Accountable Care, Healthcare IT and Medicare

Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system. We hope to see some movement on a permanent telehealth arrangement before the PHE ends.

Accountable Care

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How Does Health IT Enable Accountable Care? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This week’s chat will be hosted by Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome) on the topic “How Does Health IT Enable Accountable Care?” ” Half of Medicare beneficiaries who could be in an ACO are now in an ACO. […].

Accountable Care

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QliqSOFT: Addressing the Challenge of Collecting SDOH Information

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Healthcare IT Today caught up with Bobbi Weber, VP of Product Marketing & Customer Success at QliqSOFT , a company that provides HIPAA-compliant, real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. It is not easy to ask if a person is experience food insecurity or is currently unhoused. Tell us what you think.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

Healthcare IT

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models.

Primary Care

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Netsmart Announces Acquisition of HealthPivots to Support Value-Based Care Transition for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The combination of the Netsmart CareFabric with the HealthPivots DataLab will lead to consolidated, robust data and advanced analytics, providing an industry-leading platform that will help enhance post-acute care providers transition to value-based care.

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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. Before the pandemic, Medicare's physician fee schedule covered a limited set of telehealth services in rural locations. Twitter: @kjercich.

Telehealth

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Four Ways Data Transparency Helps Advance Shared Savings in Your Post-Acute Network

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “Pathways to Success” rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) has five goals: accountability, competition, engagement, integrity, and quality, all aimed at improving patient care.

Accountable Care

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Designing and Evaluating Interventions that have a Measurable Impact on Population Health through Evidence-Based Practices and Research

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In search of this inside look, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community with the question – as public health initiatives evolve, how are organizations incorporating evidence-based practices and research to design and evaluate interventions that have a measurable impact on population health?

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Ohio Living achieves low readmission rates with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare average, by introducing telehealth services. The non-profit also recently expanded its telehealth services through a partnership with Northwest Ohio Accountable Care Organization, and Ohio Living claimed 80 percent of patients enrolled would recommend the program to a family member or friend.

Telehealth

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Innovaccer Acquires Humbi AI to Launch Actuarial and Contracting Copilot Capabilities for Payers, Providers, and Life Sciences Companies

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Humbi AIs Actuarial Intelligence will be an integral component of Innovaccers Healthcare Intelligence Cloud , unlocking new opportunities for providers, payers, and life sciences organizations. The acquisition combines Humbi AIs expertise in Medicare and Medicaid data, spanning over 200 million lives, with Innovaccers Intelligence Cloud.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Healthcare IT News has published a comprehensive listing of these vendors, which can be accessed by clicking here.

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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.

Medicare

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We partner with primary care practices and power them through bold financial incentives and smart technology.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

" A change in New York State and Medicare reimbursement along with receipt of the $753,367 FCC grant infused working capital on top of Sun River Health's investment in telemedicine. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. " MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Wellness” has become a new mantra for healthcare organizations. Medicare Advantage programs are vaunting their support for “wellness,” and you see wellness campaigns at pharmacies, employers, and elsewhere. Particularly pertinent to the Healthcare IT Today blog, wellness is a goal promised by many digital apps.

Medicare

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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. In 2022, ACOs saved Medicare $4.2

Medicare

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SEMCAP Health Continues Strategic Investment in SafeRide Health and Secures Memorial Hermann Health System Co-Investment

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

SafeRide Health’s ability to improve member experience and reduce costs for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries also attracted a strategic investment from Memorial Hermann Health System in this latest round. SafeRide serves the country’s largest Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and provider programs.

Medicare

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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.

Health Data

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GenHealth.AI Accelerates into Healthcare AI Market with New Funding, Advisor Appointments and Use Cases Across Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

The company is focusing on using the predictive power of AI to assist health insurance plans and health provider organizations with risk adjustment, care management, and financial benchmarking for commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid plans, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

Life Science

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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Value-Based Care will Become more Popular As health systems are struggling financially and payers face rising healthcare costs, they will be looking into various programs, such as value-based care (VBC), to offset costs. Medicare saved $1.6

FHIR

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Arcadia Acquires CareJourney to Enable High-Performing Networks and Value-Based Care Success

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2024

This strategic acquisition blends Arcadia’s next-generation healthcare data platform, proprietary analytics, and workflow tools with CareJourney’s cost, quality, and benchmark data. Payers, providers, and employers can use these actionable insights to accelerate growth and improve performance. .” Chief Technology Officer.

Interoperability

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CareHarmony Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Maverick Ventures

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

The funding announcement comes at a time when leading healthcare organizations begin incorporating two-sided financial risk into their value-based care portfolios. For more information on CareHarmony, please visit care-harmony.com.

Accountable Care

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Did Republicans just say they were fine with ‘death panels’ themselves?

Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 14, 2017

That idiocy came from language in the ACA that authorized Medicare to pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling. Authorize an Independent Payment Advisory Board to recommend ways to reduce Medicare spending if the rate of growth in Medicare spending exceeds a target growth rate. Sarah Palin.).

Medicare

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3 Big Healthcare Trends To Watch in 2015

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 20, 2015

An increasing popular alternative to classic healthcare payment methods, bundled payments group “ professional and technical payments into one for a single admission or episode of care.” The bundled payment method is designed to give an organization more control over their budget, in turn increasing cost efficacy and quality care.

Telehealth

Telehealth Medicare HIPAA Accountable Care

IntusCare Increases Total Funding to Over $27M through Strategic Follow-On Funding

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This product is the result of our deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by PACE programs and other value-based care systems with technology, interoperability, and managing complex Medicare and Medicaid populations. For more information about IntusCare and its solutions, visit intuscare.com.

Interoperability

Interoperability Medicare Accountable Care Health IT

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. We cannot afford to let that happen.

Public Health

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. We cannot afford to let that happen.

Public Health

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare

CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Notably, since acquiring Caravan Health in March 2022 , Signify Health has further expanded its focus on value-based care and population health.

Primary Care

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TigerConnect unveils telehealth system to help providers fight COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has expanded Medicare telehealth benefits , which the CMS says would enable beneficiaries to get telehealth services in physician’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes, rural health clinics and their homes. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ” Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

How Does Health IT Enable Accountable Care? – #HITsm Chat Topic

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QliqSOFT: Addressing the Challenge of Collecting SDOH Information

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Netsmart Announces Acquisition of HealthPivots to Support Value-Based Care Transition for Healthcare Providers

MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Four Ways Data Transparency Helps Advance Shared Savings in Your Post-Acute Network

Designing and Evaluating Interventions that have a Measurable Impact on Population Health through Evidence-Based Practices and Research

Ohio Living achieves low readmission rates with telehealth

Innovaccer Acquires Humbi AI to Launch Actuarial and Contracting Copilot Capabilities for Payers, Providers, and Life Sciences Companies

Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle

Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Why ACOs and Other Risk-Bearing Providers Must Prioritize Contract Management

SEMCAP Health Continues Strategic Investment in SafeRide Health and Secures Memorial Hermann Health System Co-Investment

Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) Announces $31 Million Funding Round to Scale Predictive Risk Platform

GenHealth.AI Accelerates into Healthcare AI Market with New Funding, Advisor Appointments and Use Cases Across Healthcare

Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Arcadia Acquires CareJourney to Enable High-Performing Networks and Value-Based Care Success

CareHarmony Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Maverick Ventures

Did Republicans just say they were fine with ‘death panels’ themselves?

3 Big Healthcare Trends To Watch in 2015

IntusCare Increases Total Funding to Over $27M through Strategic Follow-On Funding

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health

TigerConnect unveils telehealth system to help providers fight COVID-19

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