Rural healthcare has existed outside the influence of many value-based programs. With low case rates and specialized reimbursements, rural care clinics have not been folded into the transition.

ThoroughCare, Inc., a leading digital care coordination organization that enables healthcare payers and providers to effectively deliver value-based care, today announced the appointment of Carol Helton as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer.

More than 46 million—or 15% of Americans—live in medically-underserved rural communities. About 70% of rural, or partially rural, counties are considered Health Professional Shortage Areas. And nearly one in 10 counties have no physicians at all.

A March 2023 editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine spoke to the crossroads that the quality measurement movement faces.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2024 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule. Each year, CMS requests feedback on proposed changes to its fee policy, aiming to make these updates by January 1st.

Quality is a foundational tenet of the US healthcare system. Performance measurement provides a standardized approach to prioritize specific clinical or operational outcomes.

Healthcare organizations continue to transition their approach to treating an aging population with a high rate of chronic illness. Payors and providers have ventured further into ambulatory settings where they can leverage more specialties, implement value-based care strategies, and launch tech-based programs, like chronic care management.

There’s an expanding need for health plans to collaborate with physicians and launch large-scale Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs. As the adult population continues to age, 60% of adults and 40% of school-age children already have one or more chronic conditions.

The benefits of adopting remote patient monitoring are mounting. According to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), healthcare organizations are seeing evidence of those benefits through reductions in utilization, readmissions, and on-call visits, as well as increases in consumer satisfaction. RPM procedure claims grew by nearly 1,300% over the last three years.