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CMS Reports Record Performance for MSSP

Digital Health Wire

The program generates savings by working with accountable care organizations, or groups of providers who collaborate to cut down on avoidable utilization, duplicative care, and medical errors. MSSP saved Medicare $1.8B That’s not to say that $1.8B That said, it’s a long journey to lower overall costs even with $1.8B

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Upswing Health combines AI and telehealth to improve MSK care and cut costs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" They are also given advice and self-help tips and rehabilitation tools to start them on the path to recovery. "They are then connected to curated, injury-specific content pages where they can read about their condition and learn when they need to see a doctor or go to an emergency room."

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Virgin Pulse and HealthComp Announce Intent to Merge to Create Comprehensive Employer Health Platform

Healthcare IT Today

For more tips and insights, connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn. About Morgan Health Morgan Health is a JPMorgan Chase business unit focused on improving employer-sponsored health care. About HealthComp HealthComp, a New Mountain Capital company, has a customized and responsive approach to health benefits administration.

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Ken Gilles, Associate CIO, Essentia Health, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

Leveraging data to prevent leakage The tipping point of software development Fostering innovation — ‘We can help you.’ He also discusses being a Pioneer ACO, Essentia’s big plans with data analytics, and the tipping point when it comes to in-house software development. The tipping point of software development. Gilles: We are.

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Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

CMS.gov

Remarkably, the submission rates for Accountable Care Organizations and clinicians in rural practices were at 98 percent and 94 percent, respectively. What makes these numbers most exciting is the concerted efforts by clinicians, professional associations, and many others to ensure high quality care and improved outcomes for patients.

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

eVisit

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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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

Here’s a look at five payer trends to watch for in 2018, and some tips for preparing to deal with them. There are 50/50 joint ventures with co-branding, and less intensive partnerships like pay for performance, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and bundled payments.