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Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Healthcare It News

Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. For example, when a patient's care goes off-course, home-based providers often are not looped in.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., Patient reviews have a greater reach than ever before.

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CMS Promotes Competition, Transparency, Health Equity and More in the CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

Sheppard Health Law

Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care Providers The Proposed Rule would expand MA network adequacy requirements to encompass outpatient behavioral health in order to improve access to behavioral health care providers.