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The 2023 Health Economy – The Evolving Primary Care and Retail Health Convergence Through Trilliant Health’s Lens

Health Populi

I’ll be referring to the research, with gratitude, over the coming months for my own work with clients spanning the health/care ecosystem. health care financing. healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033.

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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. "We found that patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare had the highest in-person follow-up rates," they said.

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Health Insurance in Aisle 3: Why a Grocery Chain is Working on Medicare

Health Populi

“You can trust us to help you find the right Medicare coverage for you and your lifestyle,” the tagline reads. It is, specifically, Midwest Heritage, Hy-Vee’s banking, insurance and investments subsidiary, that will implement the Medicare Aisle program. And now, what do we mean when we say “grocery store?”

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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.

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Food Insecurity, Energy Prices, and Medical Debt Spike in February 2022

Health Populi

household budgets in February 2022, highlighted in a poll from Morning Consult : inflationary spikes for housing, food, and energy, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant forcing health care costs up for some consumers driving medical debt up. in January 2022. in January 2022. across the U.S.; more granularly, $4.83

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Vytalize Closes $100M for Primary Care Transformation

Digital Health Wire

If there was still any debate about the flavor of the month in the digital health VC club, primary care enablement company Vytalize Health just settled it with its $100M Series C round. Primary care enablement is the name of the game 2023. It now operates in 36 states, up from 16 during its last raise in April 2022.

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CVS Acquires Oak Street, Reports Strong 2022

Digital Health Wire

The general idea behind the acquisition is also the title of its snazzy investor presentation : Creating the Premier Medicare Value-Based Care Platform. Oak Street Health employs 600 primary care physicians across 169 clinics. It focuses on capitated primary care for Medicare Advantage and Medicare (59k at-risk patients).