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How Remote Patient Monitoring Can Change At-Home Cancer Care

February 5, 2024 - Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is changing the chronic disease management landscape by allowing clinicians to track patient outcomes and assess their needs on a continuous or near-continuous basis. In cancer care, remote monitoring can help clinicians manage symptoms and provide timely treatment for patients, enhancing patient outcomes and experience. This is what Glen Peterson, DNP,...

How to Reinforce, Expand the Home Healthcare Nursing Workforce

April 10, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

As home healthcare expanded during the coronavirus pandemic, the home healthcare nursing workforce had to grow with it. As the nation emerges from the pandemic, healthcare leaders must discern how to...

How One Primary Care Organization is Boosting Value-Based Care for Seniors

October 24, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Delivering high-quality, value-based care is a strategic goal for most US healthcare organizations, though the means to the end varies. For one senior-focused primary care provider, in-home care...

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...

NIH Funds Machine Learning, Omnibus Bill Expands Medicare Telehealth

March 16, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

A new grant issued by the NIH will take advantage of EHRs and machine learning to diagnose a life-threatening circulatory disease better. In Congress, the omnibus spending package will boost access to...

HIPAA Modernization Bill, States Dropping Coronavirus Restrictions

February 16, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Legislators have been active recently, introducing two new bills to modernize healthcare. One bill seeks to modernize HIPAA and data privacy in the industry, while the other seeks to extend telehealth...

CVS Health to Leverage Community Reach to Expand Clinical Trial Access

February 08, 2022 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A recent collaboration between CVS Health and Medable looks to make use of the former’s influence in numerous communities to spur greater participation in clinical trials among hard-to-reach...

How Acute Home Healthcare Can Improve Senior Access to Care

September 27, 2021 by Kelsey Waddill

The case for acute home healthcare has become increasingly clear, Amal Agarwal, DO, vice president of home solutions business development and strategy at Humana, expressed to Healthcare...

Tapping Community Paramedicine to Promote Value-Based Care

July 12, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

Value-based care efforts center around reducing the costs of care while improving value. To accomplish this, one organization in Central Florida is thinking outside the box by working with community...

How to Increase Provider Utilization of Remote Patient Monitoring

July 05, 2021 by Kelsey Waddill

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) took off during the coronavirus pandemic, but the industry will have to take decisive steps in order to build on that momentum, according to Eric Wicklund, senior editor...

CMS Proposes Better Home Health, Access; Telehealth Bills Target Rural Health, Diabetes

June 30, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

CMS issued two proposed bills that would expand home healthcare and access to health insurance exchanges. Meanwhile, Congress continues to push for telehealth bills that would increase rural access to...

HHS Funding Targets the Most Vulnerable, Debate to Extend Provider Relief Fund Ensues

May 19, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

As HHS continues to make American Rescue Plan funding available, their efforts signal an emphasis on vulnerable populations and communities. Meanwhile, lawmakers urge HHS to extend Provider Relief Fund...

Kaiser, Mayo Partner for Home Health; Self-Pay Strategies Pulls in $1.5M for Inspira

May 13, 2021 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Happy Thursday and welcome to a run-down on the latest developments across the healthcare industry. Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic Partner for Home Health Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic are...

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