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Medicare | Value-Based Care | 2026 updates | The CMS Brief

By: Daniel Godla
August 26th, 2026

The CMS Brief (August 2026): Tracking Payment Reform, Greater Accountability, and the Next Phase of Value-Based Care

Medicare | Value-Based Care | 2026 updates | The CMS Brief

By: Daniel Godla
July 24th, 2026

The CMS Brief (July 2026): Tracking Rulemaking Seasons, Margin Pressures, and Strategic Shifts

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By: Daniel Godla
July 7th, 2026

The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, backed by $50 billion in federal funding, offers US states an opportunity to address healthcare for rural populations. This includes strategically investing in infrastructure and innovative models that deliver measurable, sustainable improvements.

Care Coordination | Care Management Software | 2026 updates

By: Daniel Godla
June 18th, 2026

What You'll Learn Reading This Article Simplifying Value-Based Healthcare: Care coordination software streamlines administrative workflows, automates timekeeping for billing, and manages complex Medicare regulations for preventive health programs like Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). Overcoming Software Adoption Challenges: Implementing care management platforms involves addressing common hurdles, including navigating a steep learning curve for staff, managing potential software downtime, and ensuring effective usage of time-reporting and billing modules. Navigating EHR Integration Hurdles: Because traditional Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are not inherently built for value-based care requirements, organizations must rely on specialized care coordination tools that either offer direct EHR integration or support seamless data export to prevent duplicate administrative efforts. Care Coordination Software Within clinical workflows: ThoroughCare is an intuitive care coordination software vendor that enables clinics, physician practices, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to seamlessly manage value-based reimbursement programs, maximize recurring revenue, and scale continuous patient care services. Care coordination software simplifies value-based healthcare for hospital groups and accountable care organizations (ACOs). It shoulders much of the administrative weight.

Care Coordination | Patient Engagement | Care Management

What You'll Learn Reading This Article Patient-Centered Care Plan Definition: A patient-centered care plan is a collaborative, living document owned by the patient and shared across the care team to tailor treatments, goals, and interventions to an individual’s unique physical, emotional, and social needs. Clinical and Financial Benefits: Implementing individualized care planning improves patient satisfaction, enhances medication adherence, reduces fragmented care, and actively mitigates billions of dollars in wasted healthcare spending caused by poor care coordination. Value-Based Care Alignment: Ongoing care management programs—such as Medicare’s Chronic Care Management (CCM)—leverage patient-centered planning to streamline clinical workflows, hit value-based metrics, and drive recurring fee-for-service reimbursement. The ThoroughCare Solution: As a comprehensive care coordination platform, ThoroughCare enables clinical teams to seamlessly build these evidence-based, patient-centered care plans through guided workflows, risk factor analysis, and CMS-compliant tracking. Many physicians and clinicians pride themselves on the relationships they develop with their patients. By creating a patient-centered care plan, providers can enhance engagement, deliver timely interventions, align on outcome goals, and improve care team coordination.