Physicians
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Telemedicine, Legal, Physicians
CMS proposes to cover mental health virtual visits through 2022
In the 1,747-page rule, which will be finalized later this year, CMS proposes expanding access to telehealth for behavioral healthcare, including for the first time allowing Medicare to pay for mental health virtual visits when they are provided by rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers and letting providers offer audio-only telehealth visits for certain services.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Physicians
All roads lead to the EHR
While the avenues of care delivery keep growing with new technologies and include care away from the traditional office setting like telehealth, a patient’s electronic health record remains the backbone of that care – no matter how it’s delivered.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Physicians
Using advanced analytics to look at the ‘whole person’ for better value-based care delivery
By embracing flexible healthcare analytics solutions that measure and analyze across different data sources and promote a holistic approach to healthcare delivery, providers are better positioned to drive value-base care success.
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Hospitals, Telemedicine, Physicians
Report: Telehealth use plateaus, but still 38 times higher than pre-pandemic levels
Though telehealth use has dropped since hitting its peak last April, it has stabilized at a much higher level than before the pandemic, says a new report. But not all specialties utilize telehealth equally, with uptake especially high in psychiatry and substance use disorder treatment.
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Cano Health buys Doctor’s Medical Center for $300M
Senior-focused primary care provider Cano Health acquired Doctor’s Medical Center for $300 million, which adds around 54,000 new members and 18 medical centers to its roster. This is the second major acquisition for Cano Health in less than a month. The company bought University Health Care for $600 million in mid-June.
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The Dynamic Duo: How virtual scribes and artificial intelligence can reduce physician burnout and improve patient satisfaction
AI-powered automation tools, when combined with specialty trained virtual scribes, become a dynamic duo that acts as an extension of the clinician’s care team.
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Don’t be fooled by a full waiting room—ambulatory care offices are being left behind
No matter where you sit in the ambulatory continuum, whether primary care, a specialist, or urgent care operator, you will face challenges with new digital-first competitors.
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Hospitals, Health Services, Physicians
Report: As ambulatory visits fell in California, kids saw steeper declines than adults
In late March 2020, ambulatory visit volumes fell by more than 50% compared to pre-pandemic levels in California, according to a report by the state’s largest nonprofit health information network. Declines in visits were greater among children and adolescents than adults, which is “concerning,” the CEO of the HIN said.
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MedCity Pivot Podcast: A conversation with Dr. Robert Pearl about how best to transform physician culture
In this episode, Dr. Pearl who led the Permanente Medical Group for almost two decades and is the author of a new book on physician culture, reveals how doctors may be unintentionally harming the healthcare system and how that culture needs to be transformed for the betterment of all involved.
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Digital medicine: Solving the mental health crisis
Through digital therapeutics, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to reinvent how we develop and deliver medicine.
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Health IT, Startups, Physicians
Former CMMI director’s new company will focus on value-based rural healthcare
Main Street Health, launched by former Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Director Brad Smith, aims to provide value-based care solutions in rural America. The company’s first step will be to partner with primary care clinics, urgent care centers and independent pharmacies to implement a program that will coordinate care for seniors.
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Report: Hospitals, insurers, PE firms own nearly half of physician practices
The Covid-19 pandemic spurred the rate of physician practice acquisition by hospitals and corporate entities, like payers and private equity firms, a new report shows. As a result, by January 2021, about 48% of physician practices across the country were owned by one or the other entity.
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Medical Devices, MedCity Influencers
3D printers: Why you need to seriously start thinking about this technology
3D printers are going to be an integral part of the dentist’s office – and it is the right time to think about buying one for your practice as well.
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Medical Devices, MedCity Influencers, Physicians
Enhancing the management of cardiac device data: One physician’s journey to improving operational workflow
As clinicians, we are positioned to understand obstacles and identify solutions that others cannot and likely will not recognize. That is exactly why we must always help drive the creation of solutions that can truly improve care delivery and operational efforts critical to the long-term viability of cardiac practices.
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Cano Health’s $600M acquisition will add 24,000 MA members to its roster
Cano Health, which provides primary care services for seniors, bought Miami-based University Health Care for $600 million. University Health Care serves approximately 24,000 Medicare Advantage members, which will bring Cano Health’s membership to around 143,000.
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Kaiser Permanente, Centene, others join White House effort to boost vaccination rates
Several organizations, both providers and payers, have pledged to help the White House achieve its goal of administering at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to 70% of Americans over the next month. These organizations are launching various initiatives to engage the unvaccinated, including call campaigns and financial incentives.
