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Employer and physician groups ask California legislature to mandate health insurers pay $2.5B of prospective monthly payments to primary care practices for 2020, 2021

Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 27, 2020May 27, 2020Categories Insurance, Primary Care Go Deeper
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How Iora Health responded to COVID-19 by quickly shifting to a virtual care model and then fundamentally redesigning their care processes

Rushika Fernandopulle Medium Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020Categories Medicare Advantage, COVID-19, Primary CareTags Iora Health Go Deeper
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With primary care practices in financial trouble, private insurance could help by temporarily boosting payments; Would benefit insurers in the long run through avoiding specialist coverage, further practice consolidation

Leemore Dafny, J. Michael McWilliams Health Affairs Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020Categories Primary Care, Insurance Go Deeper
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Survey says 50% of primary care doctors report no income from virtual visits in the last 4 weeks, with 13% predicting practice closure due to finances within the next month

Jeff Lagasse Healthcare Finance Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Primary Care, COVID-19
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MGMA report shows physician compensation has risen 5-9% over the last 5 years; Projecting compensation to suffer as a result of pandemic

Heather Landi Heather Landi Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020Categories Primary Care, Hospitals
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Hims & Hers add Spanish language primary care physicians to telehealth service; Targeting 15.1% of American Hispanics living without insurance coverage, offering $39 visits

Jonathan Shieber TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 21, 2020Categories Telehealth, Primary CareTags Hims Go Deeper
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Major employer groups ask congress to subsidize 90-100% of COBRA premiums for laid off workers, provide direct relief funds to primary care practices, and prevent mergers by practices accepting CARES Act relief funding

Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Employer Benefits, Insurance, Primary Care
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Experts opine on how COVID-19 could change U.S. healthcare industry, including telemedicine, employer-sponsored insurance, nursing homes, drug pricing, scope of practice

Lev Facher STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, Digital Health, Employer Benefits, Nursing Homes/SNF, Pharma, Primary Care, Public Health
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One Medical posts deeper than expected Q1 losses, but increases 2020 membership targets on better-than-expected Q1 membership growth

Heather Landi Fierce Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 15, 2020May 16, 2020Categories Primary CareTags One Medical
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Premera Blue Cross launches lower premium PPO plan that requires members to access primary care via 98point6 telehealth app

Susan Morse Healthcare Finance Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020Categories Insurance, Primary Care, TelehealthTags 98point6
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Stellar Health raises $10M Series A; Building an incentives platform for primary care physicians that pays them for value-based care-coordination activities

Christine Hall Crunchbase News Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020Categories Startups, Primary Care
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CDC study shows steep declines in number of routine vaccinations performed on children during the pandemic

Helen Branswell STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020Categories COVID-19, Primary Care
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How concierge doctors help patients operate outside the healthcare system, including getting them sought after coronavirus tests

Taylor Nicole Rogers Business Insider Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020Categories COVID-19, Primary Care
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Healthcare loses 1.4 million jobs in April; Dental accounts for 36%, physicians' offices 17%, hospitals 9.6%

Tara Bannow Modern Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020Categories COVID-19, Hospitals, Primary Care Go Deeper
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Babylon Health partnering with Mount Sinai Health Partners to bring telemedicine app, AI assistant, and symptom checker to New York; UK company intends to grow to operate in all 50 states

Heather Landi Fierce Healthcare Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 6, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Hospitals, Primary Care, TelehealthTags Babylon Health, Mount Sinai Go Deeper
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Walmart gets unanimous local approval for fifth health center in Georgia; 6,500 square foot facility is being constructed modularly to allow for easy expansion

Ben Nelms The Citizen Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 6, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Retail Healthcare, Pharmacy, Primary CareTags Walmart
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Analysis: How Oak Street Health, an 80,000 patient value-based primary care center network, shifted to delivering 93% of visits remotely

Griffin Myers, Geoffrey Price, Mike Pykosz NEJM Catalyst Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020Categories Telehealth, COVID-19, Primary Care
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Collective Health & One Medical study shows 45% reduction in per-member health spending for employees enrolled in One Medical membership program

Release One Medical Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 1, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Primary Care, Digital HealthTags Collective Health, One Medical
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Analysis: Primary care needs a new operating system; a technical infrastructure that supports a patient-centric, unbundled care experience

Julie Yoo a16z Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020Categories Primary Care, EHR, Health IT
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