Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) initiatives are disrupting healthcare delivery and reimbursement, according to a national survey of leading health plans and other healthcare stakeholders. Commissioned and conducted by the HealthCare Executive Group and Change Healthcare, the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey report reveals a significant number of healthcare leaders are planning to offer programs addressing care coordination, transportation, food insecurity, and other factors for members over
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Technology
Why Robotic Surgery is the Future of Urology
The evolution from open surgeries to minimally invasive procedures is in large part due to the development of robotics. Robotic technology allows surgeons to provide more precise, efficient outcomes for their patients than the traditional approaches used in open surgeries. From the first robotic-assisted procedure in 1985 (neurosurgical biopsy) to the invention of the da Vinci Surgery System for general laparoscopic surgery in 2000, the advancement of robotic surgery has continued to skyrocket
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Sharp Transitions Named $100k Winner of 2019 Hearst Health Prize
Hearst Health, in partnership with the Jefferson College of Population Health has namedSharp Transitions as the winner of the 2019 Hearst Health Prize for its home-based palliative care program for patients with advanced and progressive chronic illness who are not ready for hospice care. The $100k annual award was given at the Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia today in recognition of outstanding achievement in managing/improving population health.
Why Sharp Transitions?
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Chilmark: 2019 Healthcare Provider Analytics Market Trends Report
Healthcare providers are recognizing the value of increasing volumes of data they hold and expanding their use of mainstream and advanced analytics solutions to more use cases and more user groups
Vendor analytics and reporting solutions are rapidly evolving to serve provider needs for enterprise performance management (EPM), according to Chilmark's latest report. While value-based care (VBC) initiatives remain the driving business reason for analytics adoption, leading healthcare organizations
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How Our Texas ACO Saved Medicare $14M with Population Health Approach
Only about a third of the accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) qualified for bonuses in 2017. Our ACO, the Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance (RGVHA), was one of them. In fact, we’ve generated enough MSSP savings to net bonuses for five years in a row.
In 2015, RGVHA saved Medicare $14.2 million, of which our providers received half. In 2016, our ACO’s first year in Track 3 of the MSSP, we received 75% of the $8.5 million we saved. And in 2017,
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Teladoc Acquires French Telemedicine Provider MédecinDirect to Expand Global Footprint
Virtual care provider Teladoc Health has acquired Paris, France-based telemedicine provider MédecinDirect to offer its full continuum of services to insurers and employers in Europe’s third largest market. Co-founded by François Lescure and Marc Guillemo in 2008, MédecinDirect’s accredited and mobile platform of medical expertise provides secure and completely confidential, doctors are committed to answering all medical questions by telephone and Internet seven days a week. MédecinDirect
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Survey: Doctor House Calls Relieve Urgent Care & ER Inconvenience and Cost
Peer-Reviewed Journal Validate Disruptive Power of Doctor House CallsHeal, a provider of doctor house calls, today announced the results of its 2019 first-time patient user survey. Having delivered more than 110K house calls since February 2015, Heal shared a voluntary survey with more than 6K patients who used Heal for the first time in 2018. Key findings from the survey reveal a substantial reduction in ER and urgent care overuse and pointed to a corresponding increase in timely care
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Why AI-Enabled EHRs & Telemedicine is Transforming Behavioral Health
Behavioral healthcare is on the precipice of an exciting new frontier. While the sector has been slow to adopt major tech innovations, emerging tools are ushering in unique advantages that allow providers to maximize profit, advance their sector and improve care for patients more than ever before.As a CEO working within the tech and revenue cycle management industries, I listen to the concerns of both insurance companies and healthcare providers to identify trends in behavioral healthcare every
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3 Principles to Value-based Care Contracting Arrangements for Behavioral Health
It’s long past time for the U.S. health system to improve care for our behavioral health patient population.With every headline about our country’s mental health crisis or opioid crisis, this painful reality becomes more apparent – and as time passes, more expensive. At $201 billion annually, mental disorders top the list of the most costly conditions in the U.S., according to Health Affairs. The economic toll of the opiate crisis alone has exceeded $1 trillion since 2001, according to research
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UVA Health Pilots New Telehealth Programs to Treat Diabetes, Heart Disease
The University of Virginia Health System announced it is expanding and piloting new telehealth initiatives to prevent or manage chronic diseases including diabetes, prediabetes, and heart disease. Delivered through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the virtual care initiatives are supported by a $750k grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department of Health.Here is a list of the telehealth initiatives:· Remote blood sugar monitoring for type 2 diabetes
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