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CVS Acquires Oak Street, Reports Strong 2022

Digital Health Wire

The general idea behind the acquisition is also the title of its snazzy investor presentation : Creating the Premier Medicare Value-Based Care Platform. It focuses on capitated primary care for Medicare Advantage and Medicare (59k at-risk patients). This is a tipping point acquisition, and it’ll be exciting to watch.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

In other words, the elusive “tipping point” is finally here. A2 from AMJ: The ATA was working with leadership/telehealth champions in Congress the prior week and the week leading up to the vote. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. Among the resources, AMA has published a guide designed to help keep practices solvent.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Chronic care and preventive care are important work, and they are something that the senior leadership needs to identify as a priority. Fortunately, it has become easier in recent years, with Medicare now offering reimbursements for CCM services. We will talk about the CPT codes in the next sections. What is Chronic Care Management?

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Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

CMS.gov

Leadership. We used these events to describe requirements, offer tips, listen to you, and act on your feedback. percent of initial referrals for additional support from the Quality Payment Program Service Center and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Offices within 1-business day. keya.joy-bush@….

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Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Rick Dean, CEO at OncoHealth In 2023, Medicare Advantage (MA) health insurance companies began acting on and planning for massive changes to Part D coverage in response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). For members, the good news is that for each plan year, their Part D out of pocket costs will now be capped at $2,000.

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Health, Tech, Government Leaders Join CTA and CHI Coalition to Address Health Disparities Amplified by COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

Recent Medicare data shows Blacks were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a rate nearly four times higher than Whites. We are at a tipping point for wider use of digital health tools because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Brian Scarpelli, senior global policy counsel, CHI. “As amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.