HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, TytoCare has partnered with Alice , Brazil’s first primary care-driven health insurance plan, to expand Alice’s telehealth offerings with at-home medical examinations. Easier access to medical services can also prevent further complications and hospitalization.”.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The technology is being used in healthcare for such things as patient chatbots, medical triaging and patient support, patient data management and access, and access to medical services. Healthcare IT News recently sat down with Manu Aggarwal, a partner in Everest Group's business process services practice.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

Medical Services 151

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Integration 151

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates. In the last year, 42% of U.S. adults had a telehealth visit, down from 45% the year before.

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Urgent Care Life Sciences Prevention Hospitals 118

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. colonoscopy).

Ambulatory Care 133

Ambulatory Care Primary Care Medicare Prevention 133

NASHP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The goals of the program included improving the health of employees and family members enrolled in the state plan or its Partnership Plan by connecting them to primary care for preventive screenings and management of chronic conditions and to save long-term costs for the state plan.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

During the peak of the pandemic, along with other New York City health systems, NYC Health + Hospitals launched a 911 call diversion intervention with the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. The 911 call volumes surged from an average of just over 4,000 calls per day to more than 7,000 calls per day.

Urgent Care 351

Urgent Care Hospitals Telemedicine Integration 351

p3care

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Let’s get familiar with urgent care and the influence of urgent care profit margins on a provider’s financial status. Why Consider Urgent Care Profit Margin in Billing? Urgent care units are usually open seven days a week with no prior appointments and have low service charges as compared to any ER visit.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Doctors Medicaid 113

HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services. This can lead to an increased use of health services, many of which may be preventable.

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Integration Primary Care Telemedicine Patient Experience 98

Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

.” The H-a-H Framework is illustrated here, with the patient’s home environment is positioned at the center of the circle which identifies various care services including: Ambulatory care, covering primary care, chronic care, specialty care, mental and behavioral health, oncology-at-home, dialysis, infusion On-demand and urgent care, which (..)

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Doctors Ambulatory Care Telemedicine Urgent Care 118

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This leads to patients delaying much needed care. It also means that patients aren’t receiving preventative care, according to Stuart. By that point conditions have worsened. Things that could have been caught earlier have progressed a little bit further.

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Urgent Care Prevention Medical Services Integration 87

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What industry compels its “consumers” to wait longer and travel further for services more than any other in a person’s daily life? That would be health care, a report from Altarum notes. The annual opportunity cost for travel and wait time in health care is $89 billion, Altarum estimated.

Medical Services 112

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Patient Experience 112

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2022

Why don’t we have clinics that help people change their diets and lifestyles so that they can reverse the disease or prevent it?” Yes, to health care access (especially primary care). Not so much, at least as it’s delivered in the United States. Mackey asked, rhetorically. It’s astounding. Yes, to healthy food.

Healthcare Finance 62

Healthcare Finance Primary Care Prevention Medical Services 62

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Primary care case management (PCCM) programs are one of the oldest types of Medicaid managed care, but over time most states have shifted to use managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver services to Medicaid participants. However, as of 2018, 13 states still delivered services through PCCM programs to about 5.5

Primary Care 65

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 65

Health Populi

JULY 30, 2020

The Gallup-West Health poll reveals yet another lens on the differences in health services for people of color in the Age of Corona: that is, the patient experience of cost for both medical services and prescription drugs. Today’s news that the U.S. In the longer term, assuring all U.S.

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Healthcare Primary Care Patient Experience Doctors 73

Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the third graphic illustrates, consumers can opt into one of four health care “bundles,” including components such as generic medications, primary care, vision and dental care, hearing and alternative medicine services. Programs range from $50 to $240 a year for the most complete plan.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Doctors Medical Services 59

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In another survey, conducted by NPR collaborating with IBM Watson Health, younger people had more trouble paying for care than older people, the survey found. One-third of people under 35 said that health care costs prevented them from getting care, compared with only 8% of people 65 and older.

Primary Care 84

Primary Care Medicaid Medical Services Prevention 84

NASHP

MAY 1, 2023

(Y/N) Alabama Y Federal Authority: State Plan Benefit Category: TCM Program Name: Nurse Family Partnership Case management services include: Comprehensive assessment and periodic reassessment of individual’s needs Development of a specific care plan based on assessment Referral and related activities (e.g.,

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Medicaid Nursing Prevention Hospitals 98

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In May, only one-half of patients were interested in returning for an office visit with their primary care provider. The bar chart illustrates patients forgoing care between March and mid-July 2020 by reason: overall, four in ten patients avoided care, with over one-half reported needing that care.

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Primary Care Doctors Medical Services Prevention 68

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include remote monitoring tools for virtual check-ins addressing chronic conditions, more home-based care, emails and texts that nudge patients over time, digital pricing tools to support shopping for medical services, and better-designed portals that serve up more welcoming digital front doors.

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Urgent Care Doctors Healthcare Population Health 116

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Investing in broadband upstream becomes that “force multiplier” by enabling people to access information, learn, socially connect (to bolster mental and emotional health), order groceries from a home located in a food desert, and indeed, access medical services and support for well-being and self-care.

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Medical Services Healthcare Primary Care Prevention 149

Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly accelerated the fast-adoption of telehealth for all kinds of patient questions and needs starting in the late second quarter of 2020. CTA wondered in the consumer study.

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Medical Services Patient Experience Primary Care Prevention 119

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

For example, low-income patients will not have to make the tough decisions of whether they should eat or get medical treatment due to their high deductible. Many of them are not within reasonable distance from a grocery store, nonetheless a hospital or provider for primary care.

Primary Care 203

Primary Care Telemedicine Accountability Remote Care 203

Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

SelfCare is health/care, particularly as patients, everyday people, take on greater responsibility for clinical decisions and paying for medical services.

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Doctors Medical Services Hospitals Healthcare Providers 65

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Patients prefer familiarity and personalized care, and research shows this can lead them to choose a provider of the same race or ethnic background. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health.

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Patient Experience Nursing Primary Care Prevention 98

NASHP

JULY 22, 2022

Approaches include creating new crisis intervention programs that specifically serve youth, improving funding of existing response services, supporting implementation of 988 suicide prevention hotlines, and expanding local pediatric crisis intervention teams. 1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC.gov, May 2, 2022.

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NASHP

JULY 25, 2022

Preventing these types of visits by providing community-based care can help states reduce Medicaid costs and improve outcomes. MIH-CP approaches pose an opportunity to provide community based care to prevent the development of crises and, subsequently, to reduce reliance on hospital EDs.

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Integration Medicaid Hospitals Prevention 98

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

That purchaser takes the form of both the employer-sponsor of health care insurance for workers, and the patient-as-payer herself. In healthcare, patients and health consumers are looking for more convenient, accessible, less-costly health care services in light of their growing health economic awareness.

Health Technology 62

Health Technology Primary Care Patient Experience Healthcare 62

NASHP

MAY 17, 2022

In 2007, 29 states provided health care services to children in child welfare through MMC. [24] managed care organizations, primary care case management, prepaid ambulatory health plans, and prepaid inpatient health plans) to serve some or all CYFC. personal care items or electronics).

Medicaid 65

Medicaid Integration Medicare Primary Care 65

NASHP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

States are taking steps to provide additional prevention, treatment, and recovery services to higher-risk individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including those in contact with the criminal legal system. Community Services and Prevention (Intercept 0). Develop crisis lines for immediate connection to treatment.

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Medicaid Prevention Integration Hospitals 52

Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2019

Assuring access to the health care system is a social determinant of health , as the inventory from Kaiser Family Foundation includes in their chart here. Ensuring health coverage is smart, economically, because insurance bolsters peoples’ on-ramp to needed medical services and prescription drugs.

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Primary Care Medicare Medicaid Medical Services 93