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For value-based care, virtual options aren't always beneficial, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Based on a study of patient visits across all hospital-based outpatient clinics in Maryland from 2012 to 2021, telehealth visits did reduce the overall number of future outpatient visits within 30 days of a telehealth encounter by 14% and saved $239 in total outpatient costs per patient, the new study found.

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MultiPlan Acquires Leading Healthcare Data and Analytics Firm Benefits Science LLC

Healthcare IT Today

The platform ingests, validates, and stores massive amounts of data with exceptional accuracy, and applies advanced descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to help employers and their advisors, commercial health plans and government health plans to optimize decision-making and financial and clinical performance.

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Consumer Health and Patient Engagement – Are We There Yet?

Health Populi

Several findings address patient and health engagement in this study, including: The failure of high-deductibles’ “skin-in-the-game” theory to turn patients into active health consumers. Contemporary health engagement for patients in the U.S.

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Trilliant Health Report Reveals Troubling Trends in US Healthcare: Costs Soaring, Health Declining

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new report from Trilliant Health paints a grim picture of the US healthcare system, highlighting escalating costs and worsening health outcomes despite increased spending. – The 2024 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report serves as a wake-up call for the US healthcare system.

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Curana Health, Innovaccer Partner to Accelerate Value-Based Care for Seniors

HIT Consultant

It achieved impressive gross savings of $2,235 per beneficiary per year, marking the highest per beneficiary per year savings for a first-year MSSP ACO since 2012.

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CVS Health to Acquire Oak Street Health

Healthcare IT Today

That care will be enhanced by CVS Health’s community, home and digital offerings. Together with CVS Health, we will have access to greater resources and capabilities to expand the reach of our platform, provide more opportunities for our teammates and, most importantly, make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients we serve.”

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How Social Determinants of Health Influence Compliance Culture  

YouCompli

Hogan , senior vice president and chief compliance officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, advanced a theory that social determinants of health (i.e., non-medical factors that influence patients’ health outcomes) can influence compliance rates.