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Rise of Retail Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

HIT Consultant

Pharmacies, department stores, convenience stores, and technology companies are all shifting the standard of care toward retail or online centers that provide care at the same place you already shop for household supplies, groceries, or prescriptions.

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Better Data for Better Health Among Medicaid Recipients

HIT Consultant

Without insurance, many individuals will choose to not seek preventive medical care to avoid the high cost that is associated with visiting a doctor’s office. Adam holds an MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, and a BA in Psychology from Bryan College.

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Why It’s Time for Healthcare Organizations to Start Treating Patients Like Consumers

HIT Consultant

When the pandemic disrupted routine procedures and primary care across healthcare, many care delivery organizations believed patients would eventually return to in-person care as they always have once the pandemic was over and restrictions were lifted. I disagree, but it’s on life support. We have the tools to revive it.

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

Vie Healthcare

It’s initiated, not as a preventative or proactive planned thing. So that’s a case in point, and I’ll share a little story about this, but I would say that before we end up in your ERs, our primary care providers have an opportunity that needs to be formally presented. It’s usually a crisis.

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Infusing Telehealth & Virtual Care Into Patient Care Plans With Thomas Foley | Ep.15

Vie Healthcare

There’s a lot of things that we can do on the preventive side but, like Tom said, you have the monitoring, you have a coach. Because this, this will help reduce emergency visits or those, you know, additional comorbidities, things that complicate the care when patients come into the hospital. Can we talk a little bit about that?

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Implementation Guide

NASHP

This section of the guide outlines considerations, examples, and resources for: Identifying stakeholders and establishing partnerships across care coordination and child-serving systems. Assessing care coordination system capacity, gaps, and process improvements. Financing care coordination systems.