Practice Management

Confronting the childhood vaccination decline

Odds are, you are making these mistakes and missing out on revenue

Grace Halsey

AHA: Banning noncompetes ‘would profoundly transform’ health care labor market

A conversation with AAFP President Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

Are you plugged into remote patient monitoring?

Hospital group outlines effects of contracts on physicians and executives as federal regulators ponder new rules.

Keith Loria

A new focus on workplace violence at healthcare settings

RPM use is on the rise — here’s how to choose the best system and take advantage of its many benefits

Jonathan Bumgarner, JD

Aledade claims title of nation’s top network of independent primary care practices

Physicians and other health care workers are uniquely and disproportionately at risk of workplace violence.

With more than 450 new practices joining for 2023, Aledade announced it has become the nation’s largest network of independent primary care practices. This year, the Bethesda, Maryland-based company will have more than 2 million patients covered by more than 150 value-based contracts covered by Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial payers. Its network includes 1,500 independent primary care practices, including almost 60 heath centers, with more than 5,000 physicians and 15,000 clinicians in 45 states and Washington, D.C. Aledade announced the company has acquired Curia, a developer of applications using artificial intelligence “to optimize the targeting of patient care and engagement programs.” “We launched Aledade with the goal of building a health care system that works better for patients, practices, and all of society,” Aledade CEO and Cofounder Farzad Mostashari, MD, MPH, said in a news release. “We are the largest network of independent primary care practices, with millions of patients all across the country getting better care from a primary care physician thanks to our success in using advanced predictive analytics and tech-enabled workflows to better identify patients who would benefit the most from particular interventions. “But we are just getting started,” Mostashari said. “The team at Curia is drawn by that same mission and our work with them has proven that, together, we’re going to make a real and lasting impact for the practices we serve and their patients.” Meet Curia Curia’s developer, the company Foundry.ai, includes health care among case studies about the sectors using its AI to enhance patient engagement programs. Aledade and Curia used a Curia pilot program to target comprehensive advanced care planning (CACP) services for patients. It identified more than 8,000 patients facing the highest risks of mortality in the next two years, and Aledade will work with primary care physicians to enroll patients in CACP services. “The future of health care isn’t on the horizon; it’s here – in value based care, population health, artificial intelligence and empowered primary care,” Jim Manzi, Foundry.ai founder and partner said in a news release. “That mission is what attracted our team of world-class talent to Curia, and it’s why we were able to work so well with our colleagues at Aledade and improve care for thousands of patients. We share a common mission, and I can’t wait to see what this team will accomplish as one.” For public benefit This year, Mostashari announced Aledade would change its corporate governance structure to become a public benefit corporation (PBC). That structure “requires the company to weigh the interests of its primary care practice partners, their patients, its employees and those who bear the burden of rising health care costs, alongside those of its shareholders, in all decision making.” “We hope that by taking this step, Aledade can amplify the work we do everyday to rebuild some of the trust that our health care system has lost,” Mostashari said in the company’s announcement. “Aledade became a PBC because I want primary care docs, the people at the foundation of our health care system, to know that we will serve you and work for your interests over the long run. To make it so, we have literally built you into the very charter that defines Aledade’s purpose.”

What’s stopping ChatGPT from transforming health care?

February 23rd 2023

Company announces acquisition of AI company, change to public benefit corporation.

Michal Tzuchman-Katz, MD

February 23rd 2023

Physicians will only be able to trust artificial intelligence when it's transparent.

Amazon enters primary care field by closing $3.9B deal to buy One Medical

Inflation affecting majority of consumer health care decisions

February 22nd 2023

Seeing a physician to be ‘easier, faster, more personal, and more convenient,’ CEO says.

Why advances in telehealth are an impactful and growing necessity

February 22nd 2023

Many are losing confidence in their ability to pay for health care

The high prospects of telehealth: helping patients stay connected and cared for

Leia Spoor

February 22nd 2023

Use data to track how patients want to interact and how insurers will cover costs as 'hybrid' becomes the new normal.

Medicare prescribing trends: Lots of pain in Alabama

Patient perceptions of cleanliness have a direct effect on reported infection rates

February 21st 2023

Majority of states have a statin as the most commonly prescribed Medicare drug, but Alabama’s collective pain level apparently exceeds that of the other 49 states.

Patient perceptions of cleanliness have a direct effect on report infection rates

Physicians to pay $2 million for improper billing

February 20th 2023

Men and women have different factors that influence their perceptions

Threat of denial-of-service cyberattacks growing in health care

February 20th 2023

Feds, Florida attorney general announce settlement from whistleblower lawsuit.

Remote scribes may reduce burnout by cutting time spent on EHR

February 17th 2023

Hacking attempts set new record this month, according to government and industrial groups.

Docs: Ban noncompete clauses to improve working conditions, patient care

February 17th 2023

Researchers compare effects on wellness among physicians using remote scribes to those without.

Self-awareness and empathy are keys to reducing violence in health care settings

February 17th 2023

Physicians out front as FTC contemplates national rule against noncompete agreements.

Jeff Schill

February 15th 2023

Learning to manage emotions and recognize needs of others lessens the tension that causes aggressive behavior

Imposter phenomenon common among U.S. physicians

Imposter phenomenon is common among U.S. physicians