In the News: Oct 6–13
By Sg2 TeamThis week: virtual health reform needed for primary care visits; Medicare Advantage plan offerings are expanding; COVID-19 has negatively impacted adults’ mental health
This week: virtual health reform needed for primary care visits; Medicare Advantage plan offerings are expanding; COVID-19 has negatively impacted adults’ mental health
This week: AI reduces MRI no-shows; ACOs show greater cost savings; and number of uninsured Americans increased before COVID-19
This week: maternal mortality data offer insights into women’s health; survival rates improve with home monitoring; and transitioning from FFS in primary care
This week: Health system successfully integrates holistic care model; start-up scales women’s health; and early predictions underestimate COVID-19’s impact
This week: Integrating health and human services; leveraging social workers in primary care; and supplying ventilators to areas in need
Pediatric shift to value is driven by changes to Medicaid delivery at the state level and led by engaged physician leaders--the largest strides come from institutions that own health plans.
This week: Analytics for care coordination and ED utilization; machine learning informs clinical decisions; data help provide whole person care
This week: A study explores alternatives to opioid prescriptions and pregnant women are not getting recommended vaccines.
Having a dedicated approach to partnership strategy can help get an effective, and ultimately successful, partnership off the ground.
This week: App-based service helps patients locate the “right” doctor; collaboration can aid rural health provider shortages; waste accounts for 25% of US health care spending
CMS’s recent release of claims data related to the BPCI-Advanced program has increased anxiety levels across the country. Providers currently participating in, or considering entering into, the BPCI-Advanced program for...
This week: A new app to help parents of preemies with care coordination, an underutilized Medicare program for diabetic patients, and a new partnership focuses on reducing infant mortality.