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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI, CNE Launch Maternity Care Initiative
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Care New England, and its employed and interested community physicians recently announced the launch of an integrated care and payment model for obstetrical patients. Building on the depth and expertise of leading obstetrician/gynecologists at Women & Infants Hospital, the new initiative will strengthen care integration and improve patient outcomes and satisfaction to offer a superior end-to-end experience for mothers giving birth. This […]
Read MoreNew CMS Guidelines on Telemedicine Reimbursement Include ‘Significant Additional Coverage,’ Dan Verel, MedCity News
Buried in an almost 1200-page document for 2015 Medicare payments to physicians and practitioners were provisions paying for remote chronic care management using a new current procedural terminology. In addition, Medicare will cover remote-patient monitoring of chronic conditions. Previously, Medicare did not pay for separately for such services, requiring that such billing be bundled with an “evaluation and management” code,” according to the ATA. Also covered in 20105 are seven new procedures […]
Read MorePhase One of Union Village Construction Begins
The Margolin Group celebrates the ground breaking of Union Village, the nation’s first truly integrated health care village. Ceremony attendees included Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Henderson City Mayor Andy Hafen, both of whom noted the project’s potential to drastically transform senior care and living in Nevada, and ultimately, across the nation. Leslie Margolin, Co-Founder and CEO of The Margolin Group, joined the Executive Advisory Board for Union Village in […]
Read MoreWin⁴RI Partners Come Together to Develop Accountable Care Payment Model, First of Its Kind in RI
The Margolin Group is proud to be working side-by-side with the second largest hospital system, the largest physician organization and the largest insurer in Rhode Island as they work together, as equal partners, to build a more fully-integrated, high quality system of health care and coverage. The innovative ‘Win⁴RI Partnership’ launched a break-through Behavioral Health Pilot in February. Most recently, the partners announced the launch of an accountable care payment model in […]
Read MoreHealthPath Cited as Innovative Solution to Treatment of Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill in Rhode Island
A recent article by OpenMinds, a firm specializing in the dissemination of health and human service field market intelligence, supported the innovative HealthPath model, noting that this “new commercial model goes much beyond” ongoing Medicaid efforts to coordinate and deliver behavioral health care. The Margolin Group worked with stakeholders across the state to launch the HealthPath pilot and continues to work, in partnership, with these stakeholders to transform care and […]
Read MoreThe Margolin Group Supports Partnership of Diverse RI Stakeholders to Improve Behavioral Health Care
The Margolin Group is honored to be supporting its Rhode Island critical care, coverage and community clients in building – from conception to launch – an initiative that represents a significant step toward transforming behavioral health care and coverage across the state of RI. This transformative partnership improves public health, addresses the needs of vulnerable populations and delivers on the Triple Aim objectives of improving health and health access, enhancing […]
Read MoreThe Margolin Group congratulates WellPoint on receipt of Patient Safety and Quality Award
We at The Margolin Group enthusiastically congratulate WellPoint on its recent receipt of the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award offered by the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission in recognition of WellPoint’s “Patient Safety First” initiative. “Patient Safety First … A California Partnership for Health” is a rich example of an alliance that includes the Hospital Council of Northern & Central California, the Hospital Association […]
Read MoreEnrollment in Health Coverage Grows Among Young, Healthy
A recent press release by the Department of Health and Human Services has reported that a greater proportion of young, healthy Americans are signing up for health coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. “Nearly one in three Americans who have enrolled since October 1 are now younger than 35,” writes Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Click here to read the full Press Release. […]
Read MoreHealth Care as a Proportion of GDP Continues to Decline, According to a Recent CMS Report
According to a January 2014 Health Affairs article, growth in health care spending remained low for the fourth year in a row, only “increasing by 3.7 percent in 2012 to $2.8 trillion.” According to the article,”In 2012 the economy continued to modestly improve, and GDP grew faster than health care spending, causing the health spending share of the economy to fall slightly—from 17.3 percent to 17.2 percent.” Click here to […]
Read MoreUnion Village Project – the First Fully Integrated Health Village in the World – Approved by Henderson, NV City Council
According to a recent article published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Henderson City Council “unanimously approved owner participation agreements with Valley Health System LLC and the developer of Union Village.” This places the project, which has been supported since its inception by The Margolin Group, one step closer to construction, which is expected to begin in 2015 and be completed by the end of 2021. The article notes that […]
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