primary care
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Team-Based Primary Care Offers a Solution for an Underachieving Healthcare System
Team-based primary care is needed now more than ever as our “on-demand” and mobile lives, complicated by a primary care shortage crisis, have led to a more transactional and fragmented healthcare experience.
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Why 2 CEOs Are Clamoring For New Primary Care Payment Models
Fee-for-services payment models in the primary care ecosystem are doing a poor job of keeping Americans healthy and reducing the nation’s massive amount of healthcare spending, two CEOs of primary care companies said during a recent webinar. They argued that stakeholders in the primary care space need to come together to support more value-based care arrangements to reduce costs, advance population health and improve the patient experience.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Nurse Practitioners’ Starting Salaries Are Rising Faster Than Those of Primary Care Physicians
As retail disruptors like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more and more primary care assets, the healthcare industry is seeing an increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners. In the case of nurse practitioners, this rise in demand is also boosting their salaries. Physicians’ starting salaries have remained relatively flat, but their average signing bonus grew.
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Health IT, Health Tech, Startups
Suvida Healthcare Taps Elation EHR to Help Power Care for Hispanic Seniors
Suvida Healthcare — a startup providing primary care for Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults — is adopting Elation Health’s primary care-specific technology platform. The platform comprises an EHR, as well as software for patient engagement, telehealth and revenue cycle management. Suvida’s chief medical officer said Elation beat out the competition due to its focus on both primary care and value-based care.
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Herself Health Secures $26M To Bring Primary Care to Women Ages 65+
Herself Health’s $26 million Series A funding round was led by Michael Cline, founding managing partner of Accretive, and included participation from Juxtapose. It comes six months after Herself Health raised $7 million in seed funding. In total, the company has raised $33 million.
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Zocdoc, Elation Health Partner to Increase Access to PCPs
Zocdoc recently struck a partnership with Elation Health to increase patients’ access to care. Now, any provider who uses Elation’s primary care-specific EHR can integrate their calendar into Zocdoc’s platform — meaning that the millions of patients who search for care via Zocdoc each month will have access to these providers’ real-time appointment availability.
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Aledade Rakes in $260M for Primary Care Network
Aledade’s $260 million financing round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, a new investor of the company. It also included participation from Venrock, Avidity Partners, OMERS Growth Equity and Fidelity Management and Research Company.
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Primary Care Missed Targets in the Quadruple Aim
Medical schools and residency training programs push trainees away from primary care and make primary care seem less prestigious. Medicare is the largest payer of graduate medical education, so Medicare could require additional outpatient primary care training in residency to encourage Family and Internal Medicine trainees to enter outpatient primary care, where the need is critical.
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CMS Tests New Primary Care Model in 8 States
The Making Care Primary Model will be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2034, in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Washington.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Study: Additional Federal Funding Is Needed To Address SDOH in Primary Care
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine discovered that the cost of providing evidence-based solutions for food, housing, transportation and care coordination is $60 per member per month on average. Existing federal funding covers $27 per member per month, less than half of the total cost.
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Clinicians Offer Snapshot from Day in the Life of Delivering Care at Teladoc Health
In a series of interviews, two Teladoc Health physicians and a therapist offered a window into a day in the life of delivering virtual care.
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Retail Clinics Are Gaining Momentum As They Vie for Their Piece of the Primary Care Pie
Retail clinic claims volumes have shot up by 200% in the past five years, according to a new report. The research argued that retailers are beginning to seriously compete with the traditional healthcare system when it comes to the primary care market — growth in retail clinic claims have greatly outpaced claims growth for urgent care centers, emergency departments and physician practices.
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BCBS Massachusetts Adds 3 Physician Groups To Primary Care Network
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has added Eden Health, On Belay Health Solutions and VillageMD to its primary care network. The physician groups will provide both virtual and in-person care to members.
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Northwell, Aegis Ventures Launch Startup to Diagnose 140+ Diseases Via Retinal Scans
Ascertain — a healthcare AI company creation platform formed last year by Northwell Health and Aegis Ventures — has launched its first startup. New York-based Optain, which has gained an initial seed investment of $12 million, is an AI company meant to enable earlier disease detection and prevention through retinal imaging.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Expanded HealthJoy, Teladoc Partnership Brings Virtual Primary Care Offering to Employers
Through an expanded partnership with Teladoc, HealthJoy is providing access to virtual primary care services for the first time. The company already offers employers services for areas including mental health, nutrition and musculoskeletal therapy.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
