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

HIT Consultant

Years before the pandemic, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) revolutionized the healthcare industry and encouraged a new approach to balancing all the variables: value-based care (VBC). As of 2021, nine in ten (88%) of US physicians had adopted electronic health records (EHRs), up from only 57% a decade prior.

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Two Healthcare Organizations Caught Up in Medicare Fraud Schemes

Compliancy Group

Sellinger commented, “These defendants admitted taking part in an elaborate and years-long scheme to use their specialty pharmacy to rip off Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. They paid bribes, kickbacks, set up phony jobs in doctors’ offices. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), said.

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Health Provider News

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Health Provider News – August 19, 2022

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Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. House approves sweeping climate, tax, health care package. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities. CALIFORNIA.

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Health Provider News

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Health Provider News – January 27, 2023

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