GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. In addition to ending the employment of hundreds of local residents, from nurses to cafeteria staff, the closure will force patients to travel further for basic care. Support continuity of care. Lower healthcare costs.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 Better Staff Utilization.

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Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care Leadership 69

American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 Better Staff Utilization.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care Leadership 48

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Medicare Advantage programs are vaunting their support for “wellness,” and you see wellness campaigns at pharmacies, employers, and elsewhere. I’m sure that doctors and nurse practitioners truly care for the overall happiness and wellbeing of their patients. Do these programs give us what we seek?

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Medicare Accountable Care Healthcare IT EHR 107

eVisit

JANUARY 17, 2019

I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new!

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Telemedicine Accountable Care Psychiatry mHealth 103

American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The goal of this coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, while avoiding duplication of services and preventing medical errors. The Telemed Tablet can equip any point of care with specialists, without the cost of full-time onsite staff or travel.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The goal of this coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, while avoiding duplication of services and preventing medical errors. The Telemed Tablet can equip any point of care with specialists, without the cost of full-time onsite staff or travel.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth EMR HIPAA Telemedicine 48

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). Steve Wiggins, founder and chairman of Remedy Partners, told Healthcare Dive payers will continue to leverage payment models that encourage patients to find care in the most cost-effective locations and use those service efficiently.

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Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine Patient Experience 32

Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

Despite improvements in care quality and reductions in utilization rates, cost savings have been modest or negligible. Accountable Care Organizations have only managed at best to save a “few percent of Medicare spending , [but] the. appropriate care settings and improve coordination, adherence and engagement. ?

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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

We have to create accountable care organizations. When you’re a hospital trying to run your organization in dealing with state mandates, local mandates, employers, payers, and Medicare, it’s tough. We just did research around the frustrations that physicians and nurses are dealing with. You really do.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 5, 2013

The truth is that each of these initiatives will have a significant impact on the practice of medicine, but taken together they have the potential to dramatically transform the delivery of health care. We are living in a time of rapid and unprecedented change for health IT.

eHealth 30

eHealth EHR Meaningful Use Accountable Care 30

Henry Kotula

MAY 1, 2020

Accountable care organizations also scored a major win in the Thursday rule drop, with CMS pledging they wouldn’t be dinged financially for lower-than-expected health outcomes in their patient populations from COVID-19.?. Other major changes are related to COVID-19 testing for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

In a global model, the lead health system VBP entity—whether part of an integrated delivery system or clinically and financially integrated IPA or ACO—would extend successes and performance across payor types, including Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid managed care, Medicare FFS, Medicare Advantage, and/or commercial plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

The system also enables care providers to securely exchange photos, videos and file attachments on their smartphones. TigerTouch is a mobile-centric healthcare-communications platform that enables doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to communicate securely with patients via video, voice or text with a single, enterprise-grade app.

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