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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare It News

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others

Healthcare It News

With more than 50 specialties offering more than 20,00 appointments each week, patients without health insurance can book doctors' visits for a set price with no referrals required. WellSet's website says employers can improve health and reduce stress and burnout with a 3:1 return on investment, based on medical cost savings.

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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

HIT Consultant

Imagine that a stroke victim could receive expert physician care from the back of an ambulance, or a doctor could monitor his patients’ blood pressure using an app on his mobile phone. Even standard everyday care is seeing these benefits. This has been used far beyond patient care. Medicine isn’t guesswork.

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings

HIT Consultant

While general interest in telehealth remains somewhat lukewarm, the proof of viability for clinically-driven remote patient monitoring (RPM) is undoubtedly there and will become table stakes as positive results and legislation continue to progress. Ensure that you have a versatile value-based care model in place .

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CAPP Cites Six Key Findings from COVID-19 That Will Improve America’s Health Care System

Accountable Care Doctors

Learnings from COVID-19 must drive major changes in health care delivery, according to interviews conducted with physician leaders of the nation’s leading multi-specialty medical groups and health systems that participate in the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP). Remote Care Is Here to Stay.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

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.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

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.