[Sponsored] MedCity News Editor in Chief Arundhati Parmar moderated a webinar with Elation Health executives Dr Sara Pastoor, head of primary care advancement, and Meaghan Sullivan, senior sales engineer. The post How Can EHRs Support the Shift to Value-Based Care and Reduce Clinician Burnout? appeared first on MedCity News.
LOS ANGELES — For nearly a decade, John Baackes has led L.A. Care Health Plan, a publicly run insurer primarily serving low-income Los Angeles County residents on Medi-Cal. It is by far the largest Medi-Cal plan in the state. Baackes, 78, who will retire after the end of the year, helped transform L.A. Care into…
Improved automation and data-driven solutions are optimizing the patient collections process, even as providers face rising costs, shrinking reimbursements, looming changes to credit reporting, and an ongoing push toward greater efficiency. How do current solutions stack up against these challenges? Matt Hanas, Lead Product Manager at Experian Health, shares responses to some of the questions…
CMS Innovation Center leading the way on including patient-reported measures in payment models
An expanded partnership with Humana will help Aledade’s FQHC and rural health clinic partners share savings in Medicare Advantage. The post Aledade, Humana Expand Value-Based Partnership to Support FQHCs and Rural Health Clinics appeared first on MedCity News.
Network seeks to advance approaches for integrating genomic information into six existing learning health systems
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has made combating fraud a centerpiece of his administration. Trump has said he will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs, and his Republican allies in Congress have made combating fraud a key argument in their plans to slash Medicaid. Trump also has empowered…
By aligning innovative scientific insights with strategic commercial pathways, the industry has the potential to fulfill its early promise – delivering safe, effective therapies that improve patient outcomes and create new opportunities for growth in the biopharmaceutical sector. The post Beyond the Hype: The Scientific and Commercial Future of Microbiome Medicine appeared first on MedCity…
UC Davis Health’s chief AI advisor discusses agentic AI and its evolving needs
In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. KFF Health News is identifying him by his initials because he fears being arrested for using illegal drugs. It had been several hours…