtech, located in Hollywood, Florida, is a home-based care provider specializing in wound care and the management of chronic wounds. Health care systems are focused on providing cost-effective, high-quality care that reduces hospitalizations and prevents complications, Anderson explained.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 20, 2021

– MiSalud offers a unique combination of personalized preventative wellness services, along with traditional healthcare via Spanish speaking physicians. Hispanics are also three times more likely to be uninsured and are less likely to have a primary care physician.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Patient Demographics and Booking Trends Women comprise the majority of Zocdoc users, accounting for two-thirds of bookings. Mobile bookings dominate, particularly for urgent care, mental health, and primary care. Urgent care, dermatology, and psychiatry are the fastest-growing specialty groups.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2025

I expect more public-private collaborations to launch to address various gaps; these won’t be panaceas to a larger fraying public health infrastructure, but hopefully useful ventures that benefit people who need access to services, information, and supplies for self-care. The post What is a Consumer Health Company?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Americans’ estimated $371 billion out-of-pocket spending in 2018 could result in $85 bn in potential consumer savings were people to use pre-tax dollars conserved in financial and health savings accounts (FSAs and HSAs), Alegeus calculated.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Financial Hardship Mitigation: – Color introduces Care Wallet, a unique cancer-specific Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funded by employers to cover out-of-pocket cancer-related expenses.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

health care financing regime of volume-based payment didn’t fare well as millions of patients postponed or cancelled procedures and visits for fear of contracting the virus in the halls, offices and clinics of hospitals and doctor’s offices. Driving efficiency and accountability. In other words, the U.S. Crowe LLC estimated that U.S.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2023

Most of the market growth will be fuelled by the increased adoption of handheld devices by new users of ultrasound, such as primary care physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and midwives. It is estimated that the percentage of primary care physicians that use ultrasound is in the single digits in most countries.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 5, 2022

Preventative Task Force said all kids ages eight to 18 should be screened regularly for anxiety. This comes on the heels of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Foundation of Suicide Prevention releasing a blueprint for youth suicide prevention. In April, a draft recommendation by the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

She can then connect a list of the missing ingredients to her Instacart account, and those foodstuffs can be delivered to her home or she can pick up the groceries at her preferred food market.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PCCM Primary Care Case Management. PH-MCO Physical Health Managed Care Organization. RAE Regional Accountable Entity. Acronym Guide. SPA State Plan Amendment.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2022

According to a July 2020 ASPE report , telehealth accounted for less than 1% of primary care visits in February prior to the pandemic — but by April 2020, they constituted nearly half. In all, the pandemic led to a 350-fold increase in telehealth visits from pre-pandemic levels.

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Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2024

Welcome Health names new chief growth officer Welcome Health — SCAN Group’s in-home senior primary care arm — has appointed Jay Bakshi as its new chief growth officer. “We I proudly make the Welcome Health mission my own — to eliminate the health obstacles preventing seniors from achieving what matters most.”

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Today, physicians, patients and payers benefit from virtual care options that can be scaled to provide users with access to a wide range of providers, healthcare services and diagnostics that enable remote monitoring and testing which is especially important for chronic condition management.

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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. Her research examines the role of social factors on health and health care across the life span. Maternal health.

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Home Health Care

JULY 14, 2023

Additional highlights The number of patients served by Optum under fully accountable value-based care arrangements grew by more than 900,000 year-over-year. Patients also experienced reduced wait times for follow-up primary care visits. But probably not much more to say today.”

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

Integrated care enables a holistic team-based approach to treating common mental health conditions by integrating behavioral health professionals into the care team, while simultaneously increasing the confidence and competence of physical health providers in treating these disorders.

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NASHP

APRIL 29, 2024

Hospital Global Budget Key Considerations The overall goal of hospital global budgets in the AHEAD Model is to incentivize hospitals to focus on population health and health equity, limit avoidable utilization, and control total cost of care by removing FFS incentives and providing financial stability.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 25, 2024

Additional benefits include the following: Customized care and guidance through personal health nurses (PHNs) for reduced fragmentation and optimal outcomes Support for chronic conditions with continuous monitoring, medication management, and guidance for their specific health condition(s) More timely interventions to prevent minor issues from becoming (..)

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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? There’s a good chance you had at least some interaction with a patient portal or telehealth platform.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2022

Primary care providers and specialists embraced virtual care, thanks to a combination of easy-to-use technologies, temporary regulatory flexibilities, and increased demand from patients. Looking to the future of virtual critical care for emergency situations. About Lisa Lindgren.

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