What facilitated telehealth can do to improve care for high-need groups
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 7, 2024
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ACO Reach program savings grew larger in 2023. NAACOS is angling for the model's extension
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Accountable care organizations in the ACO Reach program can claim credit for saving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hundreds of millions of dollars | CMS released favorable savings results for ACO REACH Model participants, as industry group NAACOS begins to push for the program's extension through 2030.
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ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Accountable care organizations are calling on the feds to increase participation of long-term and post-acute care providers in ACOs and to better incorporate episodic-based payments. Payers, providers, ACO leaders and advocacy groups convened to discuss how to improve long-term and post-acute care participation in ACOs.
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NAACOS worries new ACO REACH changes could force exits
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 2, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quietly released changes to the ACO REACH Model, prompting one industry group to react to the modifications. Accountable care organizations are evaluating the impacts of the new requirements for the ACO REACH program. So far, the changes are a mixed bag, says NAACOS.
A Look at RCM, AI, and a New Book Called Joy Notes with Nio Queiro
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 7, 2024
This unique video presents a far-ranging conversation with Nio Queiro, President of The Queiro Group. Philosophically speaking, The Queiro Group helps organizations automate routine tasks so that staff can transition “from task-oriented to critical thinkers.” They want AI tools at the provider and the payer to collaborate.
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CoachCare Acquires Verustat
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 12, 2024
Unlike more RPM and CCM providers who only provide software and hardware, Verustat has a highly trained team of clinical staff and care coordinators who provide tens of thousands of live phone calls to patients nationally each month on behalf of health systems, accountable care organizations, and independent physician groups.
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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)
Health Populi
JUNE 6, 2021
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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The Direct Link Between Value-Based Health Care, Digital Transformation and Social Determinants – Insights from Innovaccer and Morning Consult
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
A fast-growing group of health system leaders expect these consumer-generated data flows will have “mission critical impacts” on determinants of health in three years. In the post-pandemic error, more patients-as-consumers have been purchasing smartwatches and using apps for bolstering personal wellness and health-at-home.
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Employers Take on Health Activism, Embracing Behavioral Health, Virtual Care, AI, and Transparency
Health Populi
AUGUST 7, 2018
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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Industry Voices—5 things to know about the Chronic Care Act
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 9, 2018
Multispecialty medical groups and health systems operating accountable care organizations or participating in Medicare Advantage plans will find some new tools for managing this patient population if they look closely at the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which includes the Chronic Care Act.
Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 24, 2020
Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.
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The move to value-based care is inevitable, says AMGA’s new president Jerry Penso
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Jerry Penso, the new president and CEO of the American Medical Group Association, talked about the future of value-based payment models and the importance of coordinated care during an interview with This Week in Accountable Care.
Deaconess Health RPM program reduces cost of care by $7.4 million
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 12, 2021
The Evansville, Indiana-based health system – which includes 11 hospitals with more than 900 total beds, 96 locations, its own accountable care organization, and a large 538-provider multispecialty group – serves patients in 26 mostly rural counties in Southwestern Indiana, Southeastern Illinois and Western Kentucky.
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Verustat Acquires One Healthcare Solution
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 4, 2022
Unlike most RPM providers who only provide software and hardware, Verustat has a highly trained team of care coordinators who provide tens of thousands of live phone calls to patients nationally each month on behalf of health systems, accountable care organizations, and independent physician groups.
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DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The financing will support the cost-bearing that is key to DecisionRx’s unique business model: DecisionRx can assume the full cost of delivering Medication Therapy Optimization to patients of Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Advantage Plans, and self-insured employers.
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The confluence of value-based care and population health
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. The Harlow Group LLC.
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Dock Health Secures $5M in Funding Led by MassMutual with Participation from DaVita Venture Group and August Capital
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 12, 2023
the administrative hub for healthcare professionals, today announced $5 million in funding led by MassMutual through its MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF) with participation from DaVita Venture Group and initial seed investor, August Capital. Dock Health, Inc. ,
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Why ACOs and Other Risk-Bearing Providers Must Prioritize Contract Management
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The following is a guest article by Deepti Sharma, Senior Vice President of Product Management at HSBlox Healthcare providers are continuing to form and invest in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as a means of improving care quality and reducing costs.
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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Data analytics platform Arcadia launched a point-of-care generative AI assistant to improve risk factor documentation. Drummond Group unveiled FHIR Client Certification Program , which will enter its pilot phase on Oct. Health payment account provider Paytient added David Smith as Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships.
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Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) Announces $31 Million Funding Round to Scale Predictive Risk Platform
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 17, 2023
HDAI’s implementation at Houston Methodist is one of the most comprehensive, system-wide AI/machine learning (ML) care optimization solutions in production enabling data-informed actions by clinicians at the point of care and by population health managers at the system level.
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ReferWell and CareJourney Announce Joint Solution Aimed at Helping ACOs and Health Plans Improve Outcomes
Digital Health Global
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
CareJourney’s cloud-based analytics platform helps health care organizations build and grow networks, improve provider performance, identify network integrity and strengthen referrals, and better manage at-risk populations.
Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
JANUARY 8, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
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CareHarmony Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Maverick Ventures
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 29, 2022
By combining innovations in machine learning with 24/7 clinical extension, CareHarmony is able to offer complete virtual care solutions that bend the cost curve for hospitals, accountable care organizations and provider groups. For more information on CareHarmony, please visit care-harmony.com.
Increases in Employee Healthcare Costs Pushing Businesses to Innovative Solutions to Lower Costs
ACA Times
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) recently conducted the Large Employers’ 2018 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey and found that the total healthcare (medical and pharmaceutical) costs this year will be $13,482 per employee. In addition, more employers will invest in accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Currently, the Medicare program restricts telehealth payments by type of service provided, the geographic location where a service is delivered, the type of institution that delivers the service, and the type of health care provider. If the act passes the U.S.
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57 Fellow Physicians: Join the Telehealth Revolution
American Well
AUGUST 27, 2013
s more, with telehealth physicians and practices can actually manage chronic disease and coordinate care. This is critical for those groups and networks entering accountable care arrangements to make good on quality promises, and reap the rewards of bearing risk. Online Care Group. Peter Antall, MD.
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Fellow Physicians: Join the Telehealth Revolution
American Well
AUGUST 27, 2013
s more, with telehealth physicians and practices can actually manage chronic disease and coordinate care. This is critical for those groups and networks entering accountable care arrangements to make good on quality promises, and reap the rewards of bearing risk. Online Care Group. Peter Antall, MD.
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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
Mo Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO ACOs Impacted by Change to eCQM One of the biggest regulatory changes ahead directly impacts Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and their quality reporting processes. physicians, hospital care, freestanding imaging centers, ambulatory surgical centers, etc.)
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CMS Reports Record Performance for MSSP
Digital Health Wire
AUGUST 28, 2023
The program generates savings by working with accountable care organizations, or groups of providers who collaborate to cut down on avoidable utilization, duplicative care, and medical errors. MSSP saved Medicare $1.8B
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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Sara Shanti, a partner specializing in health care at law firm Sheppard Mullin , points out that by setting up various incentives that observers broadly group under the term “value-based care,” the payers are a driving force in the wellness movement. But the institutions aren’t set up to make that a priority.
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The confluence of value-based care and population health
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. The Harlow Group LLC.
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Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. The Harlow Group LLC.
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The confluence of value-based care and population health
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. The Harlow Group LLC.
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The confluence of value-based care and population health
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. The Harlow Group LLC.
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HHS Awards $685 Million to Improve Patient Care
ACA Times
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
“Supporting doctors and other health care professionals change the way they work is critical to improving quality and spending our health care dollars more wisely,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. We’re committed to helping companies reduce risk, avoid penalties, and achieve 100% ACA compliance.
CBO Score Allows CHRONIC Care Act to Pass Hurdle
American Well
JUNE 22, 2017
A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.
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CBO Score Allows CHRONIC Care Act to Pass Hurdle
American Well
JUNE 22, 2017
A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.
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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 2, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC. David Harlow.
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American Well
APRIL 18, 2014
As President and Medical Director of the world’s first telehealth practice, Online Care Group, I’m often asked a handful of common questions about telehealth. For example, our wait times at the Online Care Group currently average less than 2.5 Here, I share the most common questions and my answers with readers.
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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor
American Well
APRIL 18, 2014
As President and Medical Director of the world’s first telehealth practice, Online Care Group, I’m often asked a handful of common questions about telehealth. For example, our wait times at the Online Care Group currently average less than 2.5 Here, I share the most common questions and my answers with readers.
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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
JANUARY 8, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
JANUARY 8, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
JANUARY 8, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
JANUARY 8, 2018
The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app ( iTunes , Stitcher , iHeartRadio ). Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
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