A care delivery organization (CDO) serving members from a number of Medicare Advantage plans is leveraging a network of contracted physicians to deliver care and employs a number of network managers that perform outreach to these contracted physicians to ensure proper member coding to achieve financial and clinical objectives. The Read more…
Expands Biomedix Population Health Management Solution Today IRIS and Biomedix announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement that expands the Biomedix Xchange Population Health Management Solution to include the testing, diagnosis and care planning for diabetic retinopathy examinations. “For value-based care organizations, the early identification of diabetic retinopathy through Read more…
Biomedix had the opportunity to support a PAD screening initiative at a large Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). The SNF consisted of a variety of residents, including long-term care, short-term rehabilitation and recovery, and a dementia unit. This screening program was coordinated with MIMIT, making a nationally recognized vascular specialist group Read more…
A recent study published in Diabetes Care highlighted the relationship between social deprivation and the incidence of diabetes-related foot disease, including lower-extremity amputation, peripheral artery disease, and peripheral neuropathy. This population-based retrospective cohort used data from 2005 through 2019, analyzing the presence of disease based on a quintile analysis through Read more…
At the Society for Vascular Surgery’s online Scientific Session 8, Mark Eid, MD presented a talk called, “Racial and regional disparities in the prevalence of peripheral artery disease and diabetes and amputation rates among Medicare patients.” The research suggested that African-American patients living in areas where the diagnosed rates of Read more…
A recent study published in Diabetes Care indicates that there may be a recent resurgence in diabetic amputations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on findings from a care center study in Italy. The study focused on a cohort of 63 patients admitted to a care facility for Read more…
An article published in FierceHealthcare highlighted the epidemic of peripheral artery disease (PAD), and specifically how it impacts communities of color. The article, written by Foluso Fakorede, M.D. of Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi, and is focused on preventing some of the roughly 200,000 non-traumatic amputations that occur in the Read more…
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is now reporting that 14% of US adults had diabetes between 2013 and 2016, which means that 30 million Americans have diabetes. Although 1 in 7 Americans does have diabetes, it is still under-diagnosed, with 9.7% of adults having diagnosed diabetes, and Read more…