BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 20, 2019

Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs can lower Medicare spending in rural areas, suggests a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study looks at the ACO Investment Model, an incentive created by CMS to increase MSSP ACOs in rural areas. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization.

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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. healthcare costs. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. According to a University of North Carolina study, 113 have shuttered since 2010. But consider that they’re also asked to: Provide an exceptional patient experience. Lower healthcare costs. Deal with changing reimbursement policies.

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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. healthcare costs. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3

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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. Clinical effects are established by various forms of research: clinical trials, longitudinal studies such as the historic Framingham Heart Study , and so on.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). In fact, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found that 35% of MA enrollees were in narrow-network plans in 2015, while only 22% were in broad-network plans. Bentley said narrow provider networks haven’t had a huge impact yet.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. We cannot afford to let that happen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. We cannot afford to let that happen.

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E-CareManagement

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

A number of pundits are citing the systemic failure of ACOs, after additional Pioneer ACOs announced withdrawal from the program – Where do you weigh in on the prognosis for Medicare and Commercial ACOs over the next several years?” ” Republished courtesy of MCOL. more…).

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LinkousThink

DECEMBER 28, 2009

For example, the health reform bills include plans to test out “independence at home,” “accountable-care organizations” and “care coordination” approaches. Studies will be launched. This approach holds a lot of potential for telemedicine. In fact, it might accelerate what we have been trying to achieve.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Maybe this is just semantics – but the term “research” invokes years of study and papers written in academic journals. Since I’m occasionally accused of being anti-academic, I’ll give my detractors more fodder: I don’t think research is appropriate or necessary. there’s quite a bit to this part, which is the problem.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

families could not afford to pay $1,000 for an emergency medical bill in one study; in another, that inability to pay is as low as a $400 emergency to cover. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%. We know that, ironically, one-half of U.S.

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