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

Healthcare IT Today

This week’s chat will be hosted by Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome) on the topic “How Does Health IT Enable Accountable Care?” We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 11/22 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).

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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

Humbi AIs solutions will allow Innovaccer to address critical challenges across the healthcare ecosystem by touching all points of care. For providers and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), it will enable more intelligent, data-driven value-based contracts and financial performance.

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CoachCare Acquires Verustat

Healthcare IT Today

Founded in 2020, Verustat brings a valuable roster of RPM clients focused on primary care and cardiology. This adds to CoachCare’s leadership position by supporting the most prevalent chronic conditions, such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. The acquisition represents CoachCare’s fourth acquisition in 12 months.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to COVID-19 hitting, South Shore Health had been working on a connected health/RPM strategy that was driven in part to work with the provider's accountable care organization, population health program and mobile integrated health platform. " Leadership believes in telemedicine. " Hospital-at-home.

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

Healthcare IT Today

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. But as today’s […].

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Deaconess Health RPM program reduces cost of care by $7.4 million

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Wedging Out: Improving Quality and Reducing Costs of Caring for Expensive, Niche Populations

Healthcare IT Today

Health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), medical homes, and other risk-bearing entities are at a critical juncture: they must achieve “value” at a time when healthcare is facing enormous challenges. The following is a guest article by Adam Sabloff, CEO and Founder, VirtualHealth.