Payer, Provider Value-Based Care Contract Targets Equity, Population Health

December 20, 2022acoBehavioral Health, palliative care, payer-provider collaboration, racial disparities, racial equity, Telehealth

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) has announced that it will renew its long-term value-based care contract with Jefferson Health. The provider will participate in Independence’s Total Value of Care value-based care program starting on January 1, 2023. Independence, a payer in southeastern Pennsylvania, has already been in a value-based care partnership with the non-profit health system and teaching…

Here’s what primary care will look like in the future

April 13, 2022acoPrimary Care, Telehealth

Covid-19 played a pivotal role in accelerating years of digital health adoption, with the proliferation of telehealth at the forefront. According to a McKinsey report, telehealth utilization for office visits and outpatient care increased by 78 times between February and April 2020, as patients, providers and payers sought to navigate the safe delivery of healthcare…

FLASH INTERVIEW — CareSignal — March 2022

March 3, 2022acoNo CommentsACO, ACOs, data integration, health data, health tech, health technology, healthcare data, Interoperability, normalization, remote monitoring, remote patient monitoring, RPM, Telehealth, transactional data, transactional health data, value-based care, vbc

 Remote monitoring for value-based care organizations. CareSignal Deviceless RPM is accessible, scalable, and cost-effective. Visit the CareSignal Exhibit Booth

What’s Ahead in 2022

February 10, 2022acodigital health, healthcare, Telehealth, value-based care, vbc

As 2022 unfolds, it is becoming increasingly clear that health care is at a crossroads. Do we keep reacting to crisis after crisis, potentially undermining our ability to provide consistent patient care over time? Or do we start rethinking traditional care delivery models, so they become nimbler and more attuned to our patients’ needs—the clinical…

Getting Beyond Parity: Telehealth as a Best Practice in Health Equity

January 31, 2022acohealth equity, SDOH, Telehealth, Telemedicine

The global pandemic spurred a rapid uptake of telehealth for nearly all health care providers and has permanently changed how health care is delivered. At present, providers and insurers are grappling with how to balance telehealth and in person care, focusing discussions around reimbursement models and logistical considerations. In this article, the authors discuss whether…

How a pandemic shines a brighter light on the need for SDoH innovation

November 26, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCOVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, health technology, healthcare technology, pandemic, SDOH, social determinants, social determinants of health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, value-based care, vbc, virtual care

In early 2020, healthcare leaders from payers to providers to technology services providers found themselves at a crossroads—innovate or fail to care for patients. I had the privilege recently of joining a virtual roundtable with a group of healthcare leaders to talk about the transformation of patient care, engagement and outreach. The panel focused on…

CHIME Reports Increased Patient Engagement Technology Use in 2021

November 18, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCOVID-19, pandemic, patient communication, Patient Engagement, patient engagement technology, patient outreach, patient technology, Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic has heralded in a new era of patient engagement technology and utilization, with healthcare organizations reporting new levels of patient portal, mobile app, online health information gathering, and digital health insurance card use, CHIME described in its 2021 Digital Health Most Wired report. These trends in patient engagement and experience of care come…

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: REMOTE THERAPEUTIC MONITORING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO CMS 2022 MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE

November 10, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Comments2022 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Physician Fee Schedule, remote patient monitoring, remote therapeutic monitoring, RTM, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Recently, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposal for it’s 2022 Physician Fee Schedule. Over the last several years, more non-traditional modalities of healthcare have found their way into the CMS reimbursement landscape. This is promising as it suggests that CMS is aligning themselves with consumer demand and technology developments by…

RECORDED WEBINAR: How Diagnostic Telemedicine Solutions Improve Eye Care Results Within The Diabetes Population

November 10, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsdiabetes, diabetes care, diabetes management, diabetic retinopathy, diagnostic telemedicine, diagnostics, ey care, eye-care, point-of-care testing, retinopathy, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Webinar

Download Slides In the year 2000, there were an estimated 20 million patients with diabetes. Today that number is around 30 million*. Unfortunately, a serious complication that affects this population’s eye care is not often discussed: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). In fact, DR is the number one cause of vision loss among people with diabetes but…

Developing value-based virtual partnerships: What health plans should know

September 9, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCOVID-19, health plans, pandemic, Payers, SDOH, Telehealth, value-based care, vbc, virtual partnerships

If there’s a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s the spotlight it has put on the role of value-based, virtual health care models to address issues such as access to specialists, healthcare speed and efficiency, and healthcare inequities. Indeed, approximately 75 percent of employers in a recent survey said they plan to ramp up their implementation…

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