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Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hasselberg will outline the tele-behavioral health model developed at the University of Rochester, inspired by the eight-month waitlist he faced in 2012 as a practicing geriatric psychiatrist. The program focused on supporting primary care doctors in managing older adults with mental illness.

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Walmart hires Ochsner exec to lead healthcare push

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This summer, Insider reported that Walmart Health's primary care provider had filed to do business in 37 states – likely related to the company's telehealth aspirations. Carmouche's hiring represents yet another major move for Walmart , which has been touting its approach to care for several months.

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: What Senator Paul Wellstone advocated for and knew way back in 2000 was that mental health is just part of health, and needed to be embedded into primary care and the U.S. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity. Paul died in a plane crash in 2002.

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. In the same year, Walmart expanded its community-based approach to health and wellness, relaunching Walmart Health primary care clinics and expanding mental health services.

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UnitedHealth's HouseCalls program hits 5M visits with a focus on preventative care

FierceHealthIT

After purchasing XLHealth in 2012, UnitedHealth's HouseCalls program has surpassed 5 million visits and expanded into 45 states. Focusing on preventative health, the program has helped identify life-threatening conditions that slipped by primary care physicians.

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CMS Reports Record Performance for MSSP

Digital Health Wire

in 2022, marking the sixth consecutive year of savings and the second-highest total since the program launched in 2012. The program generates savings by working with accountable care organizations, or groups of providers who collaborate to cut down on avoidable utilization, duplicative care, and medical errors.

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CVS Health to Acquire Oak Street Health

Healthcare IT Today

Acquisition further advances CVS Health’s care delivery strategy for consumers CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH ) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6