Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want
This article looks at the measurements and reporting strategies used by some specific companies. Their interventions, goals, and measures depend a lot on who’s paying for the service.
Wondr Health Gives Employers What They Ask For
Wondr Health, like so many companies in this article and in the value-based healthcare space generally, works with employers and payers. Ultimately, for many employers, the purpose of engaging Wondr Health’s behavioral interventions is to improve employee productivity.
According to chief medical officer Dr. Tim Church, some of Wondr Health’s clients focus on cutting down the c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Behavior Change behavioral health Cli Source Type: blogs
Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data
This article begins a series that looks at useful measures of health and how the companies that promote wellness programs demonstrate their success. We’ll see measurements of objective outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and what payers look for when they can’t get direct evidence of improvements in wellness.
You’ll note, as we survey the wellness solutions and measurements used, that the leading organizations in this space are payers, not clinicians. I’m sure that doctors and nurse practitioners truly care for the overall happiness and wellbeing of their patients. But the institutions aren’t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring ACOs Avanade Christiana Voelker Cli Source Type: blogs
SCAN Group Makes Strategic Investment in Dina
SCAN Group, a mission-driven organization whose holdings include SCAN Health Plan, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, has made its latest strategic investment in Dina. Dina provides digital care-at-home network management and coordination solutions to help health plans and providers improve access to a variety of in-home care services.
“We are excited to support Dina and the work they are doing to innovate and deliver rapid, efficient solutions that provide access to home and community-based services,” said Deepa Sheth, Chief Corporate Development Officer at SCAN Group. “It is pa...
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Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule continues many telehealth flexibilities first adopted during the public health emergency, such as an expanded scope of originating sites an expanded definition of qualified practiti...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 1upHealth Apollo ApolloMed Cedar Cognoa CPSI Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ emtelligent Freshpaint Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features HITRUST Certification Hona Innovaccer Inovalon Jim Hundemer Jim Sparks K Source Type: blogs
Medicare coverage saves lives. Enrolling shouldn ’ t be this complicated.
I never imagined I’d be crying on vacation in Hawaii, but there I was, overwhelmed with worry because my 71-year-old mother’s Medicare Part B enrollment had been denied. A naturalized U.S. citizen, my mom had been living overseas with a rare blood cancer for 20 years. By December 2021, her end-stage disease required bi-weekly blood transfusions;
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Medicare coverage saves lives. Enrolling shouldn’t be this complicated. originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH Tags: Physician Medicare Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Studies and Reports
So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data, according to a Sophos survey. That’s down from 34% last year.
Althou...
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The administration can take steps to advance a more equitable system for Medicare beneficiaries to receive home-based services and bolster family caregivers.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - November 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Barbara Lyons, Jane Andrews Source Type: blogs
Pair Team Raises $9 Million Series A to Expand Access to Health Care Services for Medicaid ’ s Most Vulnerable Patients
Through its Value-Based Care Enablement Solution, the Round Advances the Company’s Efforts to Improve Care Across California
Pair Team, a virtual and community-based primary care solution connecting Medicaid’s highest-risk patients to high-quality care, today announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding. The financing was led by NEXT VENTURES, with participation from PTX Capital, Create Health Ventures, OCA Ventures, CHCF Innovation Fund, Kapor Capital, Augment Ventures, Newark Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Gaingels, and several notable healthcare angel investors including...
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It ’ s time for burnout to become a quality metric
I completed a fellowship in quality improvement, making quality metrics an integral part of my career for the past 15 years. At times, these metrics can be frustrating, especially when reimbursement is tied to constantly shifting targets. Yet, health systems invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to improve quality metrics because Medicare mandates
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It’s time for burnout to become a quality metric originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Trina E. Dorrah, MD Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Since you ask . . .
I got about six comments on my previous post saying " Okay, Krugman says there are solutions for Medicare and Social Security but the Democrats don ' t have any and aren ' t proposing anything. " Err, no.Sayeth the New York Times: As a candidate for president, Mr. Biden
proposed adding a new tier of payroll tax contributions for people with
incomes over $400,000. That would extend solvency by roughly five years.
The Social Security 2100 Act, sponsored by Representative John Larson,
Democrat of Connecticut, enjoys widespread support in the Democratic
caucus. It mirrors President Biden ’s payroll tax proposal.Soc...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Rube Goldberg Would Be Proud
By KIM BELLARD
Larry Levitt and Drew Altman have an op-ed in JAMA Network with the can’t-argue-with-that title Complexity in the US Health Care System Is the Enemy of Access and Affordability. It draws on a June 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation survey about consumer experiences with their health insurance. Long stories short: although – surprisingly – over 80% of insured adults rate their health insurance as “good” or “excellent,” most admit they have difficulty both understanding and using it. And the people in fair or poor health, who presumably use health care more, have more problems.
Health insurance...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Employers Health system change Kim Bellard Medicare PBMs Source Type: blogs
Medicare and Social Security
Since it was a Krugzilla column about the Republican plan to drastically cut Medicare and Social Security benefits, I ' ll let the Krug answer the people who say " But we have to cut these programs, we can ' t afford them, what are the Democrats going to do about it? "Here ' s your gift link. By all means do read, but let me summarize the main points. First, regarding Social Security, the rise in cost resulting from the Baby Boomers retiring and the general aging of the population will actually be pretty modest, from about 4.9% of GDP today to 6.4% in 2052, according to CBO projections. And that ' s assuming that life...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Elihu yammers on
I will address the question of the sustainability of Medicare and Social Security anon. I will say that while I don ' t know that there ' s a single, unified Democratic plan there are certainly some viable proposals. Unfortunately, right now I ' m stuck with posting more endless gibberish. Fortunately, today ' s post concludes our encounter with the logorrheic Elihu, after which the story will begin to move on.36 And Eli ′hu continued, and said:2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God ’s behalf.3 I will fetch my knowledge from af...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
AusHealthIT Poll Number 720 – Results – 29 October, 2023.
Here are the results of the
poll.
Has The Move To A Commonwealth Funded Health Insurance System (Medicare),
As Developed By Bill Hayden, Been A Good Thing, In Hindsight, For Australia?
Yes 21 (84%)
No
3 (12%)
I Have no Idea (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Unlocking value-based care: challenges and incentives
Value-based care is everywhere. It is really having a moment right now. It has taken on many forms, from the Medicare Advantage home care models to the employer-based direct primary care, but certain aspects of it remain consistent across all delivery forms. Physicians or physician organizations are expected to meet certain expectations and patient outcomes
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Unlocking value-based care: challenges and incentives originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Anna Gladstone, DO Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
