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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

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. 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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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid. Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. Resources for other end-of-pandemic decisions are also provided.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

PHQ-9’s may be administered by primary care providers), so that the behavioral health data may be integrated into the analytics framework used to manage population health. Health Care Law and Consulting. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.

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Stopping Referral Leakage with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Managed care organizations like Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) or Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) typically require patients to see providers in their network. Systems like accountable care organizations (ACOs) that use value-based care or payment models can no longer manage the cost or quality of the patient’s care.

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3 Ways Collaborative Care Can Drive Better Outcomes

Hinduja Global Solutions

To this point, and in light of industry focus as per a recent Forbes article, I suggest three ways to improve care connectedness, including: Proactive collaboration to facilitate and reduce frustration of interactions. Ideally, providers should show adequate attention to payer involvement in their patients’ care.

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12 Ways Telehealth is Saving Small Hospitals

GlobalMed

As community hubs of healthcare, they are tasked with delivering expert medical care across emergency departments, outpatient practices, surgical suites, labs, radiology departments, intensive care units and more. Meet accountable care and risk contracts. That in itself is a tall order. Lower healthcare costs.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

PHQ-9’s may be administered by primary care providers), so that the behavioral health data may be integrated into the analytics framework used to manage population health. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.