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An inside look at a national, bilingual telemedicine service

Healthcare It News

Regional and national health plans, employers, and Fortune 500 organizations use Galileo to help improve population health. Employees using Galileo avoid more expensive visits to in-person specialty, urgent or ER care 80% of the time. Spanish speakers. Galileo operates across all 50 states.

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Startups, Payer-Provider Hybrids Believe They Can Bring New-Age Thinking To Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

Humana is a health insurance company that operates one of the largest Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. It is also a provider organization through its CenterWell arm, which includes home health care, pharmacy and primary care services. (NYSE: HUM), for instance, is in a unique position.

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HealthTap Launches Eval360 for Health Plans to Expand PCP Care for Members

HIT Consultant

– HealthTap completed a successful beta period for Eval360 for over 15,000 seniors through its partnership with a leading Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, and now intends to expand Eval360’s reach to plans nationwide of all types, from Medicare Advantage to commercial plans. .

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Bridges Health Partners Highmark BCBS Form Commercial Value-Based Care Agreement

HIT Consultant

The agreement is designed to improve the health of Highmark’s members by providing accessible, high quality, cost effective, patient centered care through member collaboration and innovation.

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It's time for primary care to take advantage of advanced technology

Healthcare It News

Primary care in the U.S. On one hand, the value of primary care physicians has never been higher. The evidence of that is in the tens of billions of dollars of investment in healthcare – more than $39 billion invested in the sector last year alone, with a notable focus on primary care.

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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. has a shortage of primary care clinicians, which means it can be difficult to get an appointment. healthcare system. For instance, the U.S.

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Leveraging SDOH in Post-Pandemic Risk Modeling to Overcome Distorted Care Projections for 2021 and Beyond

HIT Consultant

This subsequently generated sufficient claims data for Carrot Health to analyze and estimate the impact of disruption. We opted to focus on compliance levels among Medicare Advantage populations for specific procedures, tests, and care interventions. These included: – Substance abuse (-0.2%).