Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mike Mistretta, vice president and CIO at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. Moore, CIO of Providence, a health system that operates 52 hospitals across seven states – Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Washington, California, New Mexico and Texas. " Mike Mistretta, Virginia Hospital Center. Moore is all for telemedicine.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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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. 134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan. Hospital-Wide, for 30 days; All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) (administrative claims).

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Medicare Accountable Care Accountability Medicaid 246

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As hospital-to-home health referrals continue to climb, provider acceptance rates remain low, a new report from WellSky found. WellSky’s latest report pulls data from the company’s network of more than 2,500 hospitals, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and physician practices, as well as 130,000 providers across the country.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

Dr. Richard Watson is co-founder of Motient, a health IT vendor that equips health systems, accountable care organizations and individual facilities with tools and data designed to help ensure quality in medical transports. The overall problem for rural hospitals right now is sustainability.

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Healthcare Hospitals Nursing Accountable Care 258

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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Home Care Accountable Care Primary Care Quality of Care 95

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2025

What You Should Know: – Bamboo Health , the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence, is teaming up with Radial , a pioneer in decision support software for value-based care, to enhance care coordination and drive success in accountable care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Boarding can lead to delays in treatment, increased stress for patients and families, and strain on hospital resources. Key features of the platform: Streamlined Referrals: Simplifies the referral process for inpatient psychiatric care, enabling faster and more efficient transitions.

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Accountable Care Accountability Medicaid Hospitals 52

p3care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is ACO (Accountable Care Organization)? ACOs, in simple terms, including a wide network of clinicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who provide coordinated high-quality services to their Medicare patients. They keep patients out of the hospitals through preventive care methods. Keep going!

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 4, 2025

He emphasized that despite progress toward a connected system, critical gaps remain in care delivery that must be addressed through scalable, coordinated models. Deacon Healths model aligns with broader industry reforms such as the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), set to launch on January 1, 2026.

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Accountability Accountable Care Medicaid Hospitals 52

Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 1, 2023

An interesting article by Mor (2023) examines the history of the requirement for a 3-day hospital stay for Medicare to cover a skilled nursing facility (SNF) transfer. 2 To ensure an adequate medical evaluation, hospitalization was deemed critical, so direct admissions to SNF for medical treatment were considered inappropriate.

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Hospitals Medicare Nursing Accountable Care 81

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 24, 2023

" Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, a nine-hospital system serving patients in Louisiana and Mississippi, implemented Suki AI t o help improve the provider experience and reduce clinician burnout.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

So as we come together with the hospital systems we mentioned, we’re generally gaining programs, we’re enlarging our footprint. And during that six months, avoiding one, two, three or four hospital visits or emergency room visits. So if we want to grow up as an industry, I think we have to be accountable.

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Accountability Hospice Care Medicare Nursing 100

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its objective to enroll all of its Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030. Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs are an opportunity for home-based care providers to enter the space. The majority of MSSP ACOs are hospital-based.

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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. Network incorporating individual practices of ACO Professionals.

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Quality of Care Doctors Medicare Patient Experience 130

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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Medicare Accountable Care Accountability Quality of Care 90

Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

And some of the highest-performing, most innovative Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the program continue to generate savings by effectively using home-based care. As of January 2023, those ACOs included over 573,000 participating clinicians who provided care to almost 11 million people with Medicare.

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Medicare Accountable Care Accountability Medicaid 98

p3care

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Hospital-Wide, 30-day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission Rate for MIPS Eligible Clinician Groups. ACO (Accountable Care Organization) Reporting. Risk Standardized, All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Multiple Chronic Conditions for ACOs.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 24, 2024

These disincentives are implemented through existing healthcare programs: Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program: Hospitals or critical access hospitals found to be information blocking will not be considered meaningful EHR users, leading to a loss of potential financial rewards.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 8, 2022

Providing Carilion’s Patients with Comprehensive Remote Care Capabilities. Carilion uses the TytoHome solution for patients with chronic conditions through an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) agreement, allowing patients to benefit from healthcare services that significantly reduce time spent in hospitals and clinics.

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Primary Care Accountable Care Remote Care Accountability 98

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. It consists of.

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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. It consists of.

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Doctors Accountability Healthcare Providers Accountable Care 130

Health Dialog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

As we know, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are complex ecosystems and the implementation of new population health management programs can be daunting. Reduce the number of avoidable readmissions post hospitalization over the next six months. New initiatives require time, behavior change, and workflow redesign.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Virtual Cardiology Clinical Reimagining Cardiac Care Delivery 1 in 4 admitted heart failure patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. But, only 22% of eligible heart failure patients are on guideline-recommended drugs – stressing the importance of a reimagined care model for cardiology.

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Home Care Accountable Care Primary Care Accountability 98

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care. DispatchHealth , a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. Evangelical Community Hospital Switches from Allscripts to Epic.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2024

Expansion and Market Impact: – Vivid Health’s platform has already garnered significant interest from home health and Hospital-at-home organizations, capitalizing on the rapidly expanding home health market. It has notably reduced chronic condition care plan development time to just three minutes.

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Accountable Care Medicare Hospitals Accountability 98

p3care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is ACO (Accountable Care Organization)? ACOs, in simple terms, including a wide network of clinicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who provide coordinated high-quality services to their Medicare patients. They keep patients out of the hospitals through preventive care methods. Keep going!

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Medicare Accountable Care Prevention Healthcare Providers 130

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Temporary regulatory flexibilities implemented during the public health emergency have given health care organizations a chance to test new care delivery methods, including hospital-at-home programs and models that bring the skilled nursing facility (SNF) into the home setting.

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Home Care Accountable Care Hospitals Accountability 105

HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2023

How Value-based Administration works VBC networks are comprised of multiple stakeholders that may include hospitals, health systems, private practices, payers, accountable care organizations (ACOs), clinically integrated networks, social service networks and community-based organizations (CBOs).

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Accountable Care Accountability Integration Private Practices 98

HIT Consultant

APRIL 7, 2023

Ittai Dayan, co-founder & CEO of Rhino Health Hospitals are increasingly motivated to drive digital transformation in order to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, meet regulatory requirements and stay competitive. Data Security: Hospitals need to protect patient data from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure.

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Hospitals Life Sciences Accountability Integration 52

Home Health Care

APRIL 4, 2023

A recent study found that in areas with a higher percentage of people enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, traditional Medicare beneficiaries use less post-acute care services. Additionally, those areas did not see an increase in hospital readmissions, despite the drop in post-acute care services.

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Medicare Accountable Care Hospitals Accountability 97

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The impact on eligible hospitals would be the loss of 75 percent of the annual market basket increase; for CAHs, payment would be reduced to 100 percent of reasonable costs instead of 101 percent. The Promoting Interoperability performance category score typically can be a quarter of a clinician or group’s total MIPS score in a year.

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Medicare Accountable Care Healthcare Providers Regulations 98

Healthcare Success

JULY 5, 2022

Marketing to doctors, physicians, surgeons, and other health care professionals can be extremely challenging, complicated, and expensive. What’s more, most doctors work in a hospital or multilocation medical practice, making it even more challenging to identify key decision-makers. Gender: Is there a gender bias to consider?

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Doctors Private Practices Accountability Hospitals 148

Home Health Care

AUGUST 30, 2021

The overall goal of the program is to improve patient care and curb health care costs. Currently, CommonSpirit Health operates more than 1,000 care sites and 142 hospitals across 21 states. The health system’s home-based care arm CommonSpirit Health at Home is headquartered in Milford, Ohio.

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Medicare Rehabilitation Home Care Accountable Care 116

Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 23, 2024

While CMS has a target of getting 100% of Medicare beneficiaries into value-based payment (VBP) programs–such as accountable care organizations–by the end of the decade, implementing VBP in practice will be challenging. An editorial by Navathe et al. 2024) in Health Affairs provides some key considerations.

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Accountable Care Medicare Accountability Hospitals 85

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

According to her LinkedIn, the roles she held at Steward Health Care include: COO; EVP of operations; SVP of corporate operations; SVP and chief of staff; VP of operations and strategic initiatives, senior director of primary care and medical specialties; and director of practice operations.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 3, 2023

On its end, Memorial Hermann has a network comprised of 6,700 affiliated physicians, 31,000 employees, 260 care delivery sites, 17 hospitals and an accountable care organization. AccentCare recently told Home Health Care News how important hospital partnerships were to its strategy moving forward.

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