On Thursday of this week, the HHS announced the twelve recipients of the second round of Health Care Innovation Awards program to test innovative models designed to deliver better care outcomes and lower costs. Twelve awards range in value from an expected $2 million to $18 million over a three-year period, with an average award size of $9 million. Each project will be monitored for measurable improvements in quality of care and savings generated.
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Mobile Health App Allows Doctors to Send “Automatic Prescriptions” Directly to Patients
MediSafe, a mobile health medication management platform connecting patients and health providers has launched Medisafe v3.0, allowing doctors to increase care quality between office visits by sending "automatic prescriptions" with take-as-directed instructions directly to patients through the app.
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CMS Extends Partial Code Freeze for ICD-10-CM PCS and ICD-9-CM Codes
Today, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the partial code freeze on updates to the ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes will continue until October 1, 2015. Regular updates to ICD-10 will begin on October 1, 2016, one year after the newly announced compliance date. According to the official statement, "the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee will continue to meet twice a year during the partial freeze. At these meetings, the public will be
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Filament Labs Raises $1M to Reshape Care Plan Delivery for Doctors
Filament Labs just raised a $1 million seed round led by Mercury Fund to support their flagship product, Patient IO, an interactive care plan delivery platform for healthcare professionals. Patient IO helps health professionals create fully-customizable care plans that can be seamlessly delivered to patients outside the clinic. Patients receive treatment-specific tasks, reminders and educational content directly on their smartphones, helping health professionals manage patient health
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Practice Fusion Launches Insight, the Largest Real-Time Healthcare Database
Today, Practice Fusion launched Insight by Practice Fusion, a powerful new free tool for healthcare professionals, public health organizations and research institutions to view current outbreaks, prescription usage and much more; premium edition offers in-depth pharmaceutical market information and custom reports. De-identified from a subset of more than 81 million patient records, Insight users can explore health and pharmaceutical market trends, including diagnoses across patient populations,
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3 Biggest Challenges to Value-Based Payment Models Success
Coordination of care, data accuracy and staff acceptance are among the top three challenges to the future use of value-based payment models, according to a new study by Availity. The study found 75 percent of providers currently participate in at least one value-based payment model in addition to traditional fee for service with 60 percent expecting them to become the dominant payment model. Despite its growing dominance, fewer than 30 percent believe they offer a good level of reward for the
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Survey: EHR Adoption Rates Up 133% in Community Health Centers
EHR adoption rates increased 133 percent in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), sometimes called community health centers between 2009 and 2013, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey of health center leaders. The new report is based on key findings from the 2013 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of FQHCs that examines how FQHCs are preparing for the anticipated increase in health care demand as people gain insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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12 Key Players in the Home Healthcare Software & Services Market
Telehealth solutions and clinical management system (CMS) will be the fastest-growing segment in the home healthcare software & services market in the next five years, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. The new report estimates the home healthcare software and services market is expected to reach $6.4 billion by 2018.
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Rock Health V6 Startups Focuses on the Consumerization of Healthcare
Rock Health, a San Francisco-based full service seed fund for digital health startups today announced its sixth cycle of companies known as "Rock Health V6". Five out of the seven startups selected for this class are focused on the consumerization of healthcare ranging from a health insurance recommendation engine to a national virtual practice allowing patients to have a video visit with a board certified doctor.
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Want to Hack Healthcare? Solve the People Equation
"It’s very simple. If you want to hack healthcare, you’ve got to solve the people equation."
Fard Johnmar, founder and president of Enspektos, describes a conversation he recently had with Aman Bhandari, who formerly served as a senior advisor to Todd Park, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and now helps lead digital health innovation efforts at Merck.
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