Patient Engagement June 20, 2017

Medicare, Medicaid, and private health payers have different patient engagement requirements.

Although patient-centered care relies on positive patient-provider relationships, various private payers and public insurers face differing patient engagement requirements.

Providers may see different incentive payments based upon a patient’s primary healthcare payer. MACRA and meaningful use, both pertaining to Medicare beneficiaries, have their own set of concrete requirements to which providers must adhere to receive a full incentive payment.

On the private side, payers use their own tactics to interact directly with consumers by offering cost transparency and more consumer choice. Private payers also leverage their own tactics to keep patients engaged in their own health management plans.

Below, PatientEngagementHIT.com discusses the differences in patient engagement based upon Medicare...

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