Iris Empower, a user friendly and intuitive self-guided Advance Care Planning platform Empower is an intuitive, user-friendly platform designed by doctors and ACP experts to produce high-quality, personalized plans. It allows individuals to think through, document, and communicate their personal care preferences and what matters most to them. said Steve Wardle, Co-Founder and CEO of Iris. This platform allows individuals to control their future care and reduce family conflicts over treatment options should a medical emergency arise.
With increased regulatory focus on ACP, Empower is allowing health plans to meet their quality targets under value-based care programs, such as the CMS VBID program where advance care planning is a requirement. As the Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) that manages Medicaid for Douglas County, Oregon, Umpqua Health Alliance is leveraging the Empower platform to offer ACP to the general population of the county.
Building to Last: The example of Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre and Polaris Bank
The Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre (MRCC) and Specialist Hospital in Lagos is partly financed by Polaris Bank. 3 min read
Africa’s quest to attain sustainable development in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) has received a boost courtesy of a major investment in Nigeria’s healthcare sector through the launch of Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre (MRCC) and Specialist Hospital in Lagos.
MRCC, a private sector healthcare facility part-financed by Polaris Bank and launched recently by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State and special guest of honour, is the first-of-kind, world-class, multipurpose-built and one-stop centre for the comprehensive treatment of specific cancers namely: breast, gynaecological, prostate, colorectal, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which are the most common cancers in Nigeria.
Accountable-care organizations call for delay in new reporting requirements
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The nation s accountable care organizations sent a letter last week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging the agency to delay certain changes to quality reporting requirements for value-based payments. Backed by large, national medical groups, the letter warned that rushed implementation of these changes could deter new organizations from joining the shared-savings program or even cause organizations to leave it.
Accountable care organizations are groups of hospitals, physicians and health centers that work to improve health outcomes while reducing cost. Organizations that achieve savings are entitled to share them with CMS, and those that incur losses have to chip in.
Chorus reaches cargo agreement with Purolator May 5, 2021
Chorus Aviation Inc.’s subsidiary Voyageur Aviation Corp. signed a contract to provide air cargo charter services for Purolator Inc. The term of the contract is for three years, effective April 12, 2021, following the successful completion of an initial six-month trial service.
“We have been active in air cargo through the conversion of several Dash 8 aircraft to package freighters, however, this contract with Purolator marks a meaningful step in the expansion of our capabilities in the cargo market,” said Joe Randell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chorus. “For Chorus, the air cargo market is a growing area of focus. This is another example of our integrated offering of regional services, and evidence of our ability to utilize regional assets at various life stages.”
Healthcare Insurance Market
This report elaborates the market size, market characteristics, and market growth of the Healthcare Insurance industry, and breaks down according to the type, application, and consumption area of Healthcare Insurance. The report also conducted a PESTEL analysis of the industry to study the main influencing factors and entry barriers of the industry.
In Chapter 3.4 of the report, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the industry was fully assessed. Fully risk assessment and industry recommendations were made for Healthcare Insurance in a special period. This chapter also compares the markets of Pre COVID-19 and Post COVID-19.
In addition, chapters 8-12 consider the impact of COVID-19 on the regional economy.