FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Accountable care organizations lowered Medicare spending by $755 million from 2013 to 2017, a new analysis found.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The CHRONIC Act – Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act – passed the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2017. House of Representatives, allows for an expansion of telehealth/telemedicine coverage under the Medicare Advantage Plan B. Medicare Participants. If the act passes the U.S.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 2018

CMS announced a “new direction” for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) dubbed “Pathways to Success.” The changes will redesign participation options in hopes of encouraging accountable care organisations to take on risk quicker. CMS said ACOs taking on more risk can lead to more savings for the Medicare Trust Funds.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). Krishna believes payers may move more into bundled payments, bonus payments and capitation as it pushes providers to care for the whole patient rather than receiving payments for individual services.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

in March 2018 — roughly the rate of growth of healthcare spending for a family of four between 2017 and 2018, as the Milliman Medical Index noted. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%. The latest wage increase data shows that Americans’ wages grew by about 4.5%

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