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Healthcare IT News sat down with Chirichigno to get an inside look at how a national telemedicine platform works, and why bilingual service is so important to the company. Including how you deliver primary and multi-specialty care, and how you work with payers and employers. Please describe how you deliver virtual healthcare.
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Independence has over 100,000 Medicare Advantage members. They’re the biggest insurance company here in our area, and they’re sort of the hometown player,” Neil Patel, chief health officer of Patina, told Home Health Care News. The company launched in 2021.
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The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.
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The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.
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They might have partnerships, for like urgentcares. One of the disappointments for me I'd say at this point is the permanent uptick in telemedicine. One of the disappointments for me I'd say at this point is the permanent uptick in telemedicine. They go to Medicare, and they say we want to be an ACO great.
Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via virtual care technology. You describe your telemedicine program as mature if not advanced.
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