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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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These services are enumerated in Section 2713 in the ACA , prompting Dr. Kavita Patel to assert in the first panel of the day that, “2713 is my favorite number.” Some of the most important areas of the Center’s impact include initiatives addressing low-value care, waste in U.S.

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Telehealth and Virtual Care Are Melting Into “Just” Health Care at HIMSS19

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Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility for paying the medical bill (via high-deductible health plans and greater out-of-pocket costs for co-payments).

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to resolve False Claims allegations Q&A with Ken DeFurio, CEO of the new Independence Health System St.