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Lifespark Adds In-Home Urgent Care, Adding ‘Final Brick’ To Its Suite Of Services

Home Health Care

The senior care company Lifespark has been building out its value-based care model for years. Now, it has added in-home urgent care, a key service line for a company taking on upside and downside risk. Ultimately, the goal is to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations. The costs are horrible.

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Community Health Network finds big ROI in consumer-centric technology

Healthcare It News

” A team of roughly 16,000 healthcare professionals shares in that mission by offering the full breadth of healthcare services with a particular focus on population health management. "On the front end, DexCare optimized the ability for consumers to find and book care at a Community Health location," McGill said.

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Startups, Payer-Provider Hybrids Believe They Can Bring New-Age Thinking To Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

Humana is a health insurance company that operates one of the largest Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. It is also a provider organization through its CenterWell arm, which includes home health care, pharmacy and primary care services. That wasn’t developed by hospitals, and I ran hospitals for many years.

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Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems: A Resource for States

NASHP

It presents state examples and key considerations for state officials via an organizing framework broken down by major components of the delivery system (from primary care to community-based and home-based services and supports) and reflecting essential principles for a modern system.

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Bridges Health Partners Highmark BCBS Form Commercial Value-Based Care Agreement

HIT Consultant

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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Digital front doors' advantages when meeting population health needs

Healthcare It News

Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. What are some of the challenges facing successful population health management programs today? More and more organizations are looking for ways to improve the health of the populations they serve.

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Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Health Care and Prescription Drug Sales

Health Populi

The second chart graphs average charge per claim for common retail clinic diagnoses, connecting the dots between site-of-care and lower costs in retail clinics compared with hospital outpatient departments, doctor’s offices, and urgent care centers which are higher-cost than retail clinics.