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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

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

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How does changing capitation share impact service provision in mixed reimbursement environments?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

There has been much research showing that fee-for-service (FFS) leads to increased provision of medical services and capitation leads to decreased provision of medical services. link] In terms of empirical strategy, the authors perform a difference in-difference approach.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Most older patients who had a telehealth visit perceived the quality of an office visit was higher (56%) and offered better communication opportunity with the clinician (54%).

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How Physician Groups Can Fight Back Against Private Equity

HIT Consultant

Over the last decade, private equity firms have invested nearly $1 trillion in approximately 8,000 healthcare deals, encompassing a wide spectrum of medical services, from fertility clinics to neonatal care, primary care to cardiology, hospices, and everything in between. The consequence?

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Debate Continues Around Scope of Practice Expansion for APPs

Sheppard Health Law

Proponents of APP independent practice focus on the overall healthcare system impact, emphasizing APPs’ ability to compensate for primary care provider shortages in underserved communities and to drive lower health care costs, as well as to free up physician time for more advanced medical services.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D. That’s because 9 in 10 users of telehealth in the U.S.

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How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care

NASHP

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).