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Relationships: The key to better chronic care

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Is chronic care a priority? How well is it being managed today and what barriers do organizations face? As health systems increasingly seek to extend care beyond the walls of their facilities, a new survey of hospital and physician practice leaders … Read More

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Cracking the Care Management Code – Signallamp Health Whitepaper

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The U.S. healthcare financing, payment and delivery models need massive transformation. Over the last 10 years, we’ve been driving toward new approaches, and for good reason. Costs continue to rise faster than inflation, putting the health of millions of Americans … Read More

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Signallamp Health Announces Expansion

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Signallamp Health, Inc., a pioneer in providing dedicated nurse care managers to chronically ill patients, announces an expansion of its nurse care team to assist patients and their providers adversely affected by the abrupt closing of CareSync. Signallamp’s full-service chronic … Read More

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Extending Relationships with Chronically-Ill Patients

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Under MACRA/MIPS and the physician Fee Schedule, Medicare is demanding and paying clinicians for providing care outside of regular office visits. 3 out of the 4 MIPS performance categories and an additional 7 CPT codes in 2017 relate to providing … Read More … Read More

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Long-Term Relationships with Your Chronically-Ill Patients

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The 2017 Physician Fee Schedule is here and clearly states that CMS wants to increase reimbursements for managing chronically-ill patients. A new avenue for reimbursement is non-face-to-face care, first introduced in 2015 with CPT 99490 and expanding in 2017 to … Read More … Read More

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Falls and The Elderly

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According to the CDC, millions of people 65 and older fall yearly at an estimated cost of $31 billion in medical expenses alone per year. As an RN Care Manager, two key goals are to keep the patient at home … Read More … Read More

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February is Heart Month!

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According to the CDC, over 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease, which kills over 350,000 people a year. As an RN Care Manager, … Read More … Read More

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American Diabetes Association Alert Day

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According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) the total costs of diagnosed diabetes have risen to $245 billion and is increasing daily. The largest component of medical expenditures according to the ADA is inpatient hospital care which is 43% total … Read More … Read More

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Being Smart this Easter

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According to an article written in the New York Post in June 2016, the number of hospital admissions for heart failure increases days after major holidays. As a RN care manager my goal is to educate patients on what they … Read More … Read More

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'Tis The Season for Family Gatherings!

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Tis the season for family gatherings, delicious food, sweet treats, joyful friends, and increase A1Cs. Per the American Diabetes Association, in 2015 30.3 million Americans had diabetes and 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. According to NCBI … Read More … Read More

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