MRO Compliance

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As I’m sure many of us can relate, since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, life looks different in many ways. Patient satisfaction from virtual visits with their healthcare providers appears to be comparable to traditional in-person visits. However, for HIM departments, the considerations are more complex.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

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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Telemedicine COVID-19 Patient Satisfaction Public Health 170

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Similar to HaH, being at home can offer a level of comfort, familiarity, and flexibility that facility-based care might not provide, leading to higher patient satisfaction and potentially better adherence to care plans. This not only ensures compliance but the best possible outcomes and follow-through for members.

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COVID-19 Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Telemedicine 110

HIT Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Unfortunately, facilities aren’t incentivized to publish this information, nor is there large-scale accountability for non-compliance. To date, only two hospitals in the United States, out of thousands, have been fined for non-compliance. But it also relates to a facility’s net promoter score and overall patient satisfaction.

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Patient Satisfaction Compliance Hospitals Health Insurance 97

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

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YouCompli

JUNE 29, 2022

With it, compliance officers have guided their healthcare organizations in complying with changing documentation, coding, and confidentiality requirements. As virtual care requirements for telehealth evolve, we explore how compliance officers can support patient care and help their organizations stay up to date.

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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. We know that you would be or know someone that is!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 Compliance and credentialing.

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Hospitals COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Patient Satisfaction 120

Medisys Compliance

MAY 12, 2022

With the added challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in billing guidelines and reimbursement policies, things are getting tougher over time. You can start tracking patient collection reports on a weekly basis to track the performance of the front desk team. Improve Clean Claims.

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Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 52

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For providers and payers, partnering with these apps to provide access to their patients is a way to improve outcomes and patient satisfaction while addressing the underlying causes of systemic bias. One way is to partner to help them investigate their data to understand the compliance of their hypertensive patients.

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Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 305

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It's no secret – the COVID-19 pandemic caused telehealth adoption to skyrocket. Meanwhile, health plans reported visit volumes, member satisfaction scores, improved outcomes and improved access to care as their top priorities for virtual care. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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COVID-19 Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Telemedicine 207

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

Concerns about HIPAA compliance have essentially led to technology stagnation over the last decade with IT weighing the risk of potential fines and security breaches to gains in efficiency and convenience. And then COVID-19 disrupted that healthcare technology plateau we had been walking for the last 10 years.

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Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Telemedicine HIPAA 206

Jackson Lewis

MAY 17, 2022

Employee Engagement Impacts Patient Care and Revenue. At a time when revenue is increasingly tied to patient satisfaction and quality metrics, strong employee engagement is not only the right thing to do, it is a financial imperative.

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COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Patient Satisfaction Nurses 52

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Beginning with foundational projects like streamlining patient-provider interactions and addressing administrative challenges, this approach will enhance operational efficiency while also satisfying new regulations. Their role will depend on it. The result? Primary care is now also mental healthcare.

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Hospitals Compliance Health Outcomes Medicare 76

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Minnesota hospital names new CEO How UnitedHealth’s CEO personally supported a physician following cyberattack Provider lawsuits pile up in wake of Change hack Mayo unveils launch pad for digital health tools MISSISSIPPI Mississippi has the nation’s worst infant mortality.

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