The Elation Team consists of highly trained and knowledgeable professionals committed to advancing high-value primary care. With diverse backgrounds in healthcare, technology, and patient advocacy, the team has been delivering innovative solutions since 2010. Elation's clinical-first, collaborative EHR platform empowers primary care organizations to provide personalized, high-quality care.
The Elation Team consists of highly trained and knowledgeable professionals committed to advancing high-value primary care. With diverse backgrounds in healthcare, technology, and patient advocacy, the team has been delivering innovative solutions since 2010. Elation's clinical-first, collaborative EHR platform empowers primary care organizations to provide personalized, high-quality care.
The number of hospital-employed physicians continues to rise, but the trend may be slowing as significant numbers of employed doctors are switching to independent practices. Many physicians are…
The simplicity of the direct primary care (DPC) practice structure is such that overhead, including the need for staffing, is reduced significantly. DPC physicians do not bill insurance companies…
This post is part of a series of posts that aim to educate independent primary care practices about CMS’ recently announced Primary Cares Initiative. Click here to read our overview of Primary…
This is a three-part series on the critical components you must address to maintain a thriving independent practice. Part 1 explains how you must embrace your patients, and part 3 reviews…
This is a three-part series on the critical components you must address to maintain a thriving independent practice. Part 2 explains how technology can support you, and part 3 reviews alternative…
For the past ten years, ECRI Institute has compiled a list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns “to support organizations in their efforts to proactively identify and respond to threats to patient…
Healthcare costs are of major concern to employers as well as to their employees. Companies that provide healthcare as a benefit to their team members face increasing premiums, often in a time…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) on July 29, 2019, that are intended to streamline the Quality Payment…
Mainstream media is flooded with stories about physician burnout, doctors giving up medicine, and practices being gobbled up by unwanted acquisitions. Independent physicians feel that their…
When Medicare was created in 1965, it was intended to eventually cover all Americans as a universal healthcare plan, not to remain as an insurance program exclusively for the elderly. In 1972,…
A patient’s health can be determined by genetics, lifestyle, and other factors specific to that patient. Other determinants, however, may become more significant factors for that patient and for…
The latest technology can be helpful to independent physicians as a tool for optimizing their practice as well as for providing high quality care to their patients. However, technology must…
Most independent physicians are not prepared for the transition to value-based care payments, according to a survey of almost 900 physicians conducted in 2018. Black Book Market Research LLC…
Primary Care First Factsheet A quick overview on everything you need to know. Download Now This post is part of a series of posts that aim to educate independent primary care practices about CMS’…
The direct primary care (DPC) model is, on the surface, relatively simple. Patients pay a monthly membership fee for basic primary care services. The DPC physician does not accept nor bill…
Direct primary care (DPC) physicians who see elderly patients may choose to participate in Medicare or may decide to opt out. The decision to accept Medicare for their basic primary care services…