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Ease the Shift to Value-Based Care with Proven Population Health Tools

Health Dialog

As provider groups work internally on this complex transition, they should consider partnerships with existing population health companies with tools and that will help them achieve these quality measures and work toward achieving the Triple Aim of lowering costs, improving the patient experience, and improving the health of their population.

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Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Health Care and Prescription Drug Sales

Health Populi

The second chart graphs average charge per claim for common retail clinic diagnoses, connecting the dots between site-of-care and lower costs in retail clinics compared with hospital outpatient departments, doctor’s offices, and urgent care centers which are higher-cost than retail clinics.

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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. – Finally, estimates say U.S.

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

HIT Consultant

Established in 2017 through a collaboration between Independence Health System, St. Additionally, the agreement will establish a joint care management team tasked with utilizing data insights to proactively address Highmark members’ healthcare needs, promoting early intervention and preventive care education.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. This relates to another key data point that illustrates patients’ shift to a health consumer mindset: their willingness to seek care in lower-cost settings based on costs. population health burden.

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6 Key Healthcare Trends Emerging from the Pandemic

Health Care Success

Beyond the “usual suspect” service lines such as cardiovascular and orthopedics, one of the biggest trends in healthcare is a renewed focus on primary care. This growth is due to several factors, likely including a desire for revenue growth, expanded referral networks, and addressing population health disparities.

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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA

Health Populi

Virtual care has touched most families around the world, and providers quickly pivoted work-flows to the phone, to broadband, to portals, across the continuum-of-care beyond emergent care, urgent care, and dermatology. Over a year since the pandemic emerged in the U.S.,