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Hospital E/M visit charges continued to rise in 2020, Fair Health finds

Healthcare Dive

Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.

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Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: hc1

Electronic Health Reporter

The article Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: hc1 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. When the high-value care movement began, healthcare organizations focused on increasing value through cutting costs, but […].

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Healthcare hiring during the summer was the industry's strongest 2-month stretch since 2020

Fierce Healthcare

July and August job numbers combined to give the healthcare industry its best two-month employment increase since 2020, and total employment now sits 3.2% above pre-pandemic, Altarum wrote in

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Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: Mieron VR

Electronic Health Reporter

The article Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: Mieron VR appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. For nearly a decade, we’ve featured their work, products, news and thought leaders in an effort to bring our readers the best, most […].

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2020 – A Year In Healthcare Like No Other

Electronic Health Reporter

2020 was a year none of us could have predicted or prepared for. For the healthcare industry, 2020 may well be remembered as an “annus horribilis” as Queen Elizabeth II […]. The article 2020 – A Year In Healthcare Like No Other appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Telehealth Utilization Declined 76% Nationally from 2020 to 2021

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – From 2020 to 2021, telehealth utilization declined 76 percent nationally while, during that same period, retail clinic utilization increased 51 percent nationally. Despite its decline from 2020 to 2021, national telehealth utilization grew 5,017 percent nationally from 2016 to 2021.

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’Fair share’ deficits at nonprofit hospitals reached $14.2B in 2020

Healthcare Dive

The amount nonprofit hospitals receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care in several states could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.

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