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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019. We spent some time discussing one unique aspect of MDPCP, a tool to reduce avoidable health services developed by the University of Maryland's Hilltop Institute.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Systems of care, organizations, and payors are called upon to prioritize financial investment in training programs, electronic tools, or other infrastructure to support effective implementation of MBC as part of routine care. Routine outcome monitoring and feedback on physical or mental health status: Evidence and theory. link] 16.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

Prior authorization mostly happens behind the scenes, almost always electronically, and nearly all requests are quickly, or even instantly, approved. For most patients, though, the process works seamlessly. But the use of prior authorization has also increased in recent years. But history suggests that would create new problems.