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SCAN Group Launches Home-Based Primary Care Arm ‘Welcome Health’

Home Health Care

SCAN Group has entered into the in-home senior primary care space with the launch of Welcome Health. Dr. Scott Weingarten will serve as CEO of the independent primary care medical group moving forward. Welcome Health will care for predominantly Medicare Advantage patients,” Weingarten told Home Health Care News.

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Florida Blue Medicare, Emcara Health Launch Home-Based Primary Care Program

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Florida Blue Medicare — the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare plan — is collaborating with Emcara Health to offer eligible members access to home-based primary care. The collaboration reflects how payers are increasingly turning to in-home care organizations of all shapes and sizes.

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Inside 2 Emerging Risk-Based Home Care Models

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In order to become less dependent on fee-for-service business, home health providers have begun to take on more risk. That has led to an emergence of risk-based home care models, many of which have given providers room to partake in upside and downside risk. These areas are chronic care management and preventative care.

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Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

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Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Speedoc has tied up with Parkway Shenton, the primary care arm of IHH Healthcare Singapore, to expand care options for patients. The company continues to seek collaborations with both private and public healthcare providers to expand its mobile home care model.

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Taking a patient-centric approach to value-based care

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The value-based care model is gaining momentum in the healthcare industry, and it is not hard to see why. After all, value-based care – which rewards healthcare providers with incentives based on the quality of care they provide to patients – has been shown to improve healthcare outcomes and reduces costs for patients.

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CMMI’s Proposed TEAM Model Offers Another Risk-Based Opportunity For Home Health Providers

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The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which would eventually be mandatory if finalized, would have selected acute care hospitals put under full responsibility for the cost – and quality – of care from surgery up until the first 30 days after hospital discharge.

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Devoted Health Raises $175M, Plans To Expand Home-Based Care Offerings

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The company delivers in-home care by combining Medicare Advantage coverage with its virtual and in-home care provider — Devoted Medical — as well as partnerships with other home health providers.