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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Just imagine if telehealth was used in this scenario.

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Just imagine if telehealth was used in this scenario.

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12 Ways Telehealth is Saving Small Hospitals

GlobalMed

As community hubs of healthcare, they are tasked with delivering expert medical care across emergency departments, outpatient practices, surgical suites, labs, radiology departments, intensive care units and more. Meet accountable care and risk contracts. That in itself is a tall order. Lower healthcare costs.

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Telemedicine - Where Both Sides Agree

LinkousThink

Nowhere is that more evident than at an ATA meeting to be held next Monday September 26 where the current CMS Administrator, Don Berwick and Mark McClellan, the CMS Administrator under former President George Bush will discuss how telemedicine plays an important role in the future of health care delivery. Such change is coming fast.

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Seven Market Trends

LinkousThink

But the rapid growth of managed care, Accountable Care Organizations and medical homes are changing the way telemedicine services are paid, away from the fee for service model. One quarter of all Americans, 73 million patients, are now covered under a managed care health insurance program. I was premature.

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