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Why Accurate Data is a Lifeline to Care in the Medicaid Redetermination Cycle

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Adimika Arthur, Executive Director, HealthTech 4 Medicaid Manisha Sharma, Senior Medical Director, Promise Health Plan Blue Shield of California During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment grew by nearly 30% to cover more than 93 million Americans , due in large part to COVID-19 provisions that included continuous Medicaid enrollment.

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Call Your Senator and Help Give Doctors a Break

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Want to help make a big change for our nation’s overworked doctors? 834 , the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act to confront the country’s growing shortage of doctors. Take both worst-case scenarios, and we are short 125,100 doctors. If you want to help our nation’s doctors, call your senator. introduced S.834

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

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The participating primary care practices, all part of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s clinical research network, were either general, family, ambulatory internal medicine, preventive medicine or geriatric medicine practices. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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CMS’ ACO Primary Care Flex Model Could Offer Home-Based Care Providers’ Risk-Based Opportunity

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. Primary care providers and home-based care providers currently, and generally, have transactional relationships.

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Report Reveals Digital Diabetes Management Tools Fail to Deliver Benefits, Increase Costs

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Increased Costs for All Payers: The price of these tools outweighs any cost savings because the minimal benefits don’t prevent other treatments or care. Prioritize Access and Affordability: Solutions should be accessible for those who need them most and come at a lower cost than standard care.

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Learn MIPS 2022 Measures for the Allergy and Immunology Category

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Preventive Care and Early Detection: Immunization Against Influenza. Their doctor must attest to all their medication and document it in their medical file using the means available. Their doctor must attest to all their medication and document it in their medical file using the means available. 2022 MIPS Measure no.

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Redefining Chronic Kidney Disease Management with Remote Patient Monitoring

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But, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 90% of these individuals are unaware they have this disease. With diabetes, for example, RPM allows diabetes management to be more of a partnership between doctors and patients.

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