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Becker's Hospital CFO Report | April 9, 2020
CMS announced April 9 that it has delivered more than $51 billion in payments to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the past week through the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program.
CMS
expanded the payment program to a broader group of healthcare providers in late March to help offset the financial impact of COVID-19. On April 7, the agency said it had distributed $34 billion in funds to healthcare providers and suppliers through the program in the past week
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Jerome Adams & Seema Verma | April 9, 2020
As our country responds to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, we are working rapidly to change the way we practice medicine to keep people safe. One critical innovation is the use of telehealth, which allows patients to use smartphones, laptops, and other widely available technologies to connect with your healthcare team..
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June 3-5, 2020 | Austin, TX
June 10-12, 2020 | Washington, DC
NAACOS Fall 2020 Conference
September 23-25, 2020 |
Washington, DC
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Health Affairs | April 3, 2020
The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a unique challenge to health systems and provider groups participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other alternative payment models. Like all health care institutions, they will face higher patient volumes, higher patient acuity, and shortages of staff, supplies, and space. However, by participating in models that hold them responsible for total costs of care, they also stand to lose financially as costs of care increase...
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NEJM Catalyst | April 8, 2020
The Covid-19 outbreak has created some quick, short-term opportunities for providers and patients to embrace telemedicine. And while the coronavirus-related exposure to and experience with this health care tool may help accelerate acceptance, clinicians must adopt a long-term, post-pandemic approach to ensure success.
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers and leaders from both the health care delivery side and the payer side were busy "reimagining" health care; but change was slow to occur because the economic incentives were not aligned with the vision. Covid-19 changed everything
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Exhibitor Spotlight
The Diabetes Eye Exam quality measure is commonly referred to as one of the most difficult care gaps to close. Since up to 50% of diabetic patients lack documentation of a retinal eye exam, ACOs and practices spend a significant amount of administrative time each year chasing charts to close this measure. At
Topcon
, we support practices to close this care gap at point of care with Topcon Screen to improve care coordination and risk adjustment within the diabetes population. This service takes less than 2 minutes per patient, is reimbursed by most insurance companies and meets the HEDIS specification for the Diabetes Eye Exam.
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