OSAP accreditation ensures adherence to health data processing standards and compliance with security infrastructure and integrity requirements.
According to the Commonwealth Fund, nearly 15 million Americans lost employee-sponsored health insurance as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This number, coupled with staggering rates of unemployment, have forced many to cancel non-emergency medical procedures. Even necessary and routine care has been put on hold due to high costs and fear of contracting …
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Like most people during this season of giving, I tend to get somewhat reflective.
When: Thu, Nov 17, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST FREE WEBINAR: Join Barbara Wiggins-Banks of the Prince George’s Healthcare Alliance© and Sita Kapoor of HealthEC® to learn more about how these two organizations have pioneered the way forward to effectively address SDoH needs by developing the non-profit’s ability to identify beneficiaries most in …
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While the immediate fears, uncertainty, and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have practically disappeared, the mental health crisis sparked by these issues have not been so easily erased. Moreover, the number of people who need mental and behavioral health services continues to surge.
“We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present. ― Thomas A. Edison
A clinically integrated behavioral health network was created to improve the integration of behavioral and physical healthcare by serving Medicaid beneficiaries in collaboration with payers. The evolution and transition to behavioral health value- based contracting was an initiative that proved rewarding for the Independent Practice Association (IPA) providers and patients.
The Medicare Shared Savings Program, the accountable care organization (ACO) model that served 10.6 million seniors in 2020, collectively saved Medicare $4.1 billion last year, and $1.9 billion after accounting for shared savings payments, according to the National Association of ACOs and as recently published in Healthcare Finance. 513 ACOs participated in the Shared Savings …
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We know data from population health technology can assist the provider organizations to make management strategy decisions that make a significant impact in disease management, for instance, with diabetic populations thanks to sophisticated technology and tracking tools that add real-time data from remote monitoring devices to influence the drug regime changes for optimizing patient outcomes, …
It was recently calculated the United States spends $3.8 trillion — or 18 percent of the national economy — on healthcare. The current healthcare landscape indicates this spending rate will not slow anytime soon due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing healthcare crisis. Value-based care models like Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) have …
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