Home Health Care

JULY 5, 2022

Hospital readmissions are regularly viewed as an indicator of the quality of care patients receive. However, CMS does not take into account whether a patient’s risk for readmission is influenced by the availability of follow-up care after a patient is discharged in their geographical area. “If

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2022

In addition, CareMax will fund a Medicare receivable to Steward covering accounts receivable related to 2021 and the pre-close period of 2022. – The acquisition will expand CareMax’s comprehensive and coordinated healthcare delivery system designed to improve overall health outcomes for senior value-based care patients.

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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.

Primary Care 110

Primary Care Medicare Accountability Hospitals 110

HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2022

Additional factors are also taken into account including patient satisfaction scores, provider scores for treating certain symptoms and patient convenience, such as distance and wait times. For specialty care, such as cardiology, a provider-agnostic approach is most effective for patients to receive the best care for their individual needs.

Urgent Care 98

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NASHP

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One model for lowering high hospital prices is articulated in a March 2020 proposal from Chernew, Dafny and Pany, a group of economists with expertise in health care financing. The standards include requirements for: a primary care spend obligation, primary care practice transformation, behavioral health care integration, and.

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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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Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 12, 2022

CMS’s strategic refresh initiative aims to meet five objectives: drive accountable care, advance health equity, support care innovations, improve access and affordability, and establish partnerships to achieve these objectives. These models encourage providers to work together to coordinate care with a focus on quality.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 16, 2022

However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care. To make matters worse, there’s no primary care physician in the digital loop to prioritize and coordinate recommendations and workflows ( integration).

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 15, 2021

CMMI was created through the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Its goal: to move toward a more value-based system in order to curb costs and improve the quality of care. Broadly, HHVBP is a Medicare demonstration that aims to tie reimbursement to quality of 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. We are ready to move beyond ACOs and bundled payments in the journey to value-based care.”. Dr. Stephen Parodi.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability 52

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 “Innovation is a staple of this leadership team, with whom I have a long history and have experienced many market leading successes.”

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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. We are ready to move beyond ACOs and bundled payments in the journey to value-based care.”. Dr. Stephen Parodi.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

JUNE 3, 2022

To reverse this trend will require not only resources, but also new business models for LMICs that can overcome the barriers patients face to receiving care, such as unaffordable, unavailable, or inaccessible healthcare services and treatments, and limited awareness of disease and preventative care.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Prevention Accountability 52

NCQA

DECEMBER 20, 2024

How NCQAs Work Contributes to Improving OUD Treatment NCQA is taking steps to address the gaps in OUD treatment and quality measurement. We published a white paper, Improving Accountability for Behavioral Health Care Access , and are developing a HEDIS measure for network adequacy.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Taking on Frette’s former role as CFO, Chad Derner will manage Accra’s accounting and billing departments, oversee all financial activities and operations and provide strategic guidance to leadership. Derner joins Accra with 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, the last 16 of which have been in leadership. “I

Home Care 84

Home Care Integration Primary Care Accountability 84

Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The five strategic objectives for advancing this systemwide transformation include (1) Drive Accountable Care, (2) Advance Health Equity, (3) Support Innovation, (4) Address Affordability, and (5) Partner to Achieve System Transformation. Strategic Objective 1: Drive Accountable Care.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Accountable Care Accountability 52

Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Proponents of APP independent practice focus on the overall healthcare system impact, emphasizing APPs’ ability to compensate for primary care provider shortages in underserved communities and to drive lower health care costs, as well as to free up physician time for more advanced medical services. Practitioners, U.S.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. And of course, we will continue the conversation on interoperability, data, and AI.” ” Oron Afek, co-founder and CEO of Vim. Eric Rosow, CEO, Diameter Health.

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Urgent Care Healthcare Medicare Integration 98

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Virtual appointments and online messaging provide new avenues to access care in a timely manner. Primary care doctors and specialists are now able to collaborate online to improve quality of care. alone accounts for more than half of the market, with an estimated $16.9 billion by 2026. billion share in 2021.

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Primary Care Healthcare Providers Quality of Care Accountability 52

Etactics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Quality of care. These include capitation, value-based reimbursement, and episodes of care/bundled payments. Healthcare providers receive rewards for successfully reducing healthcare costs, all while improving and nurturing the quality of care. Cost containment. So the question becomes, “Why is this method popular?”

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Despite decades of advances in respiratory care that can help make the condition manageable, patients with asthma accounted for nearly 1 million emergency department visits in 2020, and approximately 95,000 inpatient hospital stays. Asthma is a complex, chronic disease that affects approximately 24 million people in the U.S.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center is currently supporting the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) model across seven sites in six states. This model aims to improve quality of care for children, including CYSHCN, through integrated care delivery systems that include care coordination.[12].

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2023

While this trend has been experienced in primary care for years now and continues to grow there, payers are now experimenting with other specialties such as gastroenterology and nephrology. Value-based care is becoming more prevalent , and many in the industry expect it to become the norm in the years to come.

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Healthcare Primary Care Medicare Integration 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As utilization, measured by visits to primary care and specialist doctors, dipped during the pandemic, providers who had invested largely in value-based care were better able to weather the storm and the economic downturn by having a consistent source of revenue despite low utilization. The same applies to an RPM program.

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Remote Care Healthcare Doctors Primary Care 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

State leaders play a critical role in convening key internal and external partners, implementing engagement and input processes that foster shared ownership and accountability toward goals at the state and community levels.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

For parties wishing to avoid going through the CMIR process, it may be advisable to attempt to close transactions in advance of the April 1, 2024 date.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health Care A modern behavioral health system of care is fully integrated into the continuum of health care services, including primary and specialty care settings, and extends into homes and communities to ensure holistic and coordinated support.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. A recent Health Affairs article reviewed opportunities to incorporate a palliative care benefit into ACOs.

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Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

NASHP

MAY 17, 2022

In 2007, 29 states provided health care services to children in child welfare through MMC. [24] managed care organizations, primary care case management, prepaid ambulatory health plans, and prepaid inpatient health plans) to serve some or all CYFC. www.gao.gov/assets/gao-14-651t.pdf. [14] 14] SMD-11-23-11, U.S.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Five conditions account for 39% of serious misdiagnosis-related harms: stroke, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm/dissection, spinal cord compression/injury, and venous thromboembolism. These figures are also consistent with diagnostic errors and harm rates in primary care and inpatient settings.

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Patient Safety Doctors Prevention Hospitals 52

Vie Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

Which includes specialists by the way, not just primary care providers. Which includes specialists by the way, not just primary care providers. Lonnie (13:19): Yes, yes, and yes.

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Healthcare Nursing Patient Experience Hospitals 52

Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 11, 2023

My own research shows that there are system-wide effects and that the impact of capitation for primary care physicians on services may depend on whether specialists are also reimbursed via fee-for-service. However, it is not clear how increasing the proportion of reimbursement that is capitated impacts health care service provision.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 22, 2022

Hospitals are increasingly turning to value-based care initiatives to transform care delivery, lower the total cost of care, and improve patient outcomes. the number of patient visits), providers are reimbursed based on the quality of care delivered in value-based care. Reduce hospital admissions.

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Home Health Care

JULY 5, 2022

To do this, we are building a platform that connects providers and payors in accountable relationships. Monogram Health – a value-based specialty provider of in-home nephrology, primary care and benefit management services for individuals with chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease – has named Bhavesh Shah as its chief financial officer.

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Home Care Primary Care Quality of Care Accountability 79

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

This section of the guide outlines considerations, examples, and resources for: Identifying stakeholders and establishing partnerships across care coordination and child-serving systems. Assessing care coordination system capacity, gaps, and process improvements. Financing care coordination systems. Meet quality requirements.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In the time she's been with Recuro Health, the company has transformed from focusing on urgent care telemedicine to offering a full spectrum of services, including urgent care, behavioral health, virtual primary care, and at-home labs and diagnostic ordering. billion people.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Urban residents generally have more choices regarding providers and facilities, while those in rural areas face challenges such as longer travel distances, limited provider availability and potential concerns about the quality of care.

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Telemedicine Home Care Medicare Nursing 96