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Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving healthcare — in particular, primarycare, that front line provider and on-ramp to the healthcare system. So what is primarycare, anyway?
.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, PrimaryCare, Health Equity. For more on this issue, see Health Populi here ]. Primarycare in the U.S.
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The report hints at the different (read: lesser) emphasis on primarycare in the U.S. compared with most other OECD countries which have stronger and more accessible primarycare backbones than America’s. This phenomenon has been known for many years through the seminal work of Dr. Barbara Starfield.
learned over many years of curating this Scorecard study: “ States that have historically performed well on our State Scorecard also performance well as the pandemic unfolded, based on our usual set of health system measures and the new COVID-19-specific measures.” The Fund’s bottom line.
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The report dives into the stakeholder groups, offering market maps with examples of companies and innovators in each innovation space, from digital front doors like Dexcare, Phreesia and Doctor.com, scheduling access via Symplr, ZocDoc and DocASAP, and digital diagnosis and triage from Gyant and K Health, et.
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The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
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The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United HealthCare conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.
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Without access to connectivity during the pandemic, too many people could not work for their living, attend school and learn, connect with loved ones, or get healthcare.
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