To discover how we can best help children cope with these unprecedented mental health conditions, Emtiro’s Behavioral Health Programs Manager, Chad Stage, speaks with Dr. Jason Jones, a board-certified child & adolescent and adult psychiatrist who’s served North Carolina youth for the last 11 years.
Read MoreIt is now a well-documented fact that only about 10%-20% of a person’s health is a direct result of the specific health care services they actually receive and that the remaining percentage is a by-product of the other factors that affect them including physical environment, socio-economic factors, health behaviors, and heredity. To help address these social determinants in North Carolina, Medicaid Transformation, which is a shift from fee-for-service to managed care, includes a unique component: Healthy Opportunities Pilot Projects.
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Medicaid delivery system will transition to managed care July 1, 2021 offering a different experience for providers and beneficiaries as Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) replace the historically single-payer design. Though helpful resources are available, the preparation for this shift involves many questions- what changes can patients expect? What are Medicaid providers most concerned about? What are clinics doing to prepare? In this interview, these questions and more are explored between Emtiro Health’s Heather Rothrock and Dr. Anna Miller-Fitzwater.
Read MoreChad Stage interviews Dr. Ross Simpson, a cardiologist working with UNC Chapel Hill on the SUDDEN Project- a project focused on collaborating and studying the correlation between social factors, mental health, and sudden death in people under age 65 in North Carolina.
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Advanced Medical Home providers may qualify for $8.51 PMPM for up to 90 days before NC's Medicaid Managed Care goes live.
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The 2020-2021 flu season is underway. The first full week of December is dedicated to raising flu and flu vaccine awareness. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) weekly Fluview surveillance report, seasonal flu activity in the US continues to be lower than usual for this time of year, despite record-breaking projections.
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The first week of September marks Childhood Injury Prevention Week, which makes this month a great time to revisit and brush up on facts around childhood injuries and strategies for prevention.
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In the face of an unrelenting pandemic, societies across the world are beginning to grapple with the dramatic effects of two very important, yet often overlooked health conditions: social isolation and loneliness. Though these conditions have been ever-present, they have been significantly exacerbated by the quarantine environment required to manage the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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This week, Emtiro Health President and CEO Kelly Garrison participated in a video interview in conversation with Matthew Gavidia of the The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC) and Paul Grundy, MD, chief transformation officer at Innovaccer, Emtiro’s latest partner in health.
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The healthcare industry is notorious for its acronyms and jargon. As a patient, navigating this space not only requires a great deal of patience but also a glossary of industry terminology and buzzwords. The purpose of this article is to introduce one such medical term that is a central tenet in care delivery innovations and transformation: The Medical Home.
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Emtiro Health®, an innovative population health company in North Carolina, announced a partnership with Innovaccer, Inc., a leading San Francisco-based healthcare technology company. The partnership aims to enable the effective delivery of services to the patients and providers supported by Emtiro Health.
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The shift from quantity to quality has, in many ways, overhauled the health care industry, with noticeable effects across the spectrum from patients to providers. Originally aimed at fulfilling the quadruple aim—improving population health, enhancing the patient experience, reducing cost, and improving provider satisfaction—most would agree the shift was well-intended, though maybe not always well received.
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We are all pretty focused on the COVID-19 pandemic but there is another silent pandemic that should be on our radar: air pollution, and the detrimental effect it is having on human health, even on the mortality rate from COVID-19.
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Over the past 20 plus years, the Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder/Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (MH/SUD/IDD) delivery system has become accustomed to change. In this time, the system has transitioned from the one-stop-shop “Area Authorities,” to the Local Management Entities (LME) system and privatization of services to the current Local Management Entities/Managed-Care Organizations (LME/MCO) structure.
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Understandably, many people right now are experiencing increased levels of stress due to numerous unknowns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important for us as adults, parents, caregivers, and practitioners, to understand that this anxiety is shared by children.
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