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How to Coordinate Mental Healthcare, Physical Care Amid High Demand

November 28, 2023 - The demand for mental health has increased significantly in the 2020s. Mental healthcare utilization grew 38.8 percent between 2019 and 2022 and spending on mental health jumped 53.7 percent in the same timeframe. The coronavirus pandemic was a key driver of these trends. It was disruptive and destructive to well-being, but it also opened many...

CMS Cuts Medicare Pay, AHA Sues HHS on Tracking Technology Policy

November 09, 2023 by Editorial Staff

In its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), CMS announced it will slash Medicare payments by 1.25 percent. Primary care and direct patient care providers received an...

Key Strategies for Exploring Generative AI Use in Health Insurance

October 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff

Artificial intelligence has been in use in the health insurance industry for decades, but the emergence of generative AI has stirred up new questions around regulation and appropriate use of these technologies in the health insurance...

Oracle Announces Generative AI Tool, Dana-Farber To Launch New Hospital

September 20, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

In this inaugural episode of Healthcare Strategies | Headlines, we dive into new technologies, partnerships, and data. Oracle has announced a new generative AI model that integrates voice commands into EHRs. The tool will be available...

The Importance of Care Coordination for Chronic Disease Management

March 06, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

Care coordination is essential for patients with chronic diseases whose treatment plans require provider input from multiple specialties. Treatment for diabetes—one of the most expensive chronic...

Addressing Data Sharing Barriers for Care Coordination from Jail to Community

November 21, 2022 by Hannah Nelson

Jails can provide opportunities to diagnose and treat individuals for HIV. However, supporting care coordination for formerly incarcerated individuals upon reentry into the community can be difficult...

Challenges, Benefits of Global Capitation Models from a Provider Perspective

October 17, 2022 by Kelsey Waddill

There are four major challenges that organizations face when they try to implement global capitation model, Michael Weiss, MD, vice president of population health for Children’s Hospital of...

How In-Home Primary Care Can Lower Costs, Boost Patient Satisfaction

June 13, 2022 by Kelsey Waddill

In-home primary care differs from traditional home healthcare and it can play a unique role in ensuring quality of care and access to care at a low cost for patients, according to Chris Dodd, MD, chief...

How 360X Specifications Can Support HIE for Care Coordination

June 06, 2022 by Hannah Nelson

As the digital health transformation progresses, stakeholders are looking to well-established data standards to support health information exchange (HIE) for care coordination. Holly Miller, MD, chief...

Value-Based Care is Improving Chronic Disease Management

February 24, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Nearly two-thirds of providers see value-based care as a way to improve relationships with patients and enhance care management strategies, according to reporting from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media. Currently, chronic diseases...

Bringing Payers, Patients into the Health Data Exchange Conversation

January 17, 2022 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The adoption of electronic health records and creation of health information networks have spurred greater health data exchange between providers. While plenty of work must be done to ensure providers...

Resignations Follow FDA approval of Alzheimer’s Drug; University Hospitals Focuses Healthcare Consumerism

June 15, 2021 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The approval by FDA of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm has led to the resignation of three committee members, citing disagreement with the department’s decision. The efficacy of the...

Isolation Posed Biggest Barrier for Senior Care During COVID-19

June 01, 2021 by Kelsey Waddill

While senior care providers faced various challenges during the pandemic, for many the biggest challenge was seniors’ isolation from family and loved ones, according to survey participants in...

How Telehealth Expands Collaborative Care in Private Practices

April 27, 2021 by Kelsey Waddill

For Sudhir Rao, MD, medical director at Pain and Spine Specialists of Maryland, coronavirus-era telehealth services opened up a new avenue for collaborative care and effective follow-up. When the...

Care Coordination, Engagement Central to Patient Experience

March 10, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

Patient experience has two central elements: care coordination and patient engagement. Findings come from a new report from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media. And these efforts have increased...

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