Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured. THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

There’s been a flurry of research into this question since the hockey-stick growth of telemedicine visits were evident in March 2020, just days after the World Health Organization uttered the “P-word:” pandemic. ” in a May 2020 report out of the company’s consumer survey. Some 3 in 4 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

million—between February 2020 and November 2021, with decreasing employment nearly every month. Medicaid reimbursement, which comprises the largest share of nursing home reimbursement, has not kept pace, resulting in SNFs and medical providers assuming the burden of those costs. . million to 1.35 As of late February 2022, 35.9%

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They are focused on expanding the number of providers who can prescribe the treatment (it requires a special waiver from the federal government) and training more clinicians to provide support needed for the treatment to be successful. government agencies to develop OUD treatment protocols for decades.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services. Telehealth and telemedicine cover similar services, including medical education, remote patient monitoring, patient consultation via videoconferencing, wireless health applications, and transmission of imaging and medical reports.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, as a board-certified physician in addiction medicine and chief medical officer of a nationwide addiction medicine practice, waiting on government funding was not an option as we treated patients struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID pandemic.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

This surge was facilitated, in part, by certain flexibilities authorized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in its response to the public health emergency (“PHE”) declared in March of 2020 and which was repeatedly renewed until now. federal government. trillion omnibus spending bill intended to fund the U.S.

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YouCompli

JUNE 29, 2022

Telehealth use has soared, reaching nearly 53 million visits in 2020. Not surprisingly, both government and health plan audits have identified what Compliance professionals warmly refer to as ‘opportunities’ with respect to how telehealth services are documented, coded, and reimbursed by healthcare providers.” .

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Provider Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Another 100,000 nurses left the industry between 2020 and 2021, according to an industry trade-journal estimate , either to retire early, leave the field, or switch jobs. The government and private whistleblowers have increasingly targeted PE firms’ portfolio companies and the firms themselves.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

Cybersecurity company Surfshark found the number of government requests for user data increased 4x from 2013 to 2020 among Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. The four companies submitted user data to governments between 69% and 80% of the time. Facebook accounted for 40% of all requests, compared to just 7% for Apple.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 4, 2023

In the realm of telehealth delivery—perhaps the biggest area of healthcare expansion during the pandemic—telemedicine will officially lose its status as an excepted benefit2 and certain federal penalties for HIPAA non-compliance of telehealth platforms will be reinstated.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

2020 marked the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. ages 22 to 45 years old in September 2020. Having the Federal government paying for testing, tracking, and treatment for COVID-19. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. in February, women’s labor force participation rate was 58%.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Allegedly, between January 2020 and July 2021, the ten Florida defendants referred Medicare beneficiaries for medically unnecessary genetic tests and durable medical equipment. The defendants allegedly paid kickbacks and bribes to telemedicine companies in exchange for doctors’ orders for tests and durable medical equipment.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, the U.S. government introduced the 21st Century Cures Act, which builds upon the HITECH Act and aims to promote innovation in HIT and improve patient access to healthcare services. The HITECH Act supports advancements in HIT, such as the use of artificial intelligence (AI), telemedicine, and other innovative technologies.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

While telehealth usage has dipped from its peak in April 2020 , overall utilization is still 38 times higher than before the pandemic. When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted payment flexibilities to facilitate access to telehealth amid the public health emergency, they also unwittingly created vulnerabilities.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, the U.S. government introduced the 21st Century Cures Act, which builds upon the HITECH Act and aims to promote innovation in HIT and improve patient access to healthcare services. The HITECH Act supports advancements in HIT, such as the use of artificial intelligence (AI), telemedicine, and other innovative technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2020. Telemarketers are jumping on the opportunity to take advantage of vulnerable Medicare and Medicaid individuals – masking themselves as telemedicine providers. billion USD case involving 36 individuals. .

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NY Health Law

APRIL 15, 2021

While the laws governing telehealth were becoming gradually more permissive, progress was slow. Pending legislation addresses the amount of reimbursement available for telehealth (both by Medicaid and commercial insurers) and permissible modalities (including asynchronous telemedicine).

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

NATIONAL Amazon moves into healthcare generative AI with $4B investment Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit scores CMS encourages physicians to apply for new Making Care Primary model CMS settles $9.2M in Stark law self disclosures: 3 things to know CMS’ staffing proposal will cost nursing homes $6.8B

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Financial stressors were a kind of toxic side effect of the pandemic, observed by the spring of 2020 just weeks into the public health crisis. Government Accountability Office (GAO) just looked at behavioral health and COVID-19 , identifying higher-risk populations and how Federal relief funding is trying to address these health citizens.

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2024

Reeves doesn’t mention Medicaid expansion or health care crisis in State of the State address U.S. R1 RCM posts $3.3M in 2023 income Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say The 23 health systems pushing Congress to act on virtual care Three examples of how AI is going to change medicine U.S.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vincent Partners With Park Plaza Mall on Community Health Programs Former Arkansas Medical Board Chair Brian Hyatt Arrested for Medicaid Fraud New Provider in Arkansas Focuses on No-Rush Health Care Walker Foundation Pledges $1M to UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Five nonprofits to split $5.9 Luke’s receives $1.5

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T in Indiana aging-in-place work.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

billion clawback in Northern District of Texas Fort Worth The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 11 best hospitals in Texas for orthopedic surgery Johns Hopkins physician leader to join UT Southwestern Medical City Fort Worth’s New CEO and Texas Health Stephenville’s $12.5

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

to extend Medicaid coverage up to 12 months after birth. Standard of Care: The COVID-19 crisis in Louisiana nursing homes (2020). Enrollment ticking up in Missouri’s expanded Medicaid program, but rollout still rocky. Montana Hires a Medicaid Director With a Managed-Care Past. Feds to cut off Medicaid funds to N.J.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

111, 112, and 207 (2020), Nos. The chapter describes the policies and procedures of the New Jersey Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare program regarding transportation services. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. 511(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order lifting the COVID-19 public health emergency. See Executive Order No. 292 (2022).

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