The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care...more
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The transition of the US health care payment system from fee-for-service (FFS) to alternative value-based, budget-based, episode or procedure-based (e.g., bundled) and/or population-based payment models...more
The integration of technology into health care delivery is exploding throughout the health industry landscape. Commentators speculating on the implications of the information revolution’s penetration of the health care...more
7/12/2016
/ ACOs ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Big Data ,
Business Model ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Mobile Medical Applications ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Value-Based Payments
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