Humanizing Healthcare
The field of healthcare has taken a lot of leaps in recent years. There used to be a time when patients had to physically show up at the hospital for a check-up to get their tests done and wait for the results. Nowadays, they may have their tests done at
The Chronic Care Management (CCM) program provides care coordination services outside regular in-office health visits for patients with multiple chronic conditions. This program allows healthcare providers, clinical specialists, and physician’s assistants to bill for at least 20 minutes of care coordination services per month. If you’re looking to implement a
The entire healthcare industry has used current Procedural Terminology codes or CPT for a long time. They provide some form of uniformity in the type of service being given by qualified healthcare professionals. Recently, these codes have been updated with regards to remote patient monitoring to make it more robust.
50 percent of patients receiving chronic care management are not taking their medications correctly. This might not seem significant but this negligence in medication adherence actually affects the patient’s health and has huge consequences in the country’s healthcare bill, too, as it can drive up costs up to $300 billion
Living with diabetes requires building healthier habits, especially since it involves making necessary dietary restrictions to manage the life-long condition. Unfortunately, taking medications as prescribed by the doctor won’t cut it anymore—diabetes is the kind of condition that demands constant management of one’s lifestyle and health. Staying on top of
If you haven’t heard of integrated behavioral health care, it’s because it’s considered an emerging field within the healthcare industry. In simple terms, it can be described as any approach or situation wherein behavioral health, and medical providers work collaboratively. The care provided is systematic and more cost-effective. It may
In medicine, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a technology that allows a medical provider to monitor patients outside a conventional clinic setting. It uses a Bluetooth device to capture the patient’s health and measure physiological data information to share it or transmit it to a healthcare professional for diagnosis and
You’ve probably seen or heard about how certain patients who got discharged from the hospital suddenly had a turn for the worse and need to be readmitted once again. This is because of that critical period where the patient is discharged and will transition back into a home or community
Everybody experiences headaches from time to time. However, if you suffer from a constant headache for weeks or more, you may develop chronic daily headaches. This is an illness that lasts for weeks or months. Instead of just one form of headache, chronic daily headaches come in a wide range
The world is in the middle of a revolution that’s dramatically changing how people live, work, and learn. With various technologies emerging by the day—from mobile supercomputing and artificial intelligence to genetic editing and neuro-technological brain enhancements—it’s only a matter of time before society, as we know it, transforms into
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Profit Calculator Assumptions: 40% of total Medicare patients enrolling is based on (i) Medicare Chart Book’s data showing that ~68% of medicare patients qualify for CCM (2 or more chronic conditions), and (ii) that ~40% of eligible patients will enroll.
For typical providers, $46.67 of net profit per patient per month is based on a Medicare reimbursement per patient per month (national average) for various care management CPT codes.
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