Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

" This alleviated the need for many follow-up appointments, while allowing transparency in the care plan progress. "Video visits grew substantially with COVID accounting for almost 75% of our outpatient visits during COVID. "Amwell became our partner in both video visits and inpatient use cases," Bard said.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2025

Empath Health diversified its services by engaging with value-based care. The company rolled out a joint venture with a Institutional Special Needs Plan (I-SNP), and has its own accountable care organization (ACO). The companys PACE operations have also been a major growth driver.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2025

In the healthcare sector specifically, private equity-backed companies accounted for 21% of bankruptcies in 2024, a figure that remained unchanged from 2023. Alarming Bankruptcy Trends PESP’s findings reveal a disturbing trend: private equity firms were behind 56% of large U.S. corporate bankruptcies in 2024.

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From the next performance year (2021), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) expect different reporting requirements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The purpose of the new proposed rules is to lower down the administrative burden of ACOs and to improve the quality of patients’ outcomes. Quality of Care by ACOs.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2025

Personalized Treatment Plans Traditional treatments often rely on standardized protocols that fail to account for the unique characteristics of individual patients. Lets explore how AI is enabling this evolution and what it means for patients, providers, and the broader healthcare ecosystem.

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NCQA

APRIL 15, 2025

Test the measure with health plans and health care delivery systems. NCQA is also exploring opportunities for collaboration on future measures through our Birth Equity Accountability through Measurement project. Solicit feedback on the proposed measure through public comment.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the CMS chief actuary decided to expand the HHVBP model to further reduce Medicare spending and enhance the quality of care. Based on the success of the original model, the U.S. HHAs can play a crucial role in the 30 days following a patients hospital discharge.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, HHI) but also the quality of care provided by their competitors. For instance, it wouldn’t be clear if quality of care from the competitor impacted the index hospital or the quality of care of the index hospital impacted the competitor.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 30, 2022

When it comes to the types of services that beneficiaries are using, beneficiaries most commonly used telehealth for office visits, which accounted for just under half of all telehealth services during the first year of the pandemic. However, it was beneficiaries' use of telehealth for behavioral health services that stood out.

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Medicare Medicaid Integration Quality of Care 286

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. Accountability. Advantages for Patients.

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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. Accountability. Advantages for Patients.

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Doctors Accountability Healthcare Providers Accountable Care 130

p3care

MAY 31, 2024

An ACO (Accountable Care Organization) works for the better care of patients. Consider it as a group that combines hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare specialists for the sake of providing healthcare and is a team in care decisions. This becomes a specific reason for comprehensible improvements in patient care.

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Quality of Care Doctors Medicare Patient Experience 130

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Abridge’s AI-powered platform captures and transcribes medical conversations, generating comprehensive clinical documentation that reduces administrative burden on clinicians and improves the quality of care. serving a diverse range of specialties, care settings, and languages.

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NCQA

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But what if football teams only rewarded the offense for points scored or yards driven, or rewarded the defense for sacks, tackles and interceptions, without the mutual accountability to reach a common goal? Thats where we are in quality measurement. This might sound like a simple idea, but that doesnt mean it will be easy.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By Brett Kay, Director, Healthcare Quality Strategy, Strategic Customer Group, J&J Innovative Medicine Although there are many ways to measure the quality of care patients receive, not many focus on what patients want and need from the healthcare system, beyond a clinical outcome.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. Even if you fall behind in your schedule, your patients will appreciate transparency and your willingness to fix the issues over time.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 16, 2024

What You Should Know: – inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Organization, a division of CVS Health , have announced a collaboration to participate in the new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH program. CVS Accountable Care contributes its extensive experience and resources.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

What You Should Know: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center a nd CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS), today announced the creation of an accountable care organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by Ohio State providers in central Ohio.

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p3care

OCTOBER 30, 2020

For instance, CMS asks physicians to focus on the quality of care rather than the volume of patients. However, with the pandemic, there was no choice left other than catering to the volume of patients while being careful and value-driven to every extent possible. ACO (Accountable Care Organization) Reporting.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The study from RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, looked at 15 different quality measures from patients on MA plans during 2016 and 2017 and found that the quality of care was only slightly better when compared to plans that didn’t have any monthly premiums.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 13, 2022

The yearlong study that collected information from over 1,000 agency sites found that home health agencies with registered nurse case manager caseloads under 25 have the highest star ratings for quality of care and patient satisfaction. It also focused on technology, palliative care, staffing and future care delivery models.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 18, 2025

This administrative burden not only strains medical practices but also creates significant barriers to patient care and medication adherence. As healthcare systems struggle to balance efficiency with quality of care, the need for innovative solutions in prescription renewal management has become increasingly urgent.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

The allegations against TRG raise concerns about the quality of care patients may have received and the potential misuse of federal healthcare funds. licensed radiologists adequately reviewed non-credentialed contractors’ findings before transmitting the reports to physicians who relied on the findings to make patient care decisions.

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 3, 2025

They also align to Microsofts responsible AI principles to help guide AI development and usetransparency, reliability and safety, fairness, inclusiveness, accountability, privacy, and security.

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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

Hospitals 104

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Amedisys, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, provides home health care, hospice, palliative care and high-acuity care services across 38 states. Delivering care in patient homes eliminates barriers that hinder proper healing by ensuring accessibility.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2021

Specifically, the study found that although nursing home residents only represent 2% of the Medicare population, they accounted for 22% of all COVID-19 cases among Medicare members. 31, 2020, accounting for the majority of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The study period was between March 1, 2020, and Dec.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

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Accountability 52

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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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HIT Consultant

APRIL 11, 2023

The RAND study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that in August 2022 audio-only visits still accounted for 1 in 5 primary care visits and 2 in 5 behavioral health visits among people who received care at Federally Qualified Health Centers in California.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Medicaid Quality of Care Accountability 96

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The payment of kickbacks to medical providers to induce referrals for home health services can improperly divert those dollars and undermine the quality of care being provided to patients.”. We are determined to safeguard the integrity of our nation’s health care systems.”. Gray said in the statement.

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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. “We

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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Accountability 105

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 2, 2024

However, years after nationwide implementation, EVV still remains a burden for home care providers. It holds caregivers accountable for their schedules, ensuring that their work is completed on time and in its entirety. The app sends the necessary information from their devices to their agency’s home care software.

Home Care 110

Home Care Medicaid Quality of Care Prevention 110

Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

Amid Medicaid changes, the most relevant news to home care providers is the aforementioned 80-20 provision, which will force HCBS providers to direct 80% of reimbursement to direct care workers. “We We heard many, many comments on this provision.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

(NYSE: EHAB) has been active in the value-based care space. The company has a small – but growing – number of value-based contracts on the Medicare Advantage (MA) side, as well as Accountable Care Organization (ACO) partnerships. However], there are some things that cut across all of them.

Home Care 120

Home Care Integration Patient Experience Medicaid 120

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lighthouse Healthcare was an attractive acquisition for Care Advantage due to how culturally aligned both organizations are, Hanold said. They believe in a high level of quality of care and accountability to referral sources, to the family, to the client and to the caregivers,” he said.

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