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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may be one of the dwindling population ( 34% are homeowners ) who have landlines in the US (even digital phone-service based). Maybe you are legitimately afraid of not being found by emergency services (see below). But wait -- what if emergency services can't find the caller from a cell phone? Your relatives only text.

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Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?

David Chou

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The $260 billion primary care market, previously dominated by traditional fee-for-service providers, is rapidly transforming.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities. This article was co-authored with Chandni Mathur, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015

American Well

For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. Welcome to the first installment of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today, #tday for all you Twitter users. Each Dark Daily. ” Read More. Healthcare Informatics.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. But only in the past few years have the medical professions tried to quantify and capture these factors. Data can both call out SDoH and help to address its effects.