Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” As you filter these findings through your own business operations, plans, and innovations, consider how to address supporting the Bedrock of Society, women and their health, through your work and in your personal lives: this could involve, Thinking omni-channel, meeting women where they “are,” in person, at home, closer-to-home, (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe. One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The transformation is happening, and care management technology is a powerful mechanism, but it alone can’t make this shift, especially for primary care practices and those on the front lines caring for underserved communities with some of the most complex patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Continued consolidation in primary care There will continue to be consolidation in primary care. Optum Care is becoming a model for big companies. Over the last few years, significant private capital has flowed to innovative primary care-led ventures. Ted Shannon, CFO at Strive Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2024

Putting enhanced tools like these in the hands of primary care providers will allow them to provide better care sooner and more easily, which will benefit patients enormously. Up to 80% of medical bills contain errors, leading to systemic waste. These challenges can be solved with AI-powered solutions.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Enhanced Reimbursement Streams In 2015, the CMS launched CCM services to improve care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions. Within the first two years, over 684,000 beneficiaries received these services, primarily managed by primary care physicians (PCPs), who handled 68% of the claims.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

"I am proud to sign this legislation which promotes telehealth services that have become vital during this pandemic, expands access to high-quality, affordable care, takes steps to protect consumers from surprise medical bills, and preserves access to COVID-19 testing and treatment," said Baker in a statement.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system also offers home care and hospice services and has ownership in facilities across six states.

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Health Populi

APRIL 11, 2025

Two new reports to consider in the context of this post published this week: From The Commonwealth Fund , on the impact of medical bills, medical debt, and health care costs on Americans. Updated data on the maternal mortality crisis in the United States published in J AMA Network Open this week.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. Some ways to do this are to offer better patient portals, expanded hours, improved access, and clear procedure pricing.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2025

.” Data point two: patient access to health care services can be fragmented and inconsistent depending on several factors — especially having health insurance, having a usual source for primary care, and living in a community with retail pharmacies (versus a neighborhood considered a pharmacy desert).

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