Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. Expect MDLive’s IPO in 2021. CTA conducted a survey among 2,000 U.S. For over 60% of U.S.

COVID-19 134

COVID-19 Public Health Doctors Telemedicine 134

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over one million Americans have died from COVID-19, while 20 percent of those who survive may develop post-COVID conditions. With weak safety net policies and high health care costs it would hardly be surprising if our fellow citizens tried to shift some of their COVID costs to arguably responsible defendants.

COVID-19 237

COVID-19 Nursing Homes Nurses Public Health 237

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].

Public Health 141

Public Health Medicare Medicare COVID-19 141

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year.

COVID-19 174

COVID-19 Hospitals Public Health Telemedicine 174

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

COVID-19 207

COVID-19 Hospitals Doctors Health Insurance 207

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

Public Health 116

Public Health COVID-19 Telemedicine FDA 116

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. A RAND study from March 2021 found that overall, pandemic-era telehealth grew most in wealthy and metro areas. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

Telemedicine 269

Telemedicine COVID-19 Public Health Governance 269

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association and its ATA Action group issued a statement on Monday outlining their opposition to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed permanent changes to rules around the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine. Health and Human Services. Mark Warner, D-Va.

COVID-19 123

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health 123

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

The new law builds on executive orders Pritzker put into place earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Advocates and health industry professionals cheered the passage of the bill, which they say will help preserve access to care throughout the state. " WHY IT MATTERS.

COVID-19 185

COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Public Health 185

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were. THE LARGER TREND.

COVID-19 178

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health Medicaid 178

HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

Talib Jaber, RPh, VP of Customer Success, Sunwave Health The pandemic caused a significant increase in overdose and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) related deaths, exposing long-standing deficiencies in the identification and treatment of SUD. And recent statistics bolster this worry. increase from the previous year.

Public Health 98

Public Health Medicaid Medicaid Electronic Medical Records 98

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

In this year’s 2021 annual report by Deloitte into Connectivity & Mobile Trends, their report details How the pandemic has stress-tested the crowded digital home. consumers to gauge five generations of peoples’ perspectives on connected life in the context of COVID. A year after the first COVID-case emerged in the U.S.,

COVID-19 77

COVID-19 Doctors Public Health Hospitals 77

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.,

COVID-19 206

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Telemedicine 206

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. In 2021, spending would return to pre-COVID projections.

COVID-19 106

COVID-19 Health Insurance Hospitals Doctors 106

Health Populi

MARCH 30, 2021

Still, the Homebody Economy will persist even post-COVID, with a growing realization that “home” has become a safe haven for many life-flows — with continued investments planned in 2021 for home renovations as well as luxury goods. consumers say they will use virtual platforms and apps post-COVID.

COVID-19 124

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health 124

Health Populi

MAY 5, 2021

Before the pandemic, the dominant work-flow for telemedicine was for triage, primary care and pediatrics (think: your child registers a 105-degree fever on a Saturday night and the pediatrician’s office is closed). In the COVID-19 era, clinicians and health systems stood up virtual care across the board as-required.

COVID-19 144

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health 144

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2021

The rise of digital health investment and growing role of technology in health care services only accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, people took on their own versions of digital transformation at home, for work, for school, for cooking, shopping, and indeed, for health care.

COVID-19 124

COVID-19 Health Insurance Hospitals Public Health 124

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data.

COVID-19 182

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health Hospitals 182

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many." "Unfortunately, this progress is in jeopardy," they wrote.

COVID-19 215

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Public Health 215

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions.

COVID-19 214

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Public Health 214

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

As outlined in the settlement agreement , PPOA is accused of using telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic to allegedly try and compensate for revenue lost from elective services. "Shortly thereafter, PPOA instructed medical providers to begin seeing patients by telemedicine twice a month." WHY IT MATTERS.

COVID-19 138

COVID-19 Telemedicine Fraud Public Health 138

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and permanently revise requirements regarding controlled substance prescription. Drug Enforcement Administration to collaborate with the U.S.

Telemedicine 166

Telemedicine COVID-19 Public Health Nurses 166

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Trust in the technology industry has crashed to an all-time low based on the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. Most industries lost citizens’ trust between 2020 and 2021, most notably, Technology, dropping the greatest margin at 9 points. Trust underpins health engagement, especially critical in a public health crisis.

COVID-19 165

COVID-19 Public Health Governance Hospitals 165

Health Populi

MAY 12, 2021

“Compare digital health to airlines, cruise lines, and other industries” and the sector looks quite privileged, opined Matthew Holt in a discussion on a study diving deeply into the State of Digital Health , conducted by Catalyst @ Health 2.0 and sponsored by WIPFLI.

COVID-19 62

COVID-19 Public Health Hospitals Doctors 62

Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

The proposed rules are more restrictive than the DEA emergency waivers under which providers conducted telemedicine prescribing for the last three years, but are less restrictive in comparison to the pre-PHE regulations applicable to telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”).

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine COVID-19 FDA Compliance 52

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. .”

Hospitals 152

Hospitals COVID-19 Public Health Doctors 152

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, large employees have many concerns about worker and dependents’ health.

COVID-19 62

COVID-19 Health Insurance Public Health Health Care Access 62

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

Access to the Internet has been a key determinant of health — or more aptly, death — during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 were preventable. Housing problems were associated with greater COVID-19 incidence and mortality.

COVID-19 170

COVID-19 Health Insurance Doctors Public Health 170

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

Dowling keynoted on the theme of “Leading for the Future,” sharing his lessons learned during COVID-19. Dowling leads one of the largest health systems in the U.S., serving millions of health citizens residing in greater New York City and reaching out into the area’s boroughs and ‘burbs.

COVID-19 114

COVID-19 Public Health Hospitals Doctors 114

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care. 90% conducted research into health care costs. 59% chose their health care provider based on cost. population).

COVID-19 124

COVID-19 Health Insurance Patient Advocacy Public Health 124

Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

is also part of COVID-19 consumers’ coping mechanisms for hunting-and-gathering the stuff of survival. In the COVID-19 era, drive-through and drive-up curbside service have become important go-to tactics for dealing with everyday life outside of urban centers. public health patchwork quilt.

COVID-19 144

COVID-19 Public Health Doctors Telemedicine 144

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2022

"Telehealth accounted for a large share of ambulatory encounters at the peak of the pandemic and remained prevalent after infection rates subsided," said researchers in the study, which was funded in part by the American Telemedicine Association. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

COVID-19 114

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Telemedicine 114

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS Last introduced in 2021, CONNECT 2023 would expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make permanent COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities and make it easier for patients to connect with their doctors, according to a recent announcement from the American Telemedicine Association.

Medicare 130

Medicare Medicare COVID-19 Doctors 130

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors.

COVID-19 171

COVID-19 Doctors Telemedicine Hospitals 171

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital transformation of organizations, including health care providers. But this year’s research is particularly interesting and important given its timing during the COVID-19 crisis. Tech companies are much better capitalized than health systems.

COVID-19 174

COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health Hospitals 174

Verisys

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the pandemic continues into the winter months and COVID disruptions continue to affect the healthcare workforce, states, payers, and providers should be aware of recent changes that will affect telehealth services and access to telemedicine. 31, 2021, has been allowed to expire. Practice by out-of-state practitioners.

US Department of Health and Human Services 52

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Public Health Telemedicine 52

Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (the “OSHA Rule”), will require private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that each of their workers is either fully vaccinated, or tests negative for COVID-19 at least once per week. The OSHA Rule. and wear a face covering.” Verification.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine ADA Medicaid 40