The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the calendar year (CY) 2022 medicare physician fee schedule final rule. You can read all the details here. While it was great to get further clarification from CMS regarding the status of the PHE waivers, CMS is looking to collect more…
Advances in Virtual Care Delivery: New Telemedicine Experiences
There has been an Interesting variety of recent articles focusing on the expansion of and advances in virtual care delivery services. As the usage of telemedicine services increases, there are some key takeaways highlighted in this month’s trends. The need for improving the virtual care experience for both patients and…
How Healthcare Organizations are Implementing Innovative Virtual-first Care Models
Last month, we reviewed the trend of consumer-facing health companies expanding their healthcare presence. This month we are reviewing, how hospitals and legacy health care organizations are re-designing and implementing innovative care models. Here are several new studies and a new service which highlight this trend. New Primary Care, Retail and Tech…
The Virtual Primary Care Explosion
Following Walmart, Amazon, and Ro’s entry into the virtual primary care arena earlier this year, more and more organizations are ramping up their efforts in this arena. Over the past few weeks CVS, UnitedHealth Group subsidiary – Optum Store, and Carbon health have recently launched their own direct-to-consumer primary care…