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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The public health emergency did not create the telemedicine industry. The wide-ranging report – which focuses only on commercial health insurance laws, and not Medicaid rules – notes that, although telehealth coverage has widely expanded, not all of these laws are equally effective at ensuring access to virtual care.

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Why Value-Based Care Requires Value-Based Administration

HIT Consultant

This is despite a recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicating a trend toward payment model simplifications. These partners may include health insurance carriers, risk-bearing entities like ACOs, clinically integrated networks, and carve-out programs from chronic disease management.

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Health Provider News

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

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White House looks to CMMI to test new ways to lower drug prices

C&M Health Law

CMMI has broad statutory authority not only to test, design, and implement health care payment and delivery models for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but in certain instances, can implement such models without Congressional action.