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The Three Foundational Elements of a Preventative Care Model for CVD
The rise in cardiovascular disease has reached epidemic proportions. According to the CDC, approximately 655,000 Americans die from heart disease each year, making it the leading cause of death in the US.[1] Many experts believe that the growing prevalence of chronic...
Is This the Value-Based-Care Tipping Point? Experts weigh in
The pandemic, doing in months what was projected to take years, has catalyzed a reaction that’s made virtual care part of healthcare's new normal. For example, telehealth has become ubiquitous, with many physicians seeing their telehealth volume increase by a factor...
Leveraging Third-Party Clinician-Led Care Teams to Enable More Effective and Profitable CCM, RPM, and TCM programs
Treating medical conditions is not the same as caring for patients. This is an important concept and the foundation of managing a large patient population with chronic illnesses such as hypertension or coronary artery disease. Yet making the move from episodic care to...
Believe
To say 2020 has been an unusual and stressful year is an understatement. Like any company in post-acute care, we started out the year very hopeful. And then a pandemic. Overnight we were faced with physician practices and senior living communities shutting down....
Population Health During a Pandemic: What ACOs Can Do to Weather the Storm and Come Out Ahead
As of August 21, the US had more than 5.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 174,000 deaths.[1] While the number of cases has decreased in most regions, other areas are now in an upswing. The same is true in other countries around the globe. It’s...
No More Excuses: Telehealth is Here, Making it the Perfect Time to Incorporate CCM into Your Population Health Strategy
Most of us thought—or at least hoped—we would be on the other side of the pandemic by now. But such as they are, we can’t predict with certainty how much longer it will last. While we wait for the much-anticipated vaccine, healthcare systems continue going above and...
No More Excuses: Telehealth is Here, Making it the Perfect Time to Get Your CCM Strategy in Place
Most of us thought—or at least hoped—we would be on the other side of the pandemic by now. But such as they are, we can’t predict with certainty how much longer it will last. While we wait for the much-anticipated vaccine, providers continue going above and beyond to...
Population Health During a Pandemic: What Physician Practices Can Do to Weather the Storm and Come Out Ahead
As of August 21, the US had more than 5.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 174,000 deaths.[1] While the number of cases has decreased in most regions, other areas are now in an upswing. The same is true in other countries around the globe. It’s...
Remote Patient Monitoring for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Can Reduce Diabetic Foot Users and Amputations
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States [1]. In 2018, there were more than 34.2 million Americans with diabetes, representing 10.5% of the population [2]. Another 88 million have been diagnosed with prediabetes, yet experts suspect the...
Telehealth Explosion
Telehealth, including virtual visits, has exploded in the last several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pace of the expansion may not continue. Still, due to widespread acceptance of the technology and the changes in medical practice operations accommodating...