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MAY 28, 2020

A bi-partisan coalition of 32 US House members are asking in a May 21 letter to Congressional leadership that ongoing emergency efforts to relax telehealth regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic be continued for an additional period of time.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Healthcare Leadership Council. We owe it to our patients to make health care access easier, and patients with Medicare should not be excluded from this opportunity," said Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, medical director of digital health and telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement. American Hospital Association. Athenahealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

UnitedHealthcare has struck a deal with national physician group Privia Health under which it will offer more and better data on patients enrolled in the payer’s Medicare Advantage plans. The agreement builds on the payer’s relationship with Privia’s ACO, which has been in place since 2017.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

APRIL 10, 2018

Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. The Medicare Advantage program continues to grow in popularity with both consumers and health plans.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This acquisition combines our trusted brand name and our leadership in innovation, engineering, and product development with HealthBeacon’s leadership in digital capabilities and patented technologies. The product is patent protected, FDA cleared, and FSA, HSA, Medicare, and Medicaid eligible.

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MARCH 17, 2020

CMS has announced the expansion of Medicare coverage and payment for telehealth and telemedicine visits.

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Connected Health Initiative

MARCH 12, 2020

Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer: We applaud your leadership in developing a bipartisan supplemental appropriations package responding to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Thank you for considering our request.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Prior to that, he led multi-million-dollar advertising strategies for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, including their go-to-market strategy of Medicare Part D plans. “I Most recently, Narayan served as the Chief Commercial Officer for PeriGen, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

They aim to improve rural and urban community health and well-being through their healthcare delivery network, learning environment, and Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA insurance offerings in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. He praises Jefferson for its successful health plan, focusing on Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.

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JUNE 2, 2021

"If Congress does not act before the public health emergency ends, regulatory flexibilities that now ensure all Medicare beneficiaries maintain access to telehealth will go away," said Kyle Zebley, director of public policy at the ATA, who moderated the panel.

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MARCH 11, 2021

health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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MARCH 12, 2020

A2 from AMJ: The ATA was working with leadership/telehealth champions in Congress the prior week and the week leading up to the vote. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. That’s Medicare, Australia-style, adopting telehealth in this coronavirus era.

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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. It focuses on capitated primary care for Medicare Advantage and Medicare (59k at-risk patients). Oak Street Health employs 600 primary care physicians across 169 clinics.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Wellvana serves over one hundred thousand Medicare and commercial lives through multiple payors, Medicare Advantage and as manager of three (3) national contracts for the 2023 ACO REACH (Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health) model through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership will produce biannual reports and insights from the perspective of nursing leadership. Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health selected Arcadia data analytics to supports its Medicare Shared Savings Program.

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Digital Health Wire

MAY 7, 2023

The news sent shares of Option Care’s stock sliding over 20% as investors grappled with Amedisys’ reliance on Medicare reimbursement that hasn’t been friendly to home health. A majority of Amedisys’ revenue (76%) comes from Medicare and other government plans. Time will tell. The post Option Care Health Acquires Amedisys for $3.6B

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2019

A recent study by the HHS Office of Inspector General suggests that Medicare ACOs coordinate care more effectively when they have the right health IT tools in place, particularly when ACO members share one EHR platform and have access to a robust HIE. Folks, I know that reading OIG reports can be about as exciting […].

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 8, 2023

Campaigns can be executed quickly and in alignment with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidelines. Flagstad spent nearly 16 years in executive leadership roles at UnitedHealth Group. “We

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Digital Health Global

MAY 31, 2023

She has held leadership roles that include Chief Marketing Officer at Capital Blue Cross; Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board of Choicelinx Corporation; and Chief Executive Officer of Healthsource Inc.’s s New England based companies.

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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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APRIL 28, 2023

billion through Arcadia’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) service. Vista Credit Partners invests in innovative software businesses with established market leadership, providing non-dilutive credit solutions and counsel to help them achieve their next phase of growth,” said David Flannery, President at Vista Credit Partners.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

"The placement of FCC equipment in medical clinics specializing in seniors and other Medicare recipients will allow that clinic to offer depression screening for Medicare patients to prevent suicide." FCC assets help Bridge provide depression screening for Medicare clients.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interoperability and Prior Authorization rule , finalized this January, will require health plan investment in advanced technology to ensure compliance with federal prior authorization requirements. .

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MAY 20, 2021

to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies]. “Without a trusted leadership source to look to,” Edelman explains, “people don’t know where or who to get reliable information [from].” Hospitals’ fall from 70% to 63% between 2018 and 2019.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2019 and 2020, its partners earned $300 million in Medicare savings, more than $120 million in shared savings, and quality scores exceeding 97%, the company reported.

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JULY 26, 2022

Iora Health has focused on the Medicare-enrolled population, distinct from ONEM’s target patient market of younger, employed consumers. For the former, Amazon leadership is talking up the company’s expertise in consumer experience and delight, efficiency and engagement (which I addressed in yesterday’s Day 1 post ).

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APRIL 21, 2024

Research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School found enrollees in Medicare Advantage HMO plans tend to be more socioeconomically disadvantaged than enrollees of MA PPO plans. Patient intake and engagement software maker Yosi Health announced five senior leadership hires.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

In separate letters to Congressional leadership and CMS Administrator Seema Verma , the Premier healthcare alliance applauded the flexibility from various federal agencies since the coronavirus crisis. WHY IT MATTERS. There's no reason to revert back to the status quo just because patients may seek different avenues for treatment."

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2020

We’ve all been watching the explosion of telehealth thanks to COVID-19 and a number of the reimbursement changes that have come as part of the pandemic.

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Digital Health Global

JUNE 13, 2023

With A New Name, Brand, and Leadership Team Member, EmpowerHealth, Formerly Care Angel, is Helping Address Health Care’s Toughest Challenges MIAMI & FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS A veteran of industry leading organizations, such as UnitedHealthcare, Optum, and Cortica, Kelly, who is based in West Hills, Calif.,

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2022

When it comes to compliance, ignoring the contracts you sign – including with Medicare and your insurance policies – can hit you really hard and really fast. Contract Enforcements Tie Cybersecurity to Financial Fraud and Liability The receptionist you yelled at for shopping online could turn you in and get a $900,000 reward.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To address this challenge, Medicare Advantage programs from Aetna and Humana are working with Papa which connects “grandchildren on demand” with older people to bolster social connections. It’s actually decades…when we slow down to consider the years from 1967 to 2019.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2020

One of the biggest health IT related news items to come out was the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence that HHS was issuing a regulation to permit doctors to practice across state lines. State Medical Licensure is something that has baffled many of us that have worked in healthcare. I’m sure there’s some historical […].

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CMS.gov

APRIL 30, 2018

CMS Encourages Eligible Suppliers to Participate in Expanded Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model. Leadership. For the first time, both traditional healthcare providers and community-based organizations can enroll as Medicare suppliers of health behavior change services. keya.joy-bush@…. Mon, 04/30/2018 - 10:58.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Wautaga Medical Center in rural Boone, North Carolina, already was busy before COVID-19 hit, and leadership knew their current hospitalist staff could not handle the onslaught of patients coming through during the pandemic. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As proof, several health plans have been making headlines for coding errors and other issues that surfaced during audits: In just the third quarter of 2022, at least four audits have specifically targeted Medicare Advantage plans. The New York Times claimed eight of the 10 largest Medicare Advantage insurers had padded their bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Read more… Healthcare Needs More Gender Diversity in Leadership. Bonus Features for July 23, 2023: Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, while CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule. Concierge care platform Gradia Health secured $4.2 million in seed funding.

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