Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"We also were keen on enhancing the overall patient experience," said Dr. Ronald Pope, vice president of medical services, care centers, at Albany Med-Columbia Memorial Health. Collect valuable population insights (demographic data, risk factors, initial symptoms, list of diagnoses, etc.).

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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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. We have since transitioned all synchronous “virtual visit” telehealth services to Zoom. Volumes have continued to rise since we shifted all services.

Telemedicine 299

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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

Primary Care 64

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Home Health Care

JULY 24, 2024

Seniors who have difficulty leaving their homes or accessing traditional medical facilities have a new option for health care: mobile, medical home care visits from Horizon Care Services. Horizon Care Services is already a successful home care, care management and senior placement provider in Florida.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

During the peak of the pandemic, along with other New York City health systems, NYC Health + Hospitals launched a 911 call diversion intervention with the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. The 911 call volumes surged from an average of just over 4,000 calls per day to more than 7,000 calls per day.

Urgent Care 355

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Home Health Care

MARCH 26, 2025

Patina, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, is a collaboration between Patina Medical Groups and Patina Health Inc. Patina Medical Groups offers virtual and home-based medical services specifically for Medicare beneficiaries and participating MA plans. Patina Health Inc.

Medicare 52

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. primary care teams may be a function of underinvestment in certain types of social 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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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On Wednesday, it released its annual “Value-Based Care Report,” which affirms why its been crucial to the company’s Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. Overall, MA members who are getting care through value-based arrangements received more time with their primary care physician. Plus, there was a 30.1%

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NASHP

JANUARY 30, 2025

The CCBHC model can support the scaling of effective treatment teams by providing enhanced, flexible funding that can enable comprehensive, team-based care. This approach expands access to services, including integrated medical services. Advance strategic workforce planning solutions.

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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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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.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 11, 2023

There has been much research showing that fee-for-service (FFS) leads to increased provision of medical services and capitation leads to decreased provision of medical services.

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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.

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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 company has indicated it hopes to have a deal in place to help it do so by year-end. B last month.

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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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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).

Ambulatory Care 139

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What industry compels its “consumers” to wait longer and travel further for services more than any other in a person’s daily life? That would be health care, a report from Altarum notes. The annual opportunity cost for travel and wait time in health care is $89 billion, Altarum estimated.

Medical Services 112

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Patient Experience 112

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Obviously, there was a lot of synergy and a lot of mission alignment around what the plan was looking to do, which was building a complex medical service for seniors from their payer-provider perspective. Lifespark is a Minneapolis-based senior care provider with both home health and senior living operations.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Let’s get familiar with urgent care and the influence of urgent care profit margins on a provider’s financial status. Why Consider Urgent Care Profit Margin in Billing? Urgent care units are usually open seven days a week with no prior appointments and have low service charges as compared to any ER visit.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

Serving seniors with dementia One of the aforementioned companies is Friendly Faces Senior Care, a Houston, Texas-based provider that has set itself apart by specializing in delivering care to patients living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The company offers medical and non-medical services on a private-pay basis.

Primary Care 98

Primary Care Hospice Care Doctors Home Care 98

Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

.” The H-a-H Framework is illustrated here, with the patient’s home environment is positioned at the center of the circle which identifies various care services including: Ambulatory care, covering primary care, chronic care, specialty care, mental and behavioral health, oncology-at-home, dialysis, infusion On-demand and urgent care, which (..)

Doctors 118

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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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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“With our DispatchHealth collaboration, Blue Shield can provide a convenient way for members to access quality care directly in their homes,” Peter Long, executive vice president of strategy and health solutions at Blue Shield of California, said in a press statement.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Patient Experience Medical Services 98

Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Part of the reason is that rural hospitals are often smaller in size due to reduced population density in rural areas.

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Hospitals Primary Care Medicare Healthcare Quality 116

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The goal is to bring trained professionals, along with provided caregivers, into the home to focus on the clients needs in detail and coordinate everything within their continuum of care, Devoted Guardians COO Justin Tyler told Home Health Care News. This makes our program a powerful one that is genuinely helping people.

Home Care 40

Home Care Medicaid Hospitals Primary Care 40

HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2025

Telehealth: Transforming Access to Care Telehealth has emerged as a transformative approach to healthcare, offering patients access to medical services through virtual consultations, remote monitoring, and mobile health applications.

Prevention 105

Prevention Primary Care Healthcare Providers Integration 105

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.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Medicare Prevention Medicaid 90

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Castlight examined the commercial medical claims even more granularly, looking into differences between higher-income workers compared with lower-income communities.

Prevention 125

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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.

Medicaid 105

Medicaid Medicare Hospitals Primary Care 105

NASHP

JANUARY 24, 2022

States can decide to include this function as a billable medical service or they can pay crisis teams an administrative fee for transport. The guidance indicates these expenses would be paid as Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, and not as a service eligible for the Mobile Crisis enhanced FMAP.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Investing in broadband upstream becomes that “force multiplier” by enabling people to access information, learn, socially connect (to bolster mental and emotional health), order groceries from a home located in a food desert, and indeed, access medical services and support for well-being and self-care.

Medical Services 154

Medical Services Healthcare Primary Care Prevention 154

Home Health Care

AUGUST 12, 2022

“Our partners, primarily MA plans and health systems, use this information to better tailor their services to their members.”. When it comes to explaining the home-based care value proposition to MA plans, data has been the main tool of choice for BrightStar Care. “The

Home Care 98

Home Care Medicare Primary Care Medical Services 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the third graphic illustrates, consumers can opt into one of four health care “bundles,” including components such as generic medications, primary care, vision and dental care, hearing and alternative medicine services.

Primary Care 63

Primary Care Urgent Care Doctors Medical Services 63

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. Thompson was previously the CEO and founder of Perfect Health Inc.,

Home Care 105

Home Care Integration Primary Care Accountability 105