Remove Doctors Remove Medicare Remove Prevention Remove Primary Care
article thumbnail

Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare It News

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.

article thumbnail

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

Home Health Care

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. The model was another creation of the CMS Innovation Center.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Membership Medicine: The Future of Primary Care?

HIT Consultant

VP, Strategic Solutions at Definitive Healthcare Primary care is at a tipping point. However, in the past, primary care delivery has been dictated by changes in payor-led reimbursement models. Amazon is also making moves to dominate physician markets, buying out primary care practice One Medical.

article thumbnail

Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

Healthcare It News

And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health. In the past, many of these innovations were limited in coverage and use to Medicare seniors. Today they’re used much more broadly.

article thumbnail

Call Your Senator and Help Give Doctors a Break

Bill Of Health

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

Doctors 73
article thumbnail

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. "We are both building an integrated experience that supports a more proactive, preventive and holistic approach to patient care." In 2023, those ACOs will represent 700,000 patients.

article thumbnail

Pearl Health Raises $18M to Support Independent Primary Care Physicians

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Pearl Health , a New York City-based primary care physicians (PCP) group today announced it has raised $18M in Series A funding led by a16z , with AlleyCorp and Kevin Ryan participating.