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WellBe Senior Medical CEO On Demonstrating Value To Payers In The Home

Home Health Care

Kang is the former CMO of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Chicago-based WellBe offers home-based medical care services to patients who are facing multiple complex health challenges. Home health agencies existed then, and it was covered by Medicare. That’s from a traditional Medicare perspective.

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Effective Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Through Medical Call Center

Sequence Health

Utilizing data and multi-component interventions to identify patients at high risk for readmission shortly after hospital discharge is essential for reducing rehospitalization rates. Understanding Hospital Readmissions Hospital readmissions are a significant concern in the US healthcare system, with approximately 19.6%

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Contessa Health CEO: Managed Care Strategy Will Separate the ‘Haves and the Have Nots’

Home Health Care

The ability to deliver higher-acuity care in the home is now table stakes. That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020.

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How Amedisys, Walgreens And Intermountain Healthcare Are Building 360-Degree Home-Based Care Models

Home Health Care

“We knew that, from a continuum of care perspective, we needed to be able to do more, for not only our referral sources, but also for our patients,” he said last week during a panel discussion at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference in Nashville.

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Recognizing the Role of Caregiver with Melissa Fisher | E. 79

Vie Healthcare

So that’s a case in point, and I’ll share a little story about this, but I would say that before we end up in your ERs, our primary care providers have an opportunity that needs to be formally presented. The manner in which I have to communicate with my mom’s primary care provider is woefully behind.

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Taking Back The Business of Healthcare with Preston Alexander| E. 67

Vie Healthcare

Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. $14 Preston (11:16): Alternative insurance models, I mean, we see it with direct primary care, they’ve opted. Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. What goes into all that?” 14 billion or something.

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Exposing Healthcare Fraud with Jonathan Tycko| E. 68

Vie Healthcare

And as you know, obviously a huge percentage of healthcare spending is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, the VA system, and these are all programs that are covered by the False Claims Act. Preston (11:16): Alternative insurance models, I mean, we see it with direct primary care, they’ve opted.