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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Jane Sarashon

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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VBC: Improving Healthcare Outcomes With A Strong Payer-Provider Relationship

HIT Consultant

Whereas providers were previously incentivized to focus on volume and offer a wide range of services, VBC changed the focus to reimburse providers based on improved patient health, decreased risk for chronic disease, and an increased likelihood of living a normal, healthy life.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

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Is ‘Float Pool’ Nursing the Way Out of the Staffing Shortage?

HIT Consultant

Becky Kahn, Chief Client Officer at Works & Trusted Health It’s no secret that health systems across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projected that the demand for registered nurses would hit more than 3.6 Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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How Do You Like Them Appeals?

Innovaare Compliance

How can health plans improve their Medicare appeals processes? For many health plans serving the Medicare population, they will have to automate more and more of their processes to capitalize on the growing demand for services. Every health plan requires people, workflows and technology to manage their Medicare population.

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Health Provider News – March 25, 2022

Hall Render

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act becomes law. Here are the top health systems by patient reviews. Sensitive health data of 50 million Americans hacked or breached last year: analysis. Private equity’s pandemic-era health care push. 12 million dollar drug lab, mental health center coming to Dothan.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%