HIT Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

It’s a complex disease with a significant financial impact on both patients and healthcare payers. Challenges navigating the intricacies of diagnosis and treatment plans often lead to gaps in support and care coordination, resulting in higher hospitalization rates and ultimately, increased healthcare costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

Trinity Health has 94 hospitals across 24 states. In 2017, the health system – which has 100 continuing care locations, including home care, hospice, PACE programs and senior living facilities – was in a bind, facing double-digit hospital readmissions of 16% across its high-risk Medicare population. THE PROBLEM.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a recent Memo reminding hospitals and other Medicare certified health care entities of their regulatory obligation to maintain a safe setting for patients, residents and staff. These measures have been applauded by the American Hospital Association.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Among the many challenges these staffing shortages cause is that they prevent facilities from accepting new patients because they don’t have the staff. This in turn jams hospitals as they have no place to discharge patients, extending hospital stays and increasing costs. Telemedicine can help fix this problem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

After all, more patients should generate more billable services—and thus, more payments. But as organizations balance productivity goals with payer policies, sometimes their version of “enough” patient volume is actually too much. The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 26, 2024

office, hospital outpatient department). Common POS codes for primary care include 11: Office; 20: Outpatient hospital. Reduced Administrative Burden: Automation and outsourcing free up valuable staff time for patient care and practice management. Accurate diagnosis coding is crucial for proper reimbursement.

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Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Services Patient Satisfaction 59

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

By increasing access to telehealth services, we're able to provide healthcare to the people who need it most, while also specifically addressing health equity implications in socially marginalized communities, improving patient satisfaction, increasing access to specialty care services, and decreasing reliance on emergency departments.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Paul Ketchel, CEO of MDsave Over two years have passed since the hospital price transparency rule was enacted. Unfortunately, America still struggles with high, painfully opaque pricing across healthcare that hurts employers, workers, patients, and taxpayers. At the same time, 100 million Americans find themselves in healthcare debt.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What You Should Know: – Radial Analytics , a Concord, MA-based company optimizing patient care transitions with real-time decision-support solutions for payers and providers, today announced it has raised $3M in funding led by Initialized Capital. Results show lower costs, improved outcomes, and better patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) only relate to Medicare coverage, providers need tools that will go beyond MBIs and caps from payer searches. By partnering with Inovalon and providing access to Insurance Discovery, you can help your customers better serve their patients, while maximizing their revenue.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2019

Sanders, noting his call for big new government benefits like universal health care through Medicare for All and free college tuition. Senator Harris, too, mentioned government benefits like free college and Medicare for All as her health plan preference. Instead, he is for “Medicare for All Who Want It,” in his words.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Hospitals and health systems, especially larger ones, are using AI in myriad new ways – including leveraging it for improved patient experience, and for better patient engagement with the goal of reducing health inequities. How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Focus on Language The effective delivery of healthcare is more than just a commitment to medical excellence; it’s also a commitment to cultural competency and equitable access for all patients. This enhances patient satisfaction and fosters trust in the healthcare provider-patient relationship.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

– Florence, which will enter 2022 at full risk for more than 25,000 Medicare patients across multiple states and annual revenues of over $350 million, selected the Innovaccer Health Cloud after an extensive search that included all major public cloud providers. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

That said, hospital social workers and nurse discharge planners are accustomed to having to help patients with these types of issues during an inpatient admission. For example, training a predictive model on the general population may be inaccurate when used in a Medicare or Medicaid population.

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Health Outcomes Medicaid Medicaid Patient Satisfaction 355

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 13, 2021

IKC Inova Health System has relied on evidence-based solutions and standardized approaches to treat patients, earning recognition for excellence in healthcare from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals, and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2022

But even now, hospitals and health systems should be preparing proactively to meet the regulatory demands of a post-PHE future. Additionally, several telehealth flexibilities (that generally expand Medicare coverage for telehealth services) have been extended 151 days (about five months) beyond the termination of the HHS PHE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2023

On track to cover two million lives this year: Pomelo currently serves patients in 44 states and partners with national payers, several of the largest Medicaid managed care organizations in the country, employers including Mount Sinai Health System and leading academic medical centers including Penn Medicine. >

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

Geisinger is a world-class health system in Pennsylvania with 10 hospital campuses, more than 130 clinic sites and more than one million patients served annually. THE PROBLEM As a rural health system stretching across a broad geography, transportation can be a barrier to patient engagement. " The U.S.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Med Com Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Personalized billing: AI can be used to personalize the billing process for patients based on their individual circumstances, such as financial constraints, insurance coverage, and medical history. This can improve patient satisfaction and increase the likelihood of payment.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2022

Despite robust literature demonstrating that participation in an ACP program can help improve patient health outcomes and lower unnecessary care utilization, thereby lowering costs , Medicare data reports that only about 2.8 percent of seniors end up having these discussions with their doctor. “Today, more than 1.7

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Devices for medication adherence, blood pressure, blood sugar, and others help patients track metrics from their homes and enable providers access to the information in real-time to manage care remotely. In this way, patients can more efficiently reach their health goals or obtain the support needed to avoid an ED visit or hospitalization.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

With the No Surprises Act taking effect in less than four months, it is critical that hospitals and providers leverage technology to ensure patients are informed about their expected care costs prior to receiving services. Leverage existing patient cost estimation tools to enhance transparency.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2023

.” Waystar will begin serving HealthPay24’s 2,000 healthcare provider locations and their patients, adding to Waystar’s existing reach of more than one million providers across care settings, and enabling millions of patients to benefit from modern patient financial experience software. patients.

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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 health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 27, 2023

These terminologies are briefly discussed below for better understanding: Provider enrollment: This refers to the process of enrolling a healthcare provider with an insurance plan or government program, such as Medicare or Medicaid. This trust can lead to increased patient satisfaction and retention.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It emphasizes conducting activities transparently, ethically, and in a manner that secures the trust of patients, staff, and stakeholders alike. This holistic approach to governance ensures that decisions are informed by a comprehensive understanding of the hospital’s overall performance and its implications for patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A major justification for President Biden’s tax hike proposal is to shore up the tenuous finances of Medicare whose trust fund is forecasted to be depleted by 2028. This would create an incentive for payors to maintain patient satisfaction and invest in interventions that improve their health over the long run.

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While some descriptions conflate value-based healthcare and cost reduction, quality improvement, or patient satisfaction, those important efforts are not the same as value, which focuses primarily on improving patient health outcomes. The result? The government is reforming healthcare into a new health ecosystem.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Increasing importance on patient satisfaction, providing efficient and quality care, and minimizing costs have also led to higher telehealth implementation. Medicare covers many telebehavioral and telemental health services including audio-only services. This is also called “store-and-forward telemedicine.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

" Implementing the Smart Meter technology resulted in better workflow, seamless integration, and staff and patient satisfaction, Vyas reported. "AstuteDoc's care management providers, staff and PharmD were able to deliver better outcomes for the patients' blood pressure and blood sugar control," he said.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Approximately 60 million people live in rural areas – including millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Also, Medicare will now pay separately for Remote Evaluation of Recorded Video and/or Images Submitted by the Patient. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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