FierceHealthIT

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model), allowing eligible accountable care organizations to treat people with with | Accountable care organizations are largely supportive of CMS' new primary care model released Tuesday, they wish the agency would broaden its scope (..)

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2021

“You can trust us to help you find the right Medicare coverage for you and your lifestyle,” the tagline reads. It is, specifically, Midwest Heritage, Hy-Vee’s banking, insurance and investments subsidiary, that will implement the Medicare Aisle program. And now, what do we mean when we say “grocery store?”

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David Chou

JANUARY 10, 2023

CVS Health, one of the largest pharmacy and healthcare companies in the United States, recently announced its plans to acquire Oak Street Health, a rapidly growing primary care provider for $10B. Oak Street Health is a network of primary care clinics that serve older adults on Medicare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. " If the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The round was led by Indian firm Premji Invest with participation from Cox Enterprise, Temasek F-Prime Capital, Devonshire Investors,406 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Polaris Partners and Khosla Ventures.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a primary care provider shortfall , with numbers landing between 21,000 to 55,000 by 2023. But other factors drive primary care barriers as well, such as affordability issues and rural shortages.

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Digital Health Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

If there was still any debate about the flavor of the month in the digital health VC club, primary care enablement company Vytalize Health just settled it with its $100M Series C round. Primary care enablement is the name of the game 2023. The funding will also help Vytalize keep ahead of any growing pains.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

The company continues to be the largest network of independent primary care in the country, with more than two million patients covered by more than 150 value-based contracts across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial payers.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 22, 2018

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Iora Health, a digitally-enabled primary care provider that focuses on the senior Medicare population, announced yesterday that it has closed $100 million in Series E financing. This brings the company’s total funding to at least $223.5

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that is now accepting applications for new primary care alternative payment models. Called “Direct Contracting”, the program offered by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will test an array of financial risk-sharing arrangements.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 23, 2019

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announce the CMS Primary Cares Initiative, a new set of payment models that will transform primary care to deliver better value for patients throughout the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2021

The combination of simple technology and good service is helping to make remote patient monitoring (RPM) a key part of keeping patients healthy for primary care physicians. The team at Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University rolled out RPM and has seen a drop in avoidable ED visits and improved patient experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 5, 2020

Humana will now waive all cost-sharing for primary care and behavioral health care visits through the end of the year for its Medicare Advantage members.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2022

Company will use funds to continue rapid growth, expand network of 1,000+ practices, and add new wraparound services Aledade announced it has closed a $123 million Series E funding round to support investments in value-based care for more seniors covered by Medicare Advantage (MA) and innovation that improves patient care and increases medical cost (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2023

Company Adds Two Board Members and a Senior Executive to Lead its Medicare Advantage Business Aledade , the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country, today announced the closing of a $260 million Series F funding round to enhance and acquire services and technology to support its practices.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Texas-based company will utilize Elation's primary care platform to scale its Medicare-focused operations.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 12, 2019

Despite an industry focus on the benefits of primary care, spending on such services makes up just a fraction of Medicare spending, according to a new study.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 17, 2019

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is urging Congress to adopt reforms to improve the quality of Medicare Advantage encounter data and boost beneficiaries’ access to primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, and Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., " WHY IT MATTERS. Since then, multiple groups have pushed the agency to make such changes permanent.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 22, 2023

Medicare Advantage plans are a popular alternative to Original Medicare for many seniors who want more coverage and flexibility. But what exactly are Medicare Advantage plans and how do they work? What Are Medicare Advantage Plans? What Are Medicare Advantage Plans? How To Choose A Medicare Advantage Plan?

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

It’s an idea that could save Medicare billions of dollars a year, but it would have a major impact on physicans' revenue—cutting payments to surgeons and increasing those to primary care doctors.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 4, 2018

Physician practices that took part in the government’s Comprehensive Primary Care initiative showed improvements in primary care delivery, but the program did not save money overall.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.” Retail health-meets-Medicare.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Humana is aiming to grow its primary care business in partnership with a private equity firm.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Doctor house call app Heal is partnering with health plan Alignment Healthcare to enable some California plan members to have in-home primary care. The partnership expands Heal's services to the Medicare population in its home market of Los Angeles.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 24, 2018

A majority of primary care physicians say they are unable to adequately address the needs of their patients with multiple chronic conditions. But many are also unaware of a Medicare program that will reimburse them for services that help keep tabs on those patients between doctor visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We Despite this growth, the U.S. About Mariza Hardin.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are many barriers that can keep people from getting the mental health care they need. Thankfully, organizations like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to drive new initiatives to mitigate this barrier and help more people get the care they need. One of these key barriers is access.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 28, 2023

Author Health banked $115 million for its new platform offering care and treatment for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Humana will be the first to launch the startup’s services in conjunction with CenterWell Senior Primary Care in South Florida.

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Digital Health Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

University of Michigan researchers just delivered some compelling evidence that telehealth doesn’t increase wasteful care, and may actually reduce it in several key areas. The analysis in JAMA Network Open leveraged Medicare FFS claims data spanning 578k beneficiaries across 2,552 primary care practices between 2019 and 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

More than 2,900 physicians providing care to 175,000 senior patients now leverage UpStream’s unique platform to ensure better patient outcomes and improve their financial performance. “Primary care physicians are an integral part of the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

For Black patients, lower utilization of ambulatory care and higher use of inpatient, emergency department, and nursing suggest greater spender downstream that might be prevented by more spending upstream on primary care, prevention, and early detection of disease.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

NYSE: OSH, or the “Company”), a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare, today announced it has acquired RubiconMD, the leading technology platform providing access to specialist expertise. Oak Street Health, Inc.

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Digital Health Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The general idea behind the acquisition is also the title of its snazzy investor presentation : Creating the Premier Medicare Value-Based Care Platform. Oak Street Health employs 600 primary care physicians across 169 clinics. It focuses on capitated primary care for Medicare Advantage and Medicare (59k at-risk patients).

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