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New Amerigroup Texas Medicaid Benefit Allows Consumers to Access Health Care via Telehealth at No Cost

Amerigroup Texas is now offering the state’s Medicaid consumers the option to access medical and behavioral health care providers through telehealth visits at no cost. On August 1, the company launched a new Medicaid benefit that allows eligible consumers to log into LiveHealth Online, a service powered by American Well, through a smartphone, tablet, or computer with a webcam, to visit with board-certified doctors, licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Because this telehealth option is being extended as a benefit, eligible Amerigroup Medicaid consumers do not...

New Accolade Total Care Guides People to the Best Providers and Supports Them at Every Stage of Care to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Employer Health Care Costs

Accolade, a provider of personalized advocacy solutions for employers, today announced a new solution that guides employees and their dependents (“members”) to the highest-performing doctors and other health care providers. Enabled by the company’s acquisition of MD Insider, Accolade Total Care combines data-driven physician quality insights with cost transparency to ensure that members have the best health outcomes while also reducing costs for them and their employers. “The health care consumer needs a fundamentally new experience—one that’s transparent, efficient, and personalized so they can get precise,...

Infusion Express Announces $22.5 Million Capital Raise, Rebrands as IVX Health

Ambulatory infusion center operator Infusion Express today announced completion of a $22.5 million funding round, which will enable the company to accelerate its nationwide expansion. Infusion Express also announced that it will rebrand as IVX Health. McKesson Ventures and Health Velocity Capital co-led the funding round, joined by existing investor Nueterra Capital and new investor CrimsonNox Capital. The new round of funding will enable IVX Health to accelerate the growth of its infusion centers, not just in its existing markets but in new markets around the...

Driving Patient Loyalty in a Consumerized, Value-Based Industry

Patient loyalty and outreach have been, and continue to be, key priorities for health care organizations. However, as the industry shifts from fee-for-service to value-based payment models, and patients become more like consumers, the path for achieving those goals has changed. John Ward, the senior vice president and chief information officer at Ohio-based TriHealth recently talked to Patient Management HIT about how his health system is making that transition. “When we were looking at our key performance indicators, we did not really see that we were losing...

OHSU to Become First Health System in Oregon to Implement Kyruus ProviderMatch®

Kyruus, a leader in providing search and scheduling solutions for health systems, announced that OHSU in Portland, Oregon, a nationally distinguished research organization, will use the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform to enhance patient access to providers and services across the OHSU health system. OHSU is building a comprehensive provider directory with KyruusOne®, Kyruus’s provider data management platform. This will enable the health system to unify its many disparate data sources and build detailed profiles with direct engagement from providers on their clinical areas of focus. A key...