CirrusMD, a Denver, CO-based chat-first virtual care solution, today announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Drive Capital, Colorado Impact Fund and other prior investors, bringing total funding to-date to $26 million. The company also announced a new contract with Iron Bow as a subcontractor to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for improved care access and delivery for the veteran community.
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CMS Approves Livongo As An Enrolled Provider for Medicare Advantage Members
Livongo, the leading Applied Health Signals company announced that it has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an enrolled provider for Medicare Advantage members. In addition, starting in June, the Livongo for Diabetes program will be available to Medicare Advantage members of Cambia Health Solutions' regional health plans.Empowering America's Senior PopulationCambia reaches nearly 70 million Americans nationwide, including more than two million people in the
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Why 2018 May Have Been A High-Water Mark for Digital Health Funding
Notwithstanding the quite significant stock market turmoil for publicly traded healthcare companies in recent months, the level of private investment activity continued to be quite strong this past quarter. According to Rock Health, 1Q19 registered just under $1.0 billion of investments made in 61 healthcare technology companies, which while below the trailing two year quarterly average of $1.4 billion, still suggests an annual investment pace running toward $4.0 billion. StartUp Health, which
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CMS Primary Cares Initiative With 2 New Payment Models Launches
On Monday, CMS Secretary Alex M. Azar II announced the launch of CMS Primary Cares—an initiative with two sets of new payment models that will enroll a quarter or more of traditional Medicare beneficiaries and a quarter of providers in arrangements that pay for keeping patients healthy, rather than ordering procedures.New Primary Care Payment Models1. The Primary Care First path will allow smaller primary care practices to be paid a simple, flat stream of revenue for each patient. When a patient
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How Can Health System Command Centers Reduce Cost Growth?
Scott Newton, DNP, RN, MHA, EMT-P, VP of Care Model Solutions at Teletracking In our decentralized care landscape, health system command centers (HSCC) are coordinating high-quality care through complex and integrated delivery networks (IDN). Recently, command centers were recognized by KLAS and Gartner as a new model of care delivery with the potential to impact clinical, financial, and operational outcomes. That means in addition to improving routine health system operations—and increasing
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Value-based Care in America: A Table View of State-by-State Initiatives
Value-based care programs are flourishing across the U.S., with a seven-fold increase in the number of states implementing such initiatives in the past five years, according to a new Change Healthcare report. The report, Value-Based Care in America: State-by-State is the second national study of state healthcare payment programs that reveal 48 states have now implemented value-based care or payment programs, 50% of those programs are multi-payer in scope, and just four states have little or no
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Cerner, naviHealth to Launch Medicare BPCI Advanced Offering
Cerner and naviHealth, a provider of post-acute management has announced an expanded relationship with plans to create a new offering for the Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program (BPCI Advanced). After working together for five years to streamline electronic workflows for post-acute discharge, Cerner and naviHealth anticipate launching the new value-based care offering to support BPCI Advanced, with an initial focus on the next CMS launch of the program in January
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CareCloud EHR Integrates With Google Cloud Healthcare API for FHIR
CareCloud, an EHR and practice management platform for high-growth medical groups, announced today that it is integrating its omnidirectional data transfer process with Google Cloud Healthcare API. The integration will enable payer data to be securely, rapidly and cost-effectively shared and used in real-time with existing payer and provider systems handling activities such as member eligibility verification, claims history and claims processing.Integration Creates FHIR Bridge in Google
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The Cost of Medical Device Innovation: Can The U.S. Keep Pace?
Over the last six years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a number of highly innovative medical devices that have revolutionized cardiovascular care. These novel devices have provided advanced treatment options, improved quality of life and extended longevity for patients. Unfortunately, reimbursement has often failed to keep up with many of increasingly expensive treatment options, according to a new report released by Vizient. The report, The cost of medical device
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AHIMA, AHCA Partner to Train Skilled Nursing Facilities in ICD-10 Coding to Prepare for New Patient Driven Payment Model
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has announced a collaboration with the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to provide in-depth coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) training programs. The goal of the collaboration is to help professionals in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) prepare for the upcoming payment reimbursement change.New, Value-based Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Beginning October 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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