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Employers Take on Health Activism, Embracing Behavioral Health, Virtual Care, AI, and Transparency

Health Populi

employers are growing activist roles as stakeholders in the healthcare system, according to the 2019 Large Employers Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). orthopedic/musculoskeletal, and fertility.

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

” Across all plans, consumers’ Net Promoter Scores (NPS) have increased year over year since 2019 when they hit a low of 11, now up 7 points in 2021 to 18. Doing so could result in more regular and natural use of telehealth and virtual care that is incentivized by the value-based payment regime.

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What facilitated telehealth can do to improve care for high-need groups

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine launched Community Tele-Paramedicine, which is a form of mobile integrated telehealth to provide acute and chronic care to largely medically underserved populations in 2019.

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Upswing Health combines AI and telehealth to improve MSK care and cut costs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MEETING THE CHALLENGE Upswing’s platform was launched in late 2019 just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Click here to read the special report. It has been deployed in two distinct markets.

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CMS Reveals New Direction for MSSP Which Adds Risk on ACOs

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The changes will redesign participation options in hopes of encouraging accountable care organisations to take on risk quicker. MSSP includes 561 Accountable care organizations and serves more than 10.5 What’s more, taking on more risk doesn’t guarantee an accountable care organization’s success.

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CBO Score Allows CHRONIC Care Act to Pass Hurdle

American Well

Establishes a two-year extension of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Independence at Home demonstration, establishing home-based primary care teams for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. Also in 2019, it will eliminate geographic restrictions on telestroke consultation services.

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CBO Score Allows CHRONIC Care Act to Pass Hurdle

American Well

Establishes a two-year extension of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Independence at Home demonstration, establishing home-based primary care teams for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. Also in 2019, it will eliminate geographic restrictions on telestroke consultation services.