by KatJercich | Sep 23, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals, Telehealth
Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. epicenters of the COVID-19 crisis, were some of the first to feel the brunt of the disease’s effects. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face...
by Modern Healthcare | Sep 2, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Hospitals
Organizations that do not have significant racial and ethnic minority representation in senior leadership are less likely to make racial health inequities a priority. “Even with the best intentions, without having some sort of real understanding of the challenges...
by Alex Kacik | Jul 21, 2020 | Hospitals
A national primary-care physician association and an employer group have teamed up to develop a care model that aims to shift away from fee-for-service reimbursement. The American Academy of Family Physicians and National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions...
by smorse | Jul 16, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Hospitals
COVID-19 infection shows no signs of slowing in the United States, with a record number of 60,000 cases recorded in one day this week and the total nearing three million. (Hospitals) The United States is still “knee-deep in the first wave” of the...
by modern healthcare | Jul 13, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Congress should make primary care a top priority for the Medicaid program, the nonpartisan Bipartisan Policy Center said in a report Monday. The group called on Congress to support a comprehensive framework to improve primary care by directing HHS to help states share...
by John Birkmeyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Sound Physicians, Robert Bessler, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Sound Physicians | Jul 6, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Sound’s clinical team embarked on a transformation strategy to reduce spending on post-acute care and readmissions, which vary widely across hospitals and account for over half of total episode spending. (Transitioning) It also focused on ensuring that intensity of...
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