Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 8, 2024

FQHCs can receive financial rewards for deploying an individualized, patient-centered care model that builds trust between patients and providers, which has shown to improve health outcomes. In value-based care, organizations of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers commit to delivering a high standard of care.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

" Furthermore, virtual-first primary care is convenient for patients, as they can schedule consultations at a time that is convenient for them, without the need to take time off work or travel to a doctor's office, he added. Virtual-first primary care has been shown to improve health outcomes by increasing access, he reported.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

In my own family, my Uncle Roy struggled to manage his type 2 diabetes—he constantly missed doctor appointments, failed to take his medications, and never checked his blood sugars. Most things we “should do” don’t give us immediate gratification (eating right, exercising, taking medications, going to the doctor). In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2019

American seniors are already comfortable with video call technology, the survey found, revealing 45% have used FaceTime, Skype or Google Hangout, and a quarter are already using a mobile phone health app. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Patients who receive a personalized experience may have multiple specialists treating each of their needs individually, such as an endocrinologist for hormone therapy or a sports medicine doctor for a knee injury. The ability to seek treatment from a doctor specializing in your specific medical need is beneficial and improves health outcomes.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S. health care.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

Note that 21% of these sicker patients needed a particular doctor or hospital not covered by their insurance — that is, out-of-network. Note that one-third of people enrolled in Medicare or employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) self-rationed care due to cost in the past year. The top reason people in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The company is starting in Traditional Medicare (TM), generating a per-member-per-month payment structure for each of their partner doctors to free them to prioritize prevention, and focus on the patients that need care at each moment in time.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For example, it is sometimes challenging to quantify behavioral health outcomes. Telehealth clinicians can often be sent to see patients with little to no support, yielding costly and sometimes dangerous health outcomes. Nothing else safeguards the patient’s care. About Dr. Jessica Badichek, PharmD, BCGP.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It doesn’t take you to a health plan website. It doesn’t even take you to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. Add to this the fact that patients with multiple chronic illnesses see multiple doctors – all creating care plans and prescribing medications to address their specialized areas.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Research says that those Americans who live in rural communities have less access to care and subsequently worse health outcomes than those who live in non-rural communities. African American adults are more likely to report they cannot afford to see a doctor, leading to worse health outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

In addition, the complexities associated with finding the appropriate follow-up care for patients’ behavioral health needs create “a cycle of ED help-seeking behaviors and mental states that worsen with early discharge,” researchers say. and studies have shown that the timing of a crisis can play a critical role in patient outcomes.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

Yet despite increased use of EHRs by clinicians and smartphones and wireless technology by patients, the fundamental approaches to managing hypertension, diabetes, and chronic lung disease have remained the same for 50 years… The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point.

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Health Populi

MAY 1, 2019

Here, I wonder, “What if… America reduced health disparities, increased health equity, and our ZIP codes didn’t determine our health outcomes and life expectancy?” ” questions that I endeavor to answer. ” The shocking reversal of life expectancy in the U.S. ” As U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

advocated for two particular policy changes to be made permanent: the originating site rule, allowing physicians to be reimbursed for telehealth appointments wherever a patient is located, including a patient's home, and the expansion of Medicare- and Medicaid-reimbursable telehealth services. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.,

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2022

Despite robust literature demonstrating that participation in an ACP program can help improve patient health outcomes and lower unnecessary care utilization, thereby lowering costs , Medicare data reports that only about 2.8 percent of seniors end up having these discussions with their doctor.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

These companies strive to improve health outcomes and lower expenses by focusing on specific gaps, issues or illnesses, prioritizing technological innovation, and customizing individualized care plans. The global mental health apps market size was valued at $5.2 from 2023 to 2030. Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) collaborated with The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on the research report, Reinvigorating Value-Based Health Care: Exploring the Role of Technology Innovation. The Medicare Trust Fund is financed by payroll taxes, general tax revenue, and the premiums enrollees pay. of the U.S. of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today. Getting AI tools into the hands of those who need them most – physicians at the point of care – is an uphill battle.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

That wand has begun to initiate its magic in the physician community, based on a wonderful essay in JAMA published 20 December 2018 titled, Social Determinants of Health in the Digital Age: Determining the Source Code for Nurture. To mitigate SDoH risks for older Americans, Medicare has begun to pay for services that promote coordinated care.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A Community Health Worker brings an invaluable set of capabilities to the table when it comes to interacting with disadvantaged populations and linking them to support services in their area. However, all primary care doctors share a common goal: to improve the overall health and well-being of their patients and communities.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Telehealth appointments save patients over 100 minutes of time compared to an in-person visit, and providers are able to tap into new markets and drive better health outcomes for their patients. In fact, 57% of Medicare patients are released from the hospital without any post-discharge monitoring. Looking Towards the Future.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

These include self-rationing prescription drug fills or refills due to cost, putting off a doctor’s visit, relying more on credit cards than cash, and postponing paying bills, among many other choices between paying for meds or daily living expenses. The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. You can read more about this fact here in Health Populi , most recently in this post ]. have not returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Its expertise in reimbursement and health economics will assist Optellum, which recently announced a New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification for Medicare patients in the USA. Founder Tara Bishop , MD, commented “We value solutions that make medicine more accurate and accessible.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CT’s Medicaid reimbursement rates lower than peer states: report Better safety training, reporting, escorts for CT home health care workers focus of new legislation D.C. Acquisition of BCBSLA Paused a Second Time It was the biggest health care deal in Louisiana history. What they say sets them apart.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M Elizabeth Medical Center to receive nearly $400k in federal funds to combat substance abuse UofL lands nearly $12 million grant from National Institute of Health Winchester physician Michael Kuduk, M.D.,

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

COVID was a wakeup call: state public health departments were unable to process test results quickly because of lack of a standard way for labs to report test results, slowing the pandemic response. So, high quality, accurate data will be an imperative for member satisfaction.

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Healthicity

APRIL 1, 2024

It was on a Medicare administrative contractor's website. So Medicare Medicare administrative contractors or MACs, these are those contracted entities throughout the country that process claims for Medicare. But doctors use their judgment on, you know, when should I be testing for hepatitis b?

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

AMA scrutinizes lack of competition, consumer harms in Medicare Advantage plans. CMS makes big changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program. 2 orthopedic hospitals facing Medicare readmission penalties. Feds approve program for rural Arkansas health care but it will cost local taxpayers more. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That is why CMS created the new role of CMS Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) and has begun the process of filling this new role with a leading healthcare IT talent. Mohanraj.Balas…. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Seema Verma.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral. Alabama doctors launch nation’s first follow up clinic for snakebites. Multimillion dollar mental health center could soon be coming to Decatur. Police ID suspect in attack on doctor, nurses at Southern California hospital. Missouri health system names CEO.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The expansion allows for people to start the cycle of primary care treatment and follow up on other treatment options that their doctor or primary provider has recommended for them, without having to worry about high costs, deductibles or transportation issues. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2024

We designed the Vivio System to reduce the impact of heart failure and delay its progression, allowing value-based care organizations to improve clinical and health outcomes. Vivio represents a step forward in enabling the diagnosis of this costly and deadly condition within Medicare populations. healthcare expenditures by 2030.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

With legislation currently being drafted for nurses to receive the same reimbursement doctors and physicians do, this will likely become a top-of-mind topic in 2024. The IRA will have far-reaching and significant impacts on health plans in the coming years, so these companies must explore every possible avenue to ensure long-term success.

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