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WellBe Senior Medical CEO On Demonstrating Value To Payers In The Home

Home Health Care

Kang is the former CMO of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Chicago-based WellBe offers home-based medical care services to patients who are facing multiple complex health challenges. I think that was a big change for home health agencies. They care about keeping people out of a nursing home.

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Contessa Health CEO: Managed Care Strategy Will Separate the ‘Haves and the Have Nots’

Home Health Care

That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020. They’re one of the leading providers of home care services.

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WelbeHealth’s Michael Le On The Future Of Innovative At-Home Care Models

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the broader at-home care space, Dr. Michael Le is considered an innovator. 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.

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Recognizing the Role of Caregiver with Melissa Fisher | E. 79

Vie Healthcare

I’ve become a bit of a cynic because I see my father in a nursing home, and my mom is paying $12,000 a month for his care, and the person in the bed next to him is on Medicaid and paying nothing. And I think we should be looking at home health too. Transitions to home care, especially for dementia patients.

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JOGO Health Virtual Treatments | Ep.31?

Vie Healthcare

So hospitals right now, when it comes to chronic low back pain, initially people go for physical therapy, then they come to hospitals, they are left with very little options. Uh, in many cases, in rural hospitals, it is the only treatment they have been given. Mostly they are asked to… sometimes given opioids.

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JOGO Health Virtual Treatments | Ep.31?

Vie Healthcare

So hospitals right now, when it comes to chronic low back pain, initially people go for physical therapy, then they come to hospitals, they are left with very little options. Uh, in many cases, in rural hospitals, it is the only treatment they have been given. Mostly they are asked to… sometimes given opioids.