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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Thus far, Remedy Partners has been involved in managing about half a million episodes of care, representing $12 Billion in medical spending, in 48 different DRG-based episodes – working with many hospitals, physician groups, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, all of which may bear risk in the program. The Harlow Group LLC.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Thus far, Remedy Partners has been involved in managing about half a million episodes of care, representing $12 Billion in medical spending, in 48 different DRG-based episodes – working with many hospitals, physician groups, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, all of which may bear risk in the program. The Harlow Group LLC.

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HIStalk Interviews Luis Castillo, CEO, Ensocare

HIStalk Interviews

The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side. With some of the Medicare Advantage plans, people who are taking on risk can manage and direct patients to places if it’s their own population. I’m having the time of my life running this small company.

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Gearing up for Immunizations

Redox

Functionally, this type of tool is called an immunization registry , and, luckily for us, it has existed for decades. Perhaps more importantly, Meaningful Use spurred adoption on the provider side, requiring that providers use certified EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds. It also converged on HL7 2.5.1

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

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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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

CMS.gov

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. This is only the first of many steps we plan to take to help providers.

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