Medicare's Chronic Care Management program reduced emergency room and in-patient hospital visits and lowered total health spending, but uptake has been sluggish for a variety of reasons.
C-SNPs are Medicare Advantage plans formulated to meet the desired needs of people living with chronic diseases. These plans are different from traditional Medicare plans because they’re only available to people who fit the special needs category that the plan serves.
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.
As the U.S. healthcare system works to focus on the move to preventive, personalized care for patients, it’s time to turn the tide on diabetes by addressing the three Cs of chronic disease care: compassion, coordination, and community.
Executives from Geisinger and UNC Health discussed the most impactful ways they have deployed predictive AI across their health systems during a recent virtual panel. At Geisinger, these predictive algorithms are reducing avoidable emergency department admissions, and at UNC, they are helping to identify sepsis before it becomes severe.
Rich multimedia content, chatbots and human interaction all play important roles in helping new health technologies become part of a patient’s lifestyle.
Paul Markovich believes in the value of health tech in managing both chronic diseases and in general health and wellness. In this episode, he talks about the company's Wellvolution platform and the digital tools that are offered there to members, now even to those on Medicaid.
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.
If you ask any physician about treating patients with chronic conditions, chances are they will tell you that our current healthcare system is failing these patients. I am no different. For patients with heart failure, type 2 diabetes, or hypertension, a quarterly office visit simply cannot provide the level of care needed to make the […]
Steve Driver is an interventional cardiologist as well as medical director of digital therapeutics at Advocate Aurora Health, which last year merged with Atrium Health. In this episode, he talked about a pilot involving Omada Health targeting a prediabetes population, among other things.
Season one focusing on chronic disease management kicks off with a conversation with Stephanie Tilenius, CEO of Vida Health that aims to treat both the mind and the body.
Was Livongo a good business? As Burke, now CEO of Quantum Health, touts its strength to investors ahead of a potential IPO, should the Livongo-Teladoc history give them pause?
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
To help address the diabetes epidemic, providers should incorporate remote patient monitoring into the standard of care, according to Kaiser Permanente physician Dr. Sos Mboijana. When treating chronic conditions like diabetes, having access to a continuous flow of patient data is critical, he said.
Ochsner Health recently released the results of its digital health pilot program for Medicaid patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The program, which combines remote patient monitoring with personalized care teams, did an efficient job at bringing down patients’ blood pressure and hemoglobin A1c levels.
Should we start treating menopause as a disease condition? In our view, it's a chronic disease condition that can go beyond two decades for some women, resulting in silent suffering.
Of all systematic changes to healthcare, these four adjustments would be easy enough to roll out quickly and would have a massive impact on the country’s health outcomes
By following the patient at each stage of its disease progression, from diagnosis to disease management, and integrating a variety of technologies, digital health provides deeper insights and help for care management.