Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana is one of the largest Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers in the country. It is also one of the largest providers of home health care through its $8.1 New approaches to at-home health care, such as urgent care in the home, are making the patient experience more convenient than ever.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Quality of Care Patient Experience 98

Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

MidCoast Health System — an El Campo, Texas-based health organization that has four hospitals, with several primary and specialty clinics, plus urgent care and long-term care facilities — became the initiative’s first participant. The company’s staff includes PTs, OTs, speech therapists, dietary specialists and others.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2018

A decade later, can Walmart re-imagine primary care the way the company did low-cost medicines? Here’s a New York Times article from 2014 discussing the company’s vision for expanding primary care. Today, that low-cost generic Rx is ubiquitous in the retail pharmacy. Just sayin’]).

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Primary Care Healthcare Urgent Care Medicare 54

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This shift to hybrid care could ameliorate some of the major problems in the U.S. has a shortage of primary care clinicians, which means it can be difficult to get an appointment. Many patients end up turning to urgent care or emergency departments, far costlier than a standard office visit. healthcare system.

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Healthcare Patient Experience Urgent Care Population Health 105

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

Over one-half of consumers learned about virtual care options through an online search like Google or Bing (“Calling Dr. Google!”), ”), and another one-third through a patient portal, hospital system, or urgent care website.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

McKinsey’s report models outpatient and office visits that can be virtually enabled for patients covered by both commercial and public sector health plans (Medicare and Medicaid). health care system. Most providers also reported they were more comfortable using telehealth post-COVID. 35% of home health services, and.

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Healthcare Telemedicine Hospitals Urgent Care 149

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That means virtualized end-to-end processes that integrate every step in patient care from scheduling, intake, waiting rooms and patient queuing to interpretation services, e-prescribe, billing and analytics, referral management and more. Eric Rosow, CEO, Diameter Health.

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Urgent Care Healthcare Medicare Integration 98

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

Morgan Conference – COVID-19, the jittery stock market, the future of Medicare Advantage and recent industry changes. Centene noted that for Centene Medicare members, the inpatient utilization trend was higher than 60%, but lower than 60% for Medicaid and Marketplace members. I really had to look at the shadows and not the backgrounds.

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Healthcare Medicare Primary Care Nursing 52

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 13, 2023

That is why perhaps we have devolved (because I don’t think it is beneficial evolution) to the proliferation of psychiatric medications being prescribed at such high frequency by primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and other professionals. More on Primary Care.

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Healthcare Primary Care Integration Urgent Care 98

Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

His impressive resume — which also includes time at Optum Home & Community Care and CareMore Health Plan — places him at the forefront of the movement bringing more care to the home and the community. It all started with, in Le’s words, the image of “the revered small-town doc with his black doctor’s bag doing house calls.”

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Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 105

Health Dialog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When a sudden healthcare issue arises, patients aren’t always sure where to seek care. Scheduling an appointment with their primary care provider may take too long. On the flip side, 69% of patients with pre-intent to visit the emergency room or call 911 were appropriately redirected to a less emergent level of care. .*

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Worries about health care costs, now crossing over into higher-earning households, underpins the growth of consumerism. This list, and other names we’ll see creating on-ramps to primary care and self-care to the consumer, will expand in 2019.

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