Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. How do care management interventions to mitigate SDOH as a risk for undesired health outcomes work?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brave Health , the largest virtual mental health provider and engagement platform focused on serving Medicaid populations, today announced a $40M Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures, with existing investors Union Square Ventures, City Light Capital and others joining as well.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This past week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 1196a/Assembly Bill 1673a into law directing all state-regulated health plans, including Medicaid, to cover comprehensive biomarker testing, clearing the path for more patients to access precision medicine treatments.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

"The ability to use and build from established standards in real-time and as part of screening practices that help identify specific needs related to insecurity is an important step in enabling more coordinated care and timely assistance or interventions needed to improve health outcomes," according to Argentieri, Meklir and Henry.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

What You Should Know: – Michigan is taking a major step forward in improving maternal and infant health by expanding access to the Philips Avent Pregnancy+ mobile app for Medicaid-eligible families. This success has led to: Over 1,000 Medicaid-eligible individuals connecting with home visiting programs.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Expanding those successful screening practices across departments and practices, like family medicine, maternal and infant health, pediatrics and cardiology, etc. Gathering reliable data for research that can explore associations between positive screens and health outcomes, healthcare utilization and cost.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

The virtual care services will be delivered without copays, out-of-pocket costs or deductibles for families with active insurance or Medicaid coverage. WHY IT MATTERS. "As pediatric primary care providers, we know the short- and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding," said Dr.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When a new member joins, MA plans usually lack insights into beneficiaries claim history, morbidity risk, and health behaviors. Without that data, understanding social risk becomes difficult for identifying beneficiary needs, guiding interventions, and ultimately improving health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to continue reimbursement for telehealth for 90 days beyond the end of the public health emergency. Make permanent the disaster waiver authority, enabling Health and Human Service to expand telehealth in Medicare during all future emergencies and disasters.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Director of Healthcare Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid – nearly a 14% increase from the beginning of 2020. A month before the public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, 87 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2024

What You Should Know: – Buckeye Health Plan and Cityblock are teaming up to provide integrated, community-based care to approximately 10,000 underserved Medicaid recipients in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton area.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

adults rate of uninsurance are highest in the states where Governors did not expand Medicaid, which are states indicated by the orange bars. This 2023 Scorecard of health system performance added a new metric to the analysis — Reproductive Care and Women’s Health. This domain encompasses health outcomes and access.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 10, 2024

What You Should Know: – Alliance Health , a managed care organization serving over 137,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina, announced a new partnership with Cityblock , a value-based healthcare provider for Medicaid and dually eligible individuals. ”

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 26, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ashley Perry, MPH, Chief Strategy and Solutions Officer at Socially Determined When Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 , it decoupled the Public Health Emergency (PHE) from the Medicaid program’s continuous enrollment provision, which was implemented as part of the PHE in March 2020.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

What You Should Know: – Wider Circle , which builds peer-driven communities nationwide to help people improve their health and quality of life through trusted connections, announced a partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan Maryland (CareFirst CHPMD).

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

These factors can significantly impact their ability to effectively manage their condition and achieve optimal health outcomes. As detailed in a recent brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies, HRSN are prevalent among Medicaid beneficiaries, particularly those living with chronic conditions like IRD.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Cityblock , a value-based healthcare provider specializing in Medicaid, announced a new partnership with Sunshine Health , a Florida managed care plan. – The partnership expands Centene Corporation’s , Sunshine Health’s parent company, existing relationship with Cityblock. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released data on its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative , which thus far has admitted 11,159 patients suffering from respiratory infections, heart failure and severe sepsis. Where is this data going to come from and what must hospital and health system IT executives do here?

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 3, 2023

Such programs have been shown to provide significant cost savings and be a cost-effective way to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities in underserved populations—particularly as Medicaid redeterminations threaten many individuals' access to care.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 26, 2024

million members through contracts with leading regional and national Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, Medicare Advantage plans, commercial insurers, and over one thousand employers. Notably, members continue to improve their health outcomes even three years later. Currently, Foodsmart serves over 2.2

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The payer mix of health insurance is typical, with 35% of patients representing government insurance such as Medicare or Medicaid, 60% commercial insurance, and 6% self-pay patients. Virtual-first primary care has been shown to improve health outcomes by increasing access, he reported.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). In states that have not expanded Medicaid, however, many postpartum women lose coverage.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Address Cardiometabolic Conditions and Maternal Health The three-year deal will leverage Walmart’s position as a retailer and provider of health and wellness services, and CareSource’s role in the administration and delivery of Medicaid, Medicare and other health plan benefits and services.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Medicaid population, who typically benefits from progress last, still grapples with harmful biases within the healthcare system that pose extreme barriers to care. For the Medicaid population, receiving this type of care is more challenging and increasingly necessary. Adequate representation is also a crucial piece of the puzzle.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Best Positioned to Deliver Transformative Technology that Accelerates the Industry’s Evolution and its Ability to Improve Health Outcomes HHAeXchange , a leader in homecare management solutions for providers, caregivers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and state Medicaid programs, today announced that it has acquired Sandata Technologies.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

– Using Gainwell’s advanced research platform and de-identified Medicaid claims data from select clients, Stanford concluded that 30 percent of patients prescribed opioids for the first time developed a dependency. Stanford used 180,000 de-identified Medicaid claims from six states.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

Joining Forces to Deliver Demonstrably Improved Health Outcomes and Meaningful Cost Savings to Patients, U.S. million eligible patients through more than 680 health centers across 41 U.S. Employer, and Union-Sponsored Clients Extends Reach to Serve 2.5 Million Eligible Patients and Over 630 U.S.

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

While still subject to legislative approval, the Executive Budget incorporates the recently approved amendment (“Waiver Amendment”) to New York’s Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration that includes $7.5 billion in Medicaid investments over the next three years. Services will be delivered via a two-tiered system.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What You Should Know: – MDwise and Cityblock Health , the first tech-driven healthcare provider for communities with complex health and social needs announced that they will be collaborating to provide high-quality, comprehensive care to 10,000 Medicaid members at launch in select Indiana communities, including Indianapolis.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2023

The partnership brings yet another level of important care services into the home for health plans using MedArrive, especially those that serve Medicaid beneficiaries. spends more than $320 billion – or 15 percent of the total health expenditure – treating or managing cardiovascular disease (CVD).

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. Under-investment in social determinants of health are major drivers of inequitable health outcomes in the United States. health system continue to exacerbate poor health and disparities. Uninsured people in the U.S. COVID-19 and the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2023

. – Ounce Community Health Workers (CHW) currently serve more than 2,000 D.C. residents, helping them enroll in Medicaid, apply for energy assistance, schedule PCP and pediatrician appointments, avoid eviction, and connect with community resources for transportation and nutritious food, among many other services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2019

American seniors are already comfortable with video call technology, the survey found, revealing 45% have used FaceTime, Skype or Google Hangout, and a quarter are already using a mobile phone health app.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Jeff Geier, Cyber Security Leader at Pivotalogic California’s bold new CalAIM Medicaid transformation program is restructuring what partnership for health looks like across the state. This support not only improves overall health outcomes but also contributes to the stability and well-being of the community.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

These successful projects evolved further into Medicaid demonstration programs and in 2005, the Deficit Reduction Act authorized two more avenues for states to offer a self-directed option. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act officially and broadly authorized self-directed services for Medicaid recipients. Today, more than 1.5

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

– Papa and Uber are working together to mitigate social isolation and negative health outcomes among Medicare and Medicaid recipients as well as those with employer health plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

More than 85% of patients report improved health after receiving care from Galileo. Galileo first launched with in-home care for Medicare and Medicaid patients, creating a framework to include social determinants of health in clinical analysis and to bridge gaps in healthcare education. Census Bureau.

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