Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

To ensure all New Yorkers could access this new service, NYC H+H also needed a telehealth vendor that enabled it to offer virtual urgent care to all patients in their patients' preferred language and without a clear need for the Internet or a smartphone. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 19, 2023

Digital primary care startup K Health picked up $59 million from its investors along with one of the largest academic medical centers in California, Cedars-Sinai, to build out its AI-powered medica | Digital primary care startup K Health picked up $59 million from its investors along with one of the largest academic medical centers in California, Cedars-Sinai, (..)

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Primary Care Medical Services 130

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. However, as of 2018, 13 states still delivered services through PCCM programs to about 5.5

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NASHP

JANUARY 30, 2025

Participants exchanged best practices and explored ways to optimize existing and potential workforce through data-informed policymaking, promoting team-based care models, technological innovations, and delivery and payment and other funding strategies. This approach expands access to services, including integrated medical services.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Four in ten older people who had experienced telehealth also said they would be interested in telehealth for mental health care in the future.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

Medical Services 153

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Integration 153

Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

How did the number of pediatrician and family medicine physician (FMP) change between 2010 and 2020, particularly for rural areas?

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Primary Care Nursing Medical Services 81

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health , announced an expanded partnership with the National Labor Alliance , the largest alliance of labor unions and labor-management coalitions, to offer our full suite of whole-person care services. Whole Person Approach to Delivery Quality Care.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

What You Should Know: – Hoy Health , a bilingual digital primary care platform today announced the acquisition of HomeFront Health , a San Antonio, TX-based service-driven mobile healthcare organization that delivers frontline medical services to patients in their homes as an extension of hospital- and provider-centric care models.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2022

-based CVS, which has a market value of $134 B, a deal would help fulfil its stated ambition to become an even bigger provider of medical services. agreed to buy the primary-care clinic operator for about $3.9 The firm is well-versed in the sector, having sold healthcare payments firm Equian LLC to UnitedHealth Group Inc.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, TytoCare has partnered with Alice , Brazil’s first primary care-driven health insurance plan, to expand Alice’s telehealth offerings with at-home medical examinations. Easier access to medical services can also prevent further complications and hospitalization.”.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2025

Managing these conditions requires constant care, early intervention, and accessible healthcare solutions to prevent complications and improve quality of life. This is particularly beneficial for individuals in rural areas, where access to specialized care may be limited.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

” Health Populi’s Hot Points : “Self-care is the new healthcare,” Monigle’s latest report on Humanizing Brand Experience, Volume 6, health care edition , called out. Discussing the firm’s latest research into patient experience, the study of 3,000 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services. Integrated care could potentially save an estimated $38 billion to $68 billion annually.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

However, the more patients flow in a healthcare center, hospital, or clinic, the more will be the cash flow, and this upgrades the medical billing profit margin. Let’s get familiar with urgent care and the influence of urgent care profit margins on a provider’s financial status.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. colonoscopy).

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Ambulatory Care Primary Care Medicare Prevention 139

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D. Power Finds appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Healthcare Doctors Quality of Care Medical Services 87

Health Populi

JULY 30, 2020

The Gallup-West Health poll reveals yet another lens on the differences in health services for people of color in the Age of Corona: that is, the patient experience of cost for both medical services and prescription drugs. Today’s news that the U.S. In the longer term, assuring all U.S.

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Healthcare Primary Care Doctors Patient Experience 77

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include remote monitoring tools for virtual check-ins addressing chronic conditions, more home-based care, emails and texts that nudge patients over time, digital pricing tools to support shopping for medical services, and better-designed portals that serve up more welcoming digital front doors.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform (Miller 2020) found that many rural hospitals are in financials straights. According to a report from the American Hospital Association , hospital margins are down 37% from pre-pandemic (2019) levels. Moreover, more than half hospitals are projected to have negative margins.

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Hospitals Primary Care Medicare Healthcare Quality 116

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The response: A health plan is a comprehensive package of healthcare services and coverage that helps individuals or groups manage and finance their healthcare needs. Health plans are designed to provide a range of medical services, preventive care, and financial protection against the costs of healthcare.

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Primary Care Medicare Prevention Medicaid 90

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

As a result, commercial healthcare spending fell in 2020, rebounding in 2021. 2020-2021 was a sort of “catching-up-with-healthcare” year, seeing the PMPM spend grow by 8.7%. 2020-2021 was a sort of “catching-up-with-healthcare” year, seeing the PMPM spend grow by 8.7%.

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Prevention Primary Care Medicaid Medical Services 125

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Health care, through telehealth, health education, and wearable sensors that make up the Internet of Things for medical and healthcare. Food systems, and finally. At the start of COVID-19 in the U.S., the FCC had identified connectivity gaps in the pandemic as a barrier to both economic and physical health.

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Medical Services Healthcare Primary Care Prevention 154

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Big tech will make noise, not real change, with their forays into fixing healthcare. Big tech companies have not worked to improve healthcare from the inside out. This does not solve the problem at the root of the poor American healthcare experience: a uniquely disconnected ecosystem that fails patients and providers.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In collaboration with highly-qualified doctors and healthcare providers, we’ve built a digital health platform that is changing the way people talk about and receive the care they need.” How Walmart Could Bolster Healthcare in the Community. published on 30 September 2019. Drugstore Dominance, and the Walmart Wild Card.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Doctors Medical Services 63

Healthcare ECONOMIST

MARCH 17, 2022

Commercial payers reimburse physicians at 129% of Medicare rates overall ( 144% of Medicare rates for specialty services but only 117% of Medicare rates for primary care services.). Commercial payers are also more generous to physicians than Medicare, but on a smaller order of magnitude.

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Medicaid Medicare Hospitals Primary Care 105

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

In the 2023 Patient Consumer Survey report, the topline lesson is that “cost and location drive patient decisions, while service and comfort drive experience.” adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon).

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Urgent Care Life Sciences Prevention Hospitals 118

NASHP

JULY 25, 2022

Such potential innovation includes thinking about how to deploy available health care workforce differently and how to better incentivize lower-cost, person-centered care. Preventing these types of visits by providing community-based care can help states reduce Medicaid costs and improve outcomes.

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Integration Medicaid Hospitals Prevention 98

Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 19, 2022

This model combines competition among health insurers and among healthcare providers with specific regulation to protect public objectives such as individual accessibility and affordability of coverage (Enthoven, 2012 ).

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Home Health Care

MARCH 17, 2023

“From the start, I have been committed to BrightStar Care’s vision of enriching lives, and I am ready to continue leading the brand forward through creative and innovative channels.” The Chicago-based BrightStar Care is a home care and medical staffing franchise with more than 370 locations nationwide.

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Home Care Primary Care Accountability Medical Services 98

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The newly appointed chief operating officer, Craig Worland, brings a professional background in leading growing health organizations, having previously served in Southeast Primary Care Partners and Tanner Health System. The post Former AccentCare CEO Joins Vivo Infusion; Accra Names New CFO appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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Home Care Integration Primary Care Accountability 105

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

FOOTNOTES [1] See links to Sheppard Mullin’s blog series re SB 184 and OHCA: California Office of Health Care Affordability: Another Regulatory Hurdle for California Healthcare M&A Transactions? published 3/3/23. OHCA’s Revised Regulations Following Comments from Industry Stakeholders , published 10/24/23.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Enhancing Healthcare Excellence: Bridges’ Integrated Care Approach with Highmark Bridges’ dedication to excellence has earned recognition from various national and independent organizations, such as HealthGrades, The Leapfrog Group, Quantros CareChex, IBM Watson 100 Top Hospitals, and U.S.

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Urgent Care Hospice Care Primary Care Integration 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms. It’s important to walk beyond the digital health aisles to think outside of the strictly-healthcare box to deal with peoples’ well-being factors adjacent to the purely medical.

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Medical Services Patient Experience Primary Care Prevention 122

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2022

The healthcare system is failing in its purpose,” Mackey asserted. ” Four years later in 2013, promoting his (then) new book Conscious Capitalism, Mackey did an interview with NPR, morphing the word “socialism” to “fascism” when speaking about the Affordable Care Act. .” Healthcare Finance here.

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Icanotes

JANUARY 15, 2021

These codes are meant to classify the medical services a clinician provides to evaluate patients and manage their health care. In the behavioral health field, psychiatrists may use E/M coding to bill for medication management. Primary care doctors might also use E/M coding in conjunction with mental health services.

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Doctors Primary Care Medicaid Medical Services 98