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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

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. The post Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power 2021 U.S.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Redefining Chronic Kidney Disease Management with Remote Patient Monitoring

HIT Consultant

This is where remote patient monitoring (RPM) comes in as an important tool. In its 2020 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule , the CMS added a new transitional add-on payment for dialysis machines used in patient homes.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sun River's 64 health center sites (including both directly operated FQHCs and sub-recipient sites) serve more than 245,000 patients annually in both urban and rural medically underserved communities. The advent of COVID-19 radically disrupted the paradigm in which Sun River Health was operating. THE PROBLEM.

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At Premier Family Physicians, patient self-check-in tech reduces FTEs at one location from 14 to 8

Healthcare It News

"For patients signing in on tablets, we went from capturing 88% of phone numbers to capturing 99%." "We have some internal medicine clinicians, as well, plus the need for Medicare-specific screeners," King said. "For our 2020 report, 267,000 manual tasks were automated with Qure4u.

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Telehealth evolution: Supporting patients with virtual care

YouCompli

Telehealth use has soared, reaching nearly 53 million visits in 2020. As virtual care requirements for telehealth evolve, we explore how compliance officers can support patient care and help their organizations stay up to date. “Not the end of COVID-19. Related: Telehealth policies and programs center on patient care.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

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. Higher rates of use of telehealth are now standard in many practices since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.