Patient Centered Care

Direct Primary Care Increases Patient-Centered Care Access

February 4, 2021 - Direct primary care (DPC) services may boost care access in Massachusetts by providing the most vulnerable populations with cost-effective, patient-centered care, according to a new Pioneer Institute study. Under direct healthcare models, patients pay providers a monthly fee that covers a predetermined set of services. While it is most used in...


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Intermountain, Sanford Announce Intended Healthcare Merger Deal

by Samantha McGrail

Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health have announced a healthcare merger deal to improve access to high value healthcare across the US. Headquartered in Utah, the combined organizations will...

Amazon Launches Health Centers to Boost Employee Access to Care

by Samantha McGrail

Amazon and Crossover Health launched a healthcare pilot to establish local, convenient health centers near Amazon fulfillment centers and boost access to care for employees and their families. The...

CAQH CORE Approves 2-Day Limit for Prior Authorization Response

by Samantha McGrail

CAQH CORE recently voted on a new rule to set a two-day time limit to speed up the prior authorization process, according to a recent press release. Under the new rule, CAQH CORE participating...

Physicians Propose 5 Quality Measures to Improve Medical Billing

by Samantha McGrail

Medical billing quality is a type of medical quality and should be tracked the same way healthcare organizations track medical complication rates and other quality indicators, two physicians from Johns...