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Optum, LHC Group Put Pedal Down On Home-Based Care Efforts

Home Health Care

“Nearly 80% of these cases avoid hospitalization, and we expect to expand this capability to a broader mix of patients in the years ahead.” LHC Group specifically provides care under the Optum Health umbrella, and within that, in home and community care.

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naviHealth CMO: Home Health Partnerships Critical to Successful Care Transitions

Home Health Care

We were able to say, “Okay, what is the next phase post-COVID around these trends with care in the home?” For one, there are these home-based primary care models where there’s a physician who actually visits a patient in the home and does longitudinal care for that patient; naviHealth really helps this.

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Effective Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Through Medical Call Center

Sequence Health

Hospital readmissions can be costly and challenging for both healthcare providers and patients. By providing timely follow-ups, addressing patient concerns, and offering support post-discharge, medical call centers play a vital role in bridging the gap between hospital care and recovery.

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LHC Group Gets Center-Stage Treatment At UnitedHealth Group’s Investor Day

Home Health Care

“We recognized that more quickly than a lot of providers, just because of the referrals we got from hospitals,” Myers said. “We We had a much higher percentage of managed care referrals coming our way, and we didn’t have the resources to care for those patients, and we wanted to care for them.

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Revenue Up, Readmissions Down: Top Benefits of Care Collaboration Technology

Home Health Care

As the COVID-19 virus and its rapidly developing variants continue to disrupt the home health care industry , the need for home health providers continues to grow, with patients, payers and providers all seeing the benefits of moving care into the home. With that shift comes an increased need for better care collaboration.

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Why The End of the Public Health Emergency is Everyone’s Problem

HIT Consultant

The goal of the PHE was to help low-income people receive appropriate preventive and primary care during the pandemic without disruptions in coverage. There has never been a greater need for state and federal health and human services agencies to collaborate and take decisive action nowto be prepared.

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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond

HIT Consultant

Birth of Telemedicine The genesis of telemedicine can be traced back to Boston during the late 1960’s with the birth of a fully functioning telemedicine system operating between Mass General Hospital (MGH) and the Logan Airport Medical Station.