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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare It News

The participating primary care practices, all part of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s clinical research network, were either general, family, ambulatory internal medicine, preventive medicine or geriatric medicine practices. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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NCQA Fireside Chat: Texas Drives Medicaid Innovation

NCQA

We invited Dr. Ryan Van Ramshorst, Chief Medical Director for Medicaid and CHIP Services at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), to discuss the evolving landscape of Texas Medicaid and recent landmark legislation that is driving innovation. Last quarter, we highlighted the Lone Star State.

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Connecticut Children's Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support

Healthcare It News

The virtual care services will be delivered without copays, out-of-pocket costs or deductibles for families with active insurance or Medicaid coverage. The collaborative says IBCLCs are the gold standard of care. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare Marketing In the Age of Limited Physician Access & Value-Based Care

Healthcare Success

It could be an NP, it could be a nurse, it could be a pharmacist, could be a nutritionist, could be lots of things depending on what it is you're at risk for the, so how do we help people get the preventive care, and the you know, minor acute care that they need in an efficient way that builds trust and also manage it, keeps costs down.

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CMS’ ACO Primary Care Flex Model Could Offer Home-Based Care Providers’ Risk-Based Opportunity

Home Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. The model was another creation of the CMS Innovation Center.

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At Baptist Health, patient engagement shown to be equivalent to adding a BP med

Healthcare It News

" Healthy lifestyle habits, such as not smoking, exercising and eating well, can help prevent and improve hypertension. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected hypertension as one of three quality measures to be submitted electronically in the future.

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Clinical IT leaders on meeting CMS' mandate for patient data access

Healthcare It News

Making health data more accessible to patients – not to mention doctors and health plans – is a priority for all hospitals and health systems today, as the final Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability Rule mandates patient access. Please explain how this happened and the result. Dr. Ashley Moss: As a D.C.-based