HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 30, 2021

What began as an explosion of patent demand for urgent care resources, ventilators, and ICU beds evolved into multiple, regional infection surges that continue to test the resiliency of the healthcare system to this day. Well, 2020 happened and if there was the beginning of a Baby Boomer Medicare surge, nobody even noticed it.

Healthcare 97

Healthcare Doctors Urgent Care Nursing 97

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.

Hospitals 100

Hospitals Medicare Urgent Care Nursing 100

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The health care industry now has powerful tools it can apply toward at-home health care,” Cox wrote in the op-ed. 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

Urgent Care 92

Urgent Care Primary Care Quality of Care Patient Experience 92

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.

Healthcare 149

Healthcare Telemedicine Hospitals Urgent Care 149

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Telehealth is a very broad, umbrella term that encompasses any and all care that a doctor or clinician provides without an in-person office visit. – Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches. In most cases, if you have Medicare, payment for a telehealth visit will be the same as in-person visit.

Doctors 98

Doctors Urgent Care Accountability Prevention 98

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Its core offering is Clinic@Home, which helps facilitate health care services in patients’ homes. Clinic@Home helps patients with medication reminders, vitals monitoring and access to both doctors and nurses. The company is currently focused on Medicaid patients that are eligible for home-based care services.

Home Care 94

Home Care Primary Care Urgent Care Medicaid 94

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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 spending could shift up to $250 billion to virtual care in coming years. . For instance, the U.S.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Patient Experience Urgent Care Population Health 105

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

My mother was busy raising four children, and I watched her try to navigate and manage the health needs of my great grandmother and saw firsthand how difficult it was to get services in the home, how difficult it was to get her out to see the doctor.

Urgent Care 57

Urgent Care Doctors Nursing Medicare 57

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The organization includes 16 hospitals, 11 ambulatory surgery centers, four off-campus emergency rooms and CareNow Urgent Care clinics. Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in its Acute Hospital at Home Program. Even past COVID, there is a new landscape of health care here,” Samuel said.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Healthcare Nursing Urgent Care 52

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers’ adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. This survey was conducted among 2,509 U.S.

Healthcare Providers 69

Healthcare Providers Healthcare Doctors Ambulatory Care 69

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.

Urgent Care 111

Urgent Care Primary Care Doctors Quality of Care 111

Etactics

MAY 11, 2023

Purpose of Revenue Codes Revenue Code Examples Intensive Care Unit Pharmacy Physical Therapy Emergency Room Clinic Medical Coding and Your Revenue Cycle Conclusion What is a Revenue Code? First developed for the Medicare system, revenue codes were soon adopted as a standard for hospital billing as well as in other healthcare settings.

Physical Therapy 52

Physical Therapy Urgent Care Quality Assurance Hospitals 52

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2018

Here’s one description about the chain’s plans to use $200 mm to expand in Florida (THINK: the state will be home to 4,5 million people age 65 and over in 2020, potential candidates for Humana’s Medicare programs. Just sayin’]).

Primary Care 54

Primary Care Healthcare Urgent Care Medicare 54

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.

Urgent Care 98

Urgent Care Healthcare Medicare Integration 98

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patients in rural communities who live far away from brick-and-mortar care facilities. ? Patients who cannot afford copays for doctor or outpatient PT appointments. ? Orthopedic specialists are 13% less likely to accept new Medicaid patients than they are Medicare patients or those with commercial insurance plans.

Telemedicine 337

Telemedicine Physical Therapy Medicaid Digital Care 337

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 12, 2023

That’s reminiscent of the well-known Medicare Advantage statistic that about 4% of Medicare Advantage members drive 40% of Medicare Advantage total expenses. So, as we have seen in successful management of seniors, wrapping care around high-risk/high-utilizing members can improve their health and reduce the total cost of care.

Physical Therapy 52

Physical Therapy Healthcare Medicare Rehabilitation 52

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.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Medicare Primary Care Nursing 52

Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

There are more than 16,000 direct primary care practices in the U.S., and the leading benefits associated with this model include quicker access to appointments, because the PCPs often carry smaller patient panels and lower costs compared with other care-on-demand settings like urgent care or the emergency room.

Primary Care 258

Primary Care Prevention Urgent Care Nursing 258

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 13, 2023

A lot of the week was spent with health plans and Medicare Advantage or Medicaid focused providers or management companies extolling the virtues of “whole person health,” “coordinated care” and other similar approaches. Oak Street Health touted its integrated behavioral health program that is part of its overall medical care offering.

Healthcare 98

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.”

Home Care 102

Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 102

p3care

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.

Medical Services 130

Medical Services Doctors Urgent Care Prevention 130

p3care

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.

Medical Services 130

Medical Services Doctors Urgent Care Prevention 130

Health Dialog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In fact, according to our internal data, nearly 12% of patients who call our nurse line with a pre-intent of visiting an urgent care facility were appropriately redirected to visit an emergency room instead. Data has been normalized across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial populations. Who typically calls a nurse line and why?

Nursing 40

Nursing Urgent Care Medicaid Medicare 40

Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Worries about health care costs, now crossing over into higher-earning households, underpins the growth of consumerism. This will continue to put pressure on the margins and business models of hospitals and doctors’ practices.

Primary Care 104

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Hospitals Urgent Care 104