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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare It News

Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends.

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MedArrive, Superior HealthPlan Team Up To Offer Home-Based Care To Complex Populations

Home Health Care

Through the partnership, MedArrive will offer its services to those 40,000 or so Superior patients, many of which have very complex health care needs. The idea is that, through MedArrive’s capabilities and offerings in the home, care gaps will be closed, and social drivers of health will be addressed.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare It News

Much more than mere video chats, telehealth uses intranets and the internet networks to observe, diagnose, initiate or otherwise medically intervene, administer, monitor, record, and/or report on the continuum of care people receive when ill, injured or wanting to stay well. Read the archive of the Q&A here. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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How Essen Health Care used an AI virtual care assistant to make thousands of patient calls in just days

Healthcare It News

The New York State Health Home program is designed for the neediest Medicaid patients and aims to reduce overall healthcare costs by decreasing inpatient costs (and utilization) by addressing social determinants of health such as housing, transportation and food. "We think of her as a virtual assistant to our care coordinators.

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The Desire for Cost Savings Driving Key Trends in Healthcare Market

HIT Consultant

However, payers are working to reduce the cost of care to reel in healthcare costs and keep premiums lower to remain competitive, driving key changes. Ambulatory Surgery and Home Care. Ambulatory surgeries are resulting in less time spent in the high-cost acute care setting, reducing payer costs.

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MedArrive Partners with Bright HealthCare, Sees Plenty of Upside in Home-Based Care Market

Home Health Care

The San Francisco-based in-home care startup has grown fairly rapidly since then, landing key partnerships with organizations like Cover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV) and a strategic investment from The SCAN Group. MedArrive is currently working with Bright’s newly enrolled Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicare members. “In

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

“Delaying procedures, reducing spending on preventive care and chronic care, and decreasing adherence to medications may have negative long-term impacts on health status, although the extent is unknown,” PwC notes.