Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The payment of kickbacks to medical providers to induce referrals for home health services can improperly divert those dollars and undermine the quality of care being provided to patients.”. We are committed to pursuing entities and individuals that offer kickbacks and the doctors that solicit or accept them.”.

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Tricare Medicaid Medicare Integration 105

Healthcare Leadership Council

JULY 27, 2021

Independent physicians, of course, need an understanding of how to make their practices sustainable successes, and even doctors in large group practices or institutional settings can benefit from the skills that create a pathway to organizational leadership. Many physicians are now returning to school to earn MBAs.

Doctors 75

Doctors Quality of Care Accountability Integration 75

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Hilton Hudson, MD, FACS, and CEO of HPC International In May 2022, a California doctor was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for his involvement in a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme. Physicians should emphasize their value in terms of patient outcomes, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness. He received $4.5

Regulations 105

Regulations Accountable Care Prevention Medicare 105

Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 6, 2024

1] Health care market participants (i.e. doctors and nurses) provided first-hand testimony of alleged decreased staffing and lower quality of care after PE acquisitions. PE firms, sellers, and portfolio companies should be aware of, and account for, these potential obstacles when considering health care transactions.

Nursing 59

Nursing Quality of Care Accountability Doctors 59

HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

It’s a question that has significant implications for quality of care as well as cost. The High Cost of Poor Behavioral Healthcare A recent study indicates 10% of patients account for 70% of the nation’s costs and that more than half of these patients have a diagnosed mental health disorder.

Quality of Care 98

Quality of Care Population Health Hospitals Medicaid 98

Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

These insights were shared at the keynote discussion, “Leveraging Employer-Provider Partnerships to Curb Rising Health Care Costs and Improve Outcomes” at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC), held June 8?–?10. We are ready to move beyond ACOs and bundled payments in the journey to value-based care.”. Dr. Stephen Parodi.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability 52

Etactics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Regarding a fee-for-service practice, think of quantity over quality. This means that the doctor or healthcare provider receives payment for each service they perform. Not much later down the line, value-based care threw itself into the mix. For value-based care think the opposite of fee-for-service: quality over quantity.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Doctors Healthcare Providers Healthcare 52

Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

These insights were shared at the keynote discussion, “Leveraging Employer-Provider Partnerships to Curb Rising Health Care Costs and Improve Outcomes” at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC), held June 8?–?10. We are ready to move beyond ACOs and bundled payments in the journey to value-based care.”. Dr. Stephen Parodi.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Integration Quality of Care Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The resulting improved transparency on quality of care then allows for identifying best practices for others to learn from and is likely to attract the interest of public funding bodies who are increasingly interested in reimbursing for value.

Life Sciences 64

Life Sciences Quality Improvement Population Health Healthcare Providers 64

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“The odds are against hospitals collecting patient balances greater than $7,500,” the report analyzing Hospital collection rates for self-pay patient accounts from Crowe concludes. to reveal trends on health care providers’ ability to collect patient service revenue.

Hospitals 68

Hospitals Quality of Care Nursing Accountability 68

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

For example, we survey hospitals to ensure that, among other things, the facility and the doctors, nurses, and other staff have adequate qualifications, training, and experience to keep patients safe. And we hold facilities accountable when they fail to meet those standards.

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

The EIU VBHC framework addresses four aspects of how technology can underpin value-based care: Ensuring standardization. Driving efficiency and accountability. Capturing and sharing interoperable and transparent data. Informing integrated communication, decisions, and processes.

Primary Care 106

Primary Care Medicare Accountability Hospitals 106

Sheppard Health Law

JULY 7, 2022

prevent HCSPs or insurers from providing provider-specific cost or quality of care information to referring providers, the HCSPs or insurer sponsors, enrollees, insureds or eligible enrollees or insureds of the HCSPs or insurers.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Quality of Care Doctors Healthcare Providers 52

GoMoHealth

JULY 7, 2021

Simply put, value-based care seeks to reduce spending while improving treatment outcomes. It ties reimbursement for treatment to the quality of care provided and rewards providers for both efficiency and effectiveness.

Healthcare Providers 74

Healthcare Providers Integration Quality of Care Accountability 74

Twistle

JULY 9, 2021

Adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology to a telehealth program increases access to care and enhances the quality of care delivery. Improved Quality of Care. Your team can then focus their time and outreach efforts on patients that require intervention to keep their care on track.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Integration Accountability Telemedicine 52

Etactics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Quality of care. These include capitation, value-based reimbursement, and episodes of care/bundled payments. Doctors may also encourage patients to schedule repeat visits, keeping a steady flow of revenue while addressing individual services as opposed to holistic patient outcomes. Cost containment.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Medicare Healthcare Providers 52

Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Of particular concern, according to the article, “even if doctors recommend genetic testing, they may lack the expertise to determine which tests people need and how to interpret the results. Research has shown sufficient, high-quality staffing is closely linked to the quality-of-care residents receive.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Nursing Hospitals Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Virtual appointments and online messaging provide new avenues to access care in a timely manner. Primary care doctors and specialists are now able to collaborate online to improve quality of care. alone accounts for more than half of the market, with an estimated $16.9 billion by 2026. billion share in 2021.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Healthcare Providers Quality of Care Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As utilization, measured by visits to primary care and specialist doctors, dipped during the pandemic, providers who had invested largely in value-based care were better able to weather the storm and the economic downturn by having a consistent source of revenue despite low utilization. The same applies to an RPM program.

Remote Care 52

Remote Care Healthcare Doctors Primary Care 52

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 1, 2022

The overall policy goal of this proposed rule is to establish Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to ensure the health and safety of patients who will receive REH services in the most efficient manner possible, while taking into consideration the access and quality of care needs of an REH’s patient population.

Performance improvement 52

Performance improvement Hospitals Nursing Prevention 52

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2023

Physical therapists are trained to constantly reassess their patients from a holistic viewpoint so that any changes are caught and accounted for in their plan of care. Patient care is substantially more than algorithms and numerical outcomes.

Physical Therapy 98

Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Population Health Doctors 98

Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We don’t have any kind of accountability like that, and I think that that’s a real shame.” To get patients to promote their own healthcare and indeed quality of care, you’ve got to give them the basic building blocks,” she says. It’s something I think health systems need to understand better and invest in.

Patient Safety 86

Patient Safety Doctors Hospitals Healthcare 86

Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Five conditions account for 39% of serious misdiagnosis-related harms: stroke, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm/dissection, spinal cord compression/injury, and venous thromboembolism. We have a great appreciation for all the physicians who follow the evidence-based practices to ensure quality outcomes for all patients.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Doctors Prevention Hospitals 52

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Specialty care is the Achilles heel of this effort. John told of a medical director in a health system trying to work in a value-based care regime, while his cardiologists wanted to be paid on a FFS basis: Holding them accountable invariably led to them decamping to another system across town. Health Care Law and Consulting.

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Specialty care is the Achilles heel of this effort. John told of a medical director in a health system trying to work in a value-based care regime, while his cardiologists wanted to be paid on a FFS basis: Holding them accountable invariably led to them decamping to another system across town. “Burn the boats.”

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Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Etactics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Did you know that poor billing practices cause American doctors to lose around $125 billion each year ? These codes provide data about the quality of care given. Medical billing and coding has many challenges. If you keep up with our blogs or work in the industry, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Anesthesia. Laboratory.

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Medicare Medicaid Medical Services Prevention 52

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One of these contributors, hospital consolidation, has played an outsized role in making health care less affordable for consumers and employers. While the California Attorney General was able to hold Sutter accountable for these terms, it took a number of years and vast resources to do so. In the federal case (Sidibe v.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Accountability Regulations Quality of Care 52

NASHP

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One model for lowering high hospital prices is articulated in a March 2020 proposal from Chernew, Dafny and Pany, a group of economists with expertise in health care financing. Affordability standards with a price growth cap offer a flexible approach that can account for the differences between hospitals and allow for changes over time.

Hospitals 112

Hospitals Primary Care Regulations Accountability 112

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. In particular, the pandemic has underscored that it’s time for greater investment in virtual care and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) to provide better, more transparent patient care at home and between doctor visits.

Urgent Care 98

Urgent Care Healthcare Medicare Integration 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Suman Chaudhuri, Vice President, CSG Forte When you leave the doctor, you’ll have a plan of care in hand. The reality is that despite these steep or unexpected expenses, healthcare organizations still rely on those bills to continue to provide a high level of care to all patients.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Doctors Quality of Care Accountability 105

Vie Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

Lonnie (02:58): I was also interested in why patients often don’t do what’s in their best health interest, and why doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals seem to find it challenging to gain the trust of their patients and convince them to take the actions that are important for them to improve their health.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nursing Patient Experience Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Unfortunately, this can become a cumbersome approach that drastically impacts the pace and quality of care – not to mention potentially introducing dangerous misconfigurations that can lead to attacks. The cure for effective device management and security. And it doesn’t have to be complicated.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Accountability Doctors Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

Technology solutions can be a key component of keeping a clinician accountable to themselves. I am hopeful the Surgeon General’s Advisory will drive more action to address the nation’s burnout crisis among healthcare workers and slow down the Great Resignation of nurses, doctors and other team members. A doctor’s time is sacred.

Doctors 98

Doctors Hospitals Healthcare Integration 98

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Read the full patient stories on the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) website.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

From communication between a provider and a patient, to diagnosis and treatment, to follow-up care and pain management, the patient/provider interaction is integral to obtaining access to quality health care. When interpersonal racism is at play, the quality of care is substandard and health outcomes are negatively impacted.

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Accountability Quality of Care Hospitals Integration 104

Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ProPublica explains : In January, the Biden administration pledged to increase public access to a wide array of Medicare information to improve health care for America’s most sick and vulnerable.

Medicare 72

Medicare Medicaid Accountability Quality of Care 72

Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 2, 2022

On February 24, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its redesign of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model (GPDC), which now will be called the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model.

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Accountable Care Primary Care Medicare Accountability 52