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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may be one of the dwindling population ( 34% are homeowners ) who have landlines in the US (even digital phone-service based). Maybe you are legitimately afraid of not being found by emergency services (see below). But wait -- what if emergency services can't find the caller from a cell phone? Your relatives only text.

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Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?

David Chou

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The $260 billion primary care market, previously dominated by traditional fee-for-service providers, is rapidly transforming.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities. This article was co-authored with Chandni Mathur, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019.

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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that of $3.5 A family struggling to afford one sick child’s care may also skip preventive care or required services for other family members. In the U.S. New types of treatment and protocols can come with sky-high costs. trillion in U.S.

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Give Me My DaM Data::The Revolution

Society for Participatory Medicine

See the National Academy of Medicine’s Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout. But revolutions do not suddenly appear. They result from persistent long-term effort, strategy, and tactics. Key milestones often only appear in hindsight. For me, Give Me my DaM Data means.