Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

are self-rationing care in the era of COVID-19 by cutting spending on health care visits and prescription drugs. PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute. adults polled in early April 2020.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

“The COVID-19 pandemic…has highlighted like never before the pitfalls of paying for healthcare based on the number of patients seen and services rendered,” a Modern Healthcare article asserted in mid-June 2020. billion a day in March 2020 based on declining patient volumes. In other words, the U.S. ” This $1.4

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2021

The children live nationwide but the focus is on areas heavily impacted by COVID-19, such as the Northeast and the central and southeastern U.S. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. In April 2020, UPMC Children's received funding from a telehealth program of the FCC.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sun River Health was among the first organizations to receive funding under the Federal Communications Commission COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

"COVID-19 has changed not only the way we live, but the way healthcare providers support their patients, especially in regard to mental health," said Cuomo in a statement. Cuomo's proposal would make permanent many flexibilities that are currently in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. "It is impossible to describe what came next without the context of COVID-19," Cimino said.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2021

But what they do have in common, said two legislators who co-presented at a HIMSS21 session on Thursday, is a telehealth strategy that proved to be wildly popular among residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine, on the other hand, was a much bigger hit – something in which Kennedy takes pride.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history. By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally. Hospitals faced significant losses in 2020 due to COVID-19 as elective procedures were put on hold and out-patient department visits reduced dramatically.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely. Such technical issues have been brought to the forefront as COVID-19 has continued to necessitate reliance on telehealth. "This was part of a population health strategy," said Dr.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2020

During the opening keynote of the 2020 American Telemedicine Association conference, ATA CEO Ann Mond Johnson pointed to the transformative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth. "This health emergency has launched telehealth" to new heights, Johnson said. But that won't be enough, said Johnson.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

Stay-at-home orders put in place in March 2020 required New York City-based Goodwill NYNJ's offices to close. Early in the pandemic, New York State began allowing providers to bill Medicaid for telehealth services, which greatly impacted Goodwill NYNJ's ability to meet the needs of its mental illness population.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

View Point Health, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia, is a community behavioral health agency serving individuals with Medicaid and uninsured and under-insured individuals. As such, it has limited resources to purchase new equipment and devices for telemedicine and also experiences limited functionality and features in its existing technology.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced consumers to define what were basic or essential needs to them; for most people, those items have been hygiene products, food, and connectivity to the Internet. The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S. As the COVID-19 crisis led to large parts of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

Cessation of PHE telehealth, prescribing, and mental health access exceptions could impact the Medicaid population the most. Twenty-one percent of Medicaid enrollees have mild, moderate, or severe SUD, compared to 16% of commercially insured individuals. And as of the latest data, 7.3% And as of the latest data, 7.3%

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) reports that 80% of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

They also serve a majority of Medicaid and non-insured patients, which makes it harder to keep the doors open on maternity wards, whose cost of upkeep can be substantial. Incentivizing Medicaid capture. LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS Many longer-term solutions start with using telemedicine and digital health services. Has grown in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2019 and 2020, its partners earned $300 million in Medicare savings, more than $120 million in shared savings, and quality scores exceeding 97%, the company reported.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Compliance Considerations for Best Outcomes Written in collaboration with the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee Delivering mental health services via telehealth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“The expansion of telehealth and the offering of new telehealth services that were not previously covered really enabled physicians to care for their patients in the midst of this crisis,” said Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy, during a recent “AMA COVID-19 Update.” ii] [link].

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in the Post-Covid Healthcare Landscape , delivered by Fitch Solutions’ Jamie Davies and Beau Noafshar, leaders in the Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Devices groups. The forecast is that these backlogs could persist “for years” in the NHS.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges. million—between February 2020 and November 2021, with decreasing employment nearly every month. Nursing home occupancy declined by 16% from 2020 to 2021, which could lead to more than 1,600 nursing home closures in the next year 3. million to 1.35

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Together, the two reports from J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission. Why has telemedicine become a priority for the organization?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare staffing shortages have reshaped the industry landscape. In the same time period we have seen a large surge in Medicaid enrollment. Pre-pandemic Medicaid numbers stayed steady in the 74 – 76 million beneficiaries’ level between 2017 and 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2022

Norden is particularly passionate about funding companies focused on the Medicaid population – a traditionally tricky and often ignored area. What has been one digital health investment trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why is it important? Worse yet, COVID-19 has exacerbated mental and behavioral health issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, healthcare provider organizations across the country began implementing telehealth technologies and services en masse. Telemedicine finally made it to the mainstream. But only a subset of that group of providers implemented remote patient monitoring. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2022

Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. But consider this – 70% of our members are on Medicaid today.

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Verisys

JANUARY 27, 2022

COVID has impacted every aspect of daily life, and these changes have affected people’s mental health, making telehealth services for behavioral health more important than ever. The use of telemedicine in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), telehealth services had a 63-fold increase with Medicare patients in 2020.

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YouCompli

JUNE 29, 2022

Telehealth use has soared, reaching nearly 53 million visits in 2020. the end of COVID-19. Interstate telemedicine. Currently, 13 states waive in-state licensure requirements for telehealth , and 19 states have long-term or permanent interstate telemedicine.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. – Finally, estimates say U.S.

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Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

” This new reimbursement is intended to further the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) objectives in its 2022 Behavioral Health Strategy , with a particular focus on improving access to substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Want to Learn More?

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 4, 2023

Top of mind is the announcement to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which is slated to expire on May 11, 2023. State agencies are beginning to unwind expanded Medicaid coverage in conjunction with the expiration of a 2020 federal provision requiring continuous enrollment.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

As a lesson in the potential for telemedicine to serve disparate populations, the early results of this partnership are promising. Fourteen percent receive Medicaid benefits. Embracing Remote Care Exalta did not utilize telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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