LGBTQIA+ Health Equity Part One: Disparities in Healthcare By Nina Cloven Believe it or not, it was only 35 years ago when the American Psychiatric Association completely removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders. Like much of the progress for ... June 24th, 2022 Share
Thoughts from Keynoting PrimaryCare22 By Dr. Sara Pastoor Last week, Primary Care For America, a collaborative of 13 primary care-focused organizations – of which Elation is a founding member and the only tech company represented – ... June 6th, 2022 Share
Elation Health Cultivates Primary Care Vision with New Executive Hires By The Elation Health Team New leaders from athenahealth and Rocket Lawyer bring deep experience to accelerate Elation’s primary care technology platform. SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 /PRWeb/ – Elation Health, the ... May 19th, 2022 Share
What is direct care? By Gabby Marquez As the name suggests, direct care describes a relationship between a healthcare provider and a patient that does not involve intermediaries such as insurance companies. The direct care ... June 7th, 2022 Share
Considerations for opting out of Medicare as a direct care physician By Krystle Thornton The structure of a direct primary care (DPC) practice relies on patient membership fees rather than insurance reimbursement. Many DPC physicians set up categories of fees that are based on ... June 7th, 2022 Share
Direct primary care and patient engagement By Krystle Thornton Independent physicians tend to launch direct care practices out of a desire to spend more time with their patients. They might convert an existing practice, leave a bigger practice, or ... June 7th, 2022 Share
What is an Independent Physician Association (IPA)? By Dante Capozzola Independent physicians who want to focus more on the care of their patients sometimes feel challenged with the need to keep up with compliance regulations, administrative contracts, and ... June 21st, 2022 Share
Alternative Payment Models for Independent Primary Care Physicians By Lynley Norberg This is a three-part series on the critical components you must address to maintain a thriving independent practice. Part 1 reviews the importance of embracing your patients, and part 2 ... June 16th, 2022 Share
5 tips on closing care gaps By Prabhat Dhar Collaboration and electronic health record (EHR) interoperability are key factors in closing the care gap that exists among healthcare providers. Sharing information, in real-time, about a ... June 7th, 2022 Share
IPAs and value-based care By Nick Dealtry Independent physicians who want to remain independent but who feel the need to be part of a larger organization in order to provide value-based care more efficiently might consider joining ... June 25th, 2022 Share
What is a patient longitudinal record? By The Longitudinal Record is a single complete patient record that combines data from a variety of sources throughout the healthcare system. Using complete patient matching logic wrapped in a ... June 7th, 2022 Share
Explaining interoperability challenges for EHRs By Roy Steiner Electronic health records (EHRs) that talk to each other help independent physicians provide quality care to their patients. Primary care physicians are able to collaborate with specialty ... June 7th, 2022 Share
Tips for getting more referrals for your new independent practice By Anthony Pappas Establishing and growing an independent practice depends on developing a sufficient patient panel for your practice’s revenue needs. Getting the word out among potential patients and ... April 25th, 2022 Share
Biggest physician barriers to value-based care By Anthony Pappas The move to value-based care, and away from fee-for-service models, began in 2008 with the launch of the Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act (MIPPA). With the Affordable ... April 1st, 2022 Share
Everything new practices need to know about EHRs and HIPAA By Anthony Pappas Protecting your patients’ medical information is paramount to supporting their care and to building positive patient-physician relationships. Protecting electronic data is equally ... March 18th, 2022 Share
And endocrinologist finds joy, transformation in practicing on her own terms By Tom Castles In a moment, the situation escalated from fine to frightening. The room grew stifling. Dr. Sandra Sobel’s pulse raced and the tension in her body ratcheted up. “I felt this wave of ... June 21st, 2022 Share
As Medicine and Business Collide, One Physician Doubles Down on Uncompromising Care By Tom Castles It’s 2:23 a.m., and a solitary family physician is prowling the empty hospital hallways. This is her eighth shift in as many nights. Or is it her ninth? She’s not sure. Hurrying along, ... June 7th, 2022 Share
A doctor’s two-decade quest for fulfillment By Jack Murtha Dr. Rebecca Byard opened her family medicine practice in October 2021, just before the Omicron variant sent COVID-19 cases skyrocketing. She’s the only physician in her Pittsburgh office, ... April 13th, 2022 Share