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. ON THE RECORD. Schweikert in a statement.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Consistently, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma have some of the worst health outcomes and health factors in their respective states. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Valendo Health solution unfolds in three stages: 1. In Phase 1, Valendo collaborates with practices to boost clinical capacity and patient services through telehealth and remote monitoring, fostering better health outcomes and practice growth opportunities. The collaboration aims to enhance diabetes care success.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The funding for this coordination of these social determinants of health aims to break down siloed efforts and better align care and social service providers – ideally enabling better health outcomes, reducing costs and protecting vulnerable populations.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2023

Within DTx, the emergence of precision engagement is a development that holds great promise, especially for chronic conditions where day-to-day choices and behaviors have a significant impact on health outcomes—conditions like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The two biggest reasons patients look to share their data with physicians is to (1) take a more active role in their own care (for 82% of consumers) and (2) to improve their health outcomes (among 77%). 42% would be keen to share data from their devices with doctors to better manage a chronic condition.

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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., Mike Braun, R-Ind.,

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Uncle Roy’s story is not unique; the individual behaviors that people with chronic conditions perform on a daily basis are the most important determinant of future health outcomes. But, it’s estimated that 40% of health outcomes are actually attributed to our individual behavior. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings. This is true today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The resources provided by these New Mexico state agencies are essential for promoting public health, ensuring access to healthcare, supporting healthcare professionals, and enhancing overall health outcomes for the residents of New Mexico.

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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.

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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. Thanks to the pandemic, for example, Medicare and most private insurance payers now cover telemedicine services, making it easier for patients and their caregivers to consult with their providers.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The resources provided by these Idaho state agencies are essential for promoting public health, ensuring access to healthcare, supporting healthcare professionals, and enhancing overall health outcomes for the residents of Idaho.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

" The group plans to lobby policymakers to broaden coverage for care services in the home – including extension and expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Without Walls provisions – advocate for bundled-payment models, home-based care and more. " But it's not enough.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

“At Monogram Health we actively manage patients’ kidney disease and a wide range of acute and chronic conditions using our proprietary, evidence-based protocols and technology,” said Mike Uchrin, CEO and Co-Founder of Monogram Health. cities across 34 states.

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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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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Those patients trying to stay medication-adherent tried various strategies such as stretching out their prescriptions, skipping doses, or reducing those doses — not sticking to the prescribed regimen, which can result in an adverse event or compromise the intended health outcome.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With “Economy” embodied in the law’s name, a rationale for including HITECH in ARRA was, in part, to help stimulate the nation’s economy beyond the revenues of health IT companies many of whom, in the short-term, directly benefited from the law. Some historical perspective is useful for context. Why would a grocer lobby for such a project?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

How important is it for the federal government to continue to increase access to high-quality healthcare via telemedicine, and why the federal government? Expanding and establishing permanent access to telehealth services is a great first step in providing these solutions. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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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. Cody Regional Health and St.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

of the total market share due to increased adoption to manage chronic conditions and monitor health outcomes. OpenLoop White-Label Telehealth Solutions OpenLoop was founded with the mission to expand access to care and improve community health outcomes. Additionally, telehealth services hold 45.7%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But even if providers do not serve Medicare populations, "Medicare policy trickles down," added Herber. Under the CARES Act, Congress granted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services authority to waive certain restrictions for Medicare coverage of telehealth. THE LARGER TREND. " ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

By balancing compliance, innovation, and budget constraints, healthcare organizations will drive better health outcomes, ushering in a more efficient era in healthcare. Gabriel Mecklenburg, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Hinge Health Gabriel Mecklenburg shares his predictions on how technology will shape healthcare in 2024.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2023

health care spending hits $4.5 approval for obstetrics services in Prince George’s County Maryland health system gets state OK for $300M labor, delivery unit Maryland hospitals must pay back millions to poor patients. Joseph’s Hospital Skip Gjolberg appointed 2024 Chair of the W.Va.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 29, 2019

is located away from metro areas, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet has unveiled his healthcare plan for rural America – and it relies heavily on big investments in telemedicine. So to close that urban-rural divide, the candidate's rural plan involves investments in telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, he said.

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

Anthony Regional Hospital Pursues Critical Access Hospital Designation To Strengthen Long-Term Viability UI Health Care ranks second in most trusted healthcare brands University of Iowa eyes consultant to assess value of other health care entities U.S.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

in federal aid for rural Arkansas hospitals, totaling nearly $40M UAMS Reports $18M Loss in Fiscal First Quarter Baxter Health cut 155 positions through attrition, CEO says Arkansas hospital adds Mazor X robot New opioid research center in Little Rock aims for national impact NIH awards UAMS $1.5M

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

For the past decade, we’ve seen two macros, yet largely parallel, healthcare trends: 1) understanding impacts of social drivers of health and. 2) adoption of digital health and telemedicine, especially due to COVID-19. food deserts, access to care), while clinical interventions and risk scores are created at the patient-level.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In early December, FarmBoxRx was the first online grocer to be approved to channel food to SNAP/EBT recipients as payment from Medicare and Medicaid. enabling enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid to order fresh produce online. Many tech companies are working to improve public health and individuals’ health equity.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Socially Determined unveils metric measuring impact of social connectedness on health outcomes, business performance. The status of Public Health Emergency declarations. California health bureaucracy prevails in nursing home dumping suit. California physician, patient recruiter charged with $36M Medicare fraud.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, BIDMC staff expect telemedicine to continue at the current volume of 20% of all ambulatory care visits. During the pandemic, a health technology company provided IoT devices to people's homes that monitored COVID-19 symptoms, along with a platform for data collection. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

The use of robots in health care will exponentially mature with the development of robots capable of performing basic medical tasks, such as taking vital signs, administering medications, and providing wound care. With Medicare Advantage set to exceed a 50% share of Medicare coverage markets, generative AI will play a crucial role for payers.

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Hall Render

JULY 29, 2022

6 Major Trends Boosting the Telemedicine Market in Health Care. Nursing Home Operators Make Infrastructure, Staffing Changes to Meet Behavioral Health Needs. Telehealth expansion for Medicare enrollees would be extended under a bill poised for House vote. Behavioral health sectors struggle with staffing shortages.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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