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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

Many facets of healthcare remained in a state of flux at the close of 2022, as care practices that started during the pandemic found their way into the mainstream, and enthusiasm for new data sources and interoperability outpaced the realities of implementation. Medicare saved $1.6

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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School. When digital services are available, they’re often disconnected from primary care. HCPLAN also added the advocacy group Accountable for Health.

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DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle

Healthcare IT Today

The financing will support the cost-bearing that is key to DecisionRx’s unique business model: DecisionRx can assume the full cost of delivering Medication Therapy Optimization to patients of Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Advantage Plans, and self-insured employers. billion year to date.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Based on current COVID-19 recovery trends, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the US federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers will end on May 11, 2023. Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. Other changes are expected but have not yet been announced.

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Healthcare AI Leader ClosedLoop Launches Two First-of-Their-Kind Data Science Products for Value-Based Care

Digital Health Global

Award Winning AI-Powered Risk Stratification – Free For All Medicare ACOs The first new product launching is ClosedLoop’s ACO-Predict , the industry’s first free solution for AI-powered population health risk stratification. With ACO-Predict we are bringing AI-powered prediction to every Medicare patient in the country.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. In 2023, those ACOs will represent 700,000 patients. In 2022, Signify Health clinicians are expected to serve 2.5 million members at their homes, both in person and virtually.

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SEMCAP Health Continues Strategic Investment in SafeRide Health and Secures Memorial Hermann Health System Co-Investment

Healthcare IT Today

SafeRide Health’s ability to improve member experience and reduce costs for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries also attracted a strategic investment from Memorial Hermann Health System in this latest round. SafeRide serves the country’s largest Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and provider programs.