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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

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Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.” Retail health-meets-Medicare.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

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This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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CVS Health to Acquire Oak Street Health

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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

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

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The use of telehealth visits grew from 4% of older people having ever used virtual platforms by May 2019, to 30% of older patients using telehealth in June 2020. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found.

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

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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. An increase in patient portal usage.

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

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Among the key findings, Software Advice learned that, 9 in 10 patients (again, health-engaged wearable tech-adopters) were interested in sharing data from their devices with their physicians. This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023.

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3 in 4 Insured Americans Worried About Medical Bills — Especially Women

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Without a health plan, an uninsured person in America is far more likely to file for bankruptcy due to medical costs, and lack access to needed health care (and especially primary care). adults with health insurance, 18 years of age and older, and was fielded between 24 and 28 June 2021.