Only 21% of primary care physicians feel they are fairly compensated, according to a new report from Pearl Health. However, primary care physicians who participate in an ACO were 56% more likely than non-ACO participants to believe they are paid fairly. ACO participants were also 15% more likely to believe that the way they generate revenue allows them to deliver holistic care.
Yuvo Health — a startup focused on enabling value-based care at FQHCs — recently raised $20.2 million in Series A funding. The company is using the money to expand its reach from New York to Ohio.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
NeuroFlow — a company that provides behavioral health integration software — struck a new partnership with Atlantic Health System, which will be using the company's technology across 16 ACO sites. The health system's goals for the partnership are to expand access to behavioral health professionals, alleviate administrative burden among primary care practices and improve performance in its ACO’s value-based contracts.
Aledade, a startup that partners with independent practices to establish accountable care organizations, raised $123 million in a Series E funding round. The company plans to use the money to advance its partnerships with Medicare Advantage plans and add solutions to its new healthcare services subsidiary.
The Biden administration aims to have all Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in alternative payment models by 2030. Aneesh Chopra, the federal government's first-ever chief technology officer and currently president of CareJourney, says this push for alternative payment models will lead not only to a reduction in unnecessary expenditures but also higher preventive service utilization and more primary care visits.
The Series B funding round was led by Enhanced Healthcare Partners. Hoboken, New Jersey-based Vytalize has grown its patient base 150% year-over-year and is now partnered with 280 primary care practices across 16 states, according to the company.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Eleven provider organizations sent a letter to HHS urging them to reconsider the new rules around quality measurement and reporting for ACOs. One of the reasons these rules are burdensome and should be revised is the lack of EHR interoperability, they said.
Dubbed the CMS Primary Cares Initiative, the program aims to reduce administrative burden for providers, while incentivizing clinicians to spend more time with patients and focus on preventive care.
Mercy ACO lacked a solid way to connect its data from disparate sources, so it worked with Innovaccer and its data platform to help solve the issue.
Since January 1, Walmart employees at 55 Walmart, Sam's Club and Walmart Distribution Center locations in the metro-Atlanta area have been able to choose the Emory Accountable Care Plan as their primary health plan.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
On February 2, CMS said it has chosen to call off the Direct Decision Support Model. This follows a similar decision last year to cancel the Shared Decision Making Model.
Large companies are increasingly including services like telemedicine in employee benefits packages, according to a new survey from the National Business Group on Health. But do such offerings actually help reduce healthcare costs from an employer perspective?
A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine found hospitals participating in one or more value-based programs have lower readmission rates.