Transitional care

Unite Us Enables CBO Reimbursement Under Oregon's 1115 Medicaid Waiver

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Connect Oregon streamlines Medicaid billing for community-based organizations (CBOs) using Unite Us Payments, increasing access to vital social services for Medicaid members.

Key Points: 
  • Launched this month, the initiative will provide qualified community members with the equipment necessary for addressing challenging climate events, under the state's 1115 Waiver demonstration.
  • Unite Us' Payments will play a critical role in enabling the CCOs to streamline the community reimbursement process, build capacity for community-based providers, and expand access for Medicaid members.
  • In addition, the standardized build in Unite Us will help the CCOs with transitional care for members who move from one CCO to another."
  • Unite Us has collaborated with CCOs and health systems in Oregon since 2018 to streamline Medicaid billing for community-based organizations using Unite Us Payments, which increases access to vital social services for Medicaid members.

Highmark Health and Epic to Improve Payer-Provider Collaboration with Insights from Google Cloud

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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PITTSBURGH and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health today announced its collaboration with Epic and Google Cloud to support coordination across payers and providers, and to identify insights that personalize the consumer experience and improve health outcomes.

Key Points: 
  • Highmark Health to host Epic's Payer Platform on Google Cloud, which will reduce administrative burden, support more holistic care, and improve health outcomes
    PITTSBURGH and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health today announced its collaboration with Epic and Google Cloud to support coordination across payers and providers, and to identify insights that personalize the consumer experience and improve health outcomes.
  • Pairing that resource with Google Cloud's technology gives Highmark Health the ability to change the paradigm," said Tony Farah, MD, executive vice president, chief medical and clinical transformation officer, Highmark Health.
  • Google Cloud data analytics technologies, like BigQuery and Healthcare Data Engine , will facilitate  insights shared with provider partner organizations that use Epic, Highmark health plan staff, and Highmark members through other integrated digital channels such as the My Highmark member portal.
  • For Google Cloud, this means helping healthcare organizations accelerate their digital transformations to support personalized health journeys," said Amy Waldron, director, healthcare and life sciences strategy and solutions, Google Cloud.

Belmont Village Senior Living Highlights the Importance of Caregivers’ Mental Health on National Caregivers Day

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Friday, February 16, 2024
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As the number of caregivers grow in the United States, Belmont Village Senior Living , a leading developer, owner and operator of senior living communities, recognizes the importance of supporting caregivers, especially their mental health, this National Caregivers Day, Feb. 16, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • As the number of caregivers grow in the United States, Belmont Village Senior Living , a leading developer, owner and operator of senior living communities, recognizes the importance of supporting caregivers, especially their mental health, this National Caregivers Day, Feb. 16, 2024.
  • “Of the nearly 48 million caregivers, 26% are caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia, which can have a tremendous impact on a caregiver’s mental health,” said Joyce Mahoney, CTRS, APRS, Regional Vice President of Memory Care and Programming, Belmont Village Senior Living.
  • It may seem overwhelming for caregivers to arrange time for themselves, so Belmont Village Senior Living has outlined tips and resources for caregivers.
  • Prioritizing the physical and mental health of caregivers not only benefits the caregiver, but their loved one they are taking care of.

MEDITECH Signs 100th Expanse MaaS Customer

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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The platform recently signed its 100th customer through this full-service, cloud-based subscription model.

Key Points: 
  • The platform recently signed its 100th customer through this full-service, cloud-based subscription model.
  • “MEDITECH Expanse offered us the most flexibility to suit our unique needs as a Tribal Healthcare System, along with being price competitive," said Winnebago’s Chief Transformation Officer Austin Schanzenbach.
  • “The list of reasons why we are excited about moving to MEDITECH over our existing EHR would be exhaustive.
  • It will be like moving from a bicycle with a rusty chain, to a well-maintained automobile.”
    Another recent MaaS signing was Brant Community Healthcare System (Brantford, ON), MEDITECH’s first MaaS customer in Canada.

Belong Health Launches Belong Medical Group to Help Health Plans and Healthcare Providers Address Gaps in Patient Care

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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Belong Medical Group supplements existing care infrastructure with virtual and community-based resources to care for every member – even those that are historically hard to reach.

Key Points: 
  • Belong Medical Group supplements existing care infrastructure with virtual and community-based resources to care for every member – even those that are historically hard to reach.
  • Operating as a separate unit within Belong Health, Belong Medical Group is a transitional care organization that develops clinical programming and wraparound services to help plan partners, providers and provider groups care for members with chronic conditions during changes in their care plans.
  • “Belong Medical Group is an innovative new model of care delivery that ensures the full integration of services, reduces fragmented care and drives operational efficiencies.”
    By providing transitional care, Belong Medical Group helps plans serving D-SNP beneficiaries and providers participating in ACO REACH by:
    Bridging gaps in care through home-based and virtual specialty care services delivered by trusted members of Belong Medical Group’s Clinician and Care Management team.
  • Belong Health and Belong Medical Group stand as trusted partners who share our unwavering dedication to providing high-quality care to a complex population.

Pennant and John Muir Health Enter into a Home Health Joint Venture in the Bay Area, California

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
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John Muir Health has contributed its home health business to the new joint venture, which will be majority-owned and managed by a Pennant subsidiary.

Key Points: 
  • John Muir Health has contributed its home health business to the new joint venture, which will be majority-owned and managed by a Pennant subsidiary.
  • The new venture will provide home health services, including skilled nursing, physical occupational and speech therapy, home health aide and medical social work services to patients throughout the Bay Area under the name Muir Home Health.
  • Muir Home Health is poised to hit the ground running.”
    "We are grateful for the opportunity to strategically expand our Bay Area presence and build on John Muir Health’s legacy through Muir Home Health."
  • John Muir Health was advised on the joint venture by Sheppard Mullin.

By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice Merge to Become the Largest Independent Not-for-Profit Hospice Network in Northern California

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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LARKSPUR, Calif. and SAN MATEO, Calif. and DUBLIN, Calif., Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

Key Points: 
  • The three organizations are among the longest-standing not-for-profit hospices in California: By the Bay Health was the state's first hospice, while Mission was the first not-for-profit hospice in San Mateo County and Hope one of the earliest not-for-profit hospices serving the East Bay Tri-Valley.
  • This affiliation remains in place expanding a comprehensive Bay Area network that addresses the multifaceted health needs of patients and families.
  • "Mission Hospice, By the Bay Health, and Hope Hospice share a rich history and commitment to serving the Bay Area community with comprehensive end-of-life care, education, and grief support," said Mission Hospice CEO Dolores Miller, RN, MN.
  • As a stronger combined organization, we can continue to provide compassionate end-of-life care that prioritizes the needs of patients and their families."

OSF Innovation doctor lends expertise to U.S. presidential panel

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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The President's Cancer Panel is a federal advisory committee that reports on barriers to progress in reducing the burden of cancer.

Key Points: 
  • The President's Cancer Panel is a federal advisory committee that reports on barriers to progress in reducing the burden of cancer.
  • This year, the panel is conducting a series of public meetings to discuss the current landscape of patient navigation.
  • OSF HealthCare will soon expand cancer services across its Ministry when the OSF Cancer Institute opens on the campus of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria in February 2024.
  • OSF Innovation was launched in 2016 as a multidisciplinary innovation center focused on internal and external innovation to solve the largest health care challenges.

Premier, Inc. Reports Fiscal-Year 2024 First-Quarter Results

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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GAAP net revenue was driven by an increase in Performance Services segment revenue partially offset by a decline in direct sourcing products revenue.

Key Points: 
  • GAAP net revenue was driven by an increase in Performance Services segment revenue partially offset by a decline in direct sourcing products revenue.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $105.7 million increased 5% from $101.1 million in the prior-year period primarily due to increases in each segment's adjusted EBITDA.
  • During the first three months of fiscal 2024, the company paid aggregate dividends of $25.8 million to holders of its Class A common stock.
  • As previously announced and considering its ongoing strategic review, the company will not be providing fiscal year 2024 guidance at this time.

InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Reliq Health’s Signing of Significant New Contract with a Leading US healthcare Company with 75 Locations in 8 States

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reliq Health Technologies Inc. (TSXV:RHT) (OTCPink:RQHTF) (FSE:MHN2), a rapidly growing global healthcare technology company developing innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multibillion-dollar Healthcare market, has signed a significant new contract with a leading US healthcare company.

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reliq Health Technologies Inc. (TSXV:RHT) (OTCPink:RQHTF) (FSE:MHN2), a rapidly growing global healthcare technology company developing innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multibillion-dollar Healthcare market, has signed a significant new contract with a leading US healthcare company.
  • A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on the image or link below:
    For more information, please view the InvestmentPitch Media video which provides additional information about this news and the company, along with video comments from Dr. Lisa Crossley, CEO of Reliq Health.
  • Based in Hamilton, Ontario, with offices in Florida and Texas, Reliq specializes in developing innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multibillion-dollar healthcare market.
  • Investor Relations in the United States is handled by Ben Shamsian of Lytham Partners, who can be reached at 649-829-9701 or by email at [email protected] .