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98point6 Announces New Strategic Direction To License Primary Care Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Technology accelerates adoption of on-demand care and improves access within health care systems. On-demand virtual primary care company, 98point6 , today announced it will offer their virtual care platform to power Health Systems’ digital engagement efforts with providers and patients. About 98point6.

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Aledade Secures $260 Million Series F Financing Round to Expand and Enhance Services for its Nationwide Network of Primary Care Practices

Healthcare IT Today

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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Telehealth can be an effective alternative for seniors, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A wide-ranging study published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare this past month found that telehealth can be an effective modality of care for patients over 60, particularly when deployed in the confines of their existing primary care provider. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Walmart hires Ochsner exec to lead healthcare push

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Walmart has continued to make moves into the healthcare industry with a multi-pronged approach to expansion. 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. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Value-based Care is Less Than 15% of Practice Revenues

Healthcare IT Today

in primary care, and 14.7% Value-Based Care. When VBC programs were expanded as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015, there was hope that the existing fee-for-service model would begin to decline. in surgical specialties, 6.7%

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Telehealth may help reduce medicine's carbon footprint

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"To date, there are no large-scale studies of emissions reductions due to telehealth across an entire ambulatory system of a regional healthcare system in the United States, nor any studies showing the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated [greenhouse gas] emissions as a result of rapid telehealth adoption," they explained.

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How one health system harnessed AI, telehealth to combat coronavirus

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to a new manuscript published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , 67,577 patients completed a virtual urgent care screening through the MUSC's COVID-retooled system between March 7 and April 22; 14,924 met the criteria for COVID-19 testing. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.