Francois de Brantes on COVID-19, Healthcare Supply and Demand, and Episodes of Care (VIDEO)
May 27th 2020Managed Healthcare Executive recently had a wide-ranging conversation with de Brantes about COVID-19, the healthcare sector and how the precipitious drops in utilization and provider revenue may affect the future of bundled payment and other alternative payment models.
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Four Truths Guiding Healthcare’s Post-Pandemic Digital Transformation
May 27th 2020As the world has gone virtual during the coronavirus pandemic, so has healthcare. Digital transformation has accelerated at warp speed, with virtual care delivery going from rare exception to operating norm almost overnight.
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ASTRO Survey: Radiation Oncologists Are Seeing a Sharp Drop-off in Patient Volume, Revenue
May 25th 2020Despite facing challenges such as limited access to personal protective equipment (PPE) following the COVID-19 outbreak, radiation oncology clinics quickly implemented safety and process enhancements that allowed them to continue caring for cancer patients.
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Exploring the Challenge of Access to Mental Health Treatment
May 23rd 2020It’s difficult for people seeking mental health treatment to get it right now. COVID-19 has effectively halted most non-essential doctors’ visits and accessing behavioral health treatment is even more challenging than in the past due to limitations with residential treatment and outpatient group sessions.
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Where Should Care Management Reside in the Healthcare Continuum?
May 22nd 2020In today’s COVID-19 environment, care management has become more important than ever. Currently, about one in four Americans live with multiple chronic conditions, and when one considers that 80% of outcomes are determined by nonclinical factors, it’s an indisputable claim that people need help between healthcare encounters.
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How COVID-19 May Change a Trip to The Dentist’s Office
May 21st 2020As the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S., state governments mandated dental offices open only for emergency procedures. But in the coming weeks, some dental practices may resume regular appointments in individual states where businesses considered “essential” are allowed to re-open.
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Value-Based Care Takes On Dentistry
May 19th 2020Medical and dental care in the United States are like estranged colleagues: nominally on the same team but rarely, if ever, in touch with each other. Some value-based payment arrangements may start to mend the rift, which could both improve overall health and reduce healthcare costs.
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Tecentriq Gets Fifth FDA Approval in Lung Cancer
May 18th 2020FDA today approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as an initial treatment for adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for certain patients with high programmed-death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression, marking the fifth approval of the immunotherapy in lung cancer and the fourth in advanced NSCLC.
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