Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

After all, more patients should generate more billable services—and thus, more payments. But as organizations balance productivity goals with payer policies, sometimes their version of “enough” patient volume is actually too much. The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Its use has increased over the past decade, but still, only about 13% of dialysis patients currently take advantage of in-home dialysis , despite studies showing that it has similar outcomes to in-patient treatment, greater patient satisfaction and reduced Medicare costs.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 8, 2024

Payers: Grow Therapy partners with insurers to offer value-based care models, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality mental health services for covered populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For those patients not seen, the chances of hospitalization are twice that of patients who have been seen. These potentially avoidable hospitalizations roughly cost Medicare over $1 billion annually, not to mention the personal toll on a frail population and their loved ones.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2022

Additionally, several telehealth flexibilities (that generally expand Medicare coverage for telehealth services) have been extended 151 days (about five months) beyond the termination of the HHS PHE. If Medicare coverage requirements for telehealth services (e.g., More practitioners can provider covered telehealth services (e.g.,

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

– Florence, which will enter 2022 at full risk for more than 25,000 Medicare patients across multiple states and annual revenues of over $350 million, selected the Innovaccer Health Cloud after an extensive search that included all major public cloud providers. .

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

For example, training a predictive model on the general population may be inaccurate when used in a Medicare or Medicaid population. Please describe the process for using local data to train predictive machine learning models.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2022

This new program allows caregivers to deliver hospital-level care in patients’ homes across a range of acute conditions instead of admitting them to a medical facility. This allows them to optimize capacity and ensure that hospital beds are available for more critically ill patients.

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 24, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that in the fiscal year 2020, they recovered $3.1 A survey by the American Medical Association found that 92% of physicians reported that prior authorization requirements had a negative impact on patient clinical outcomes. 2021, January 15). 2021, April).

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Unfortunately, America still struggles with high, painfully opaque pricing across healthcare that hurts employers, workers, patients, and taxpayers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that in 2021, the nation spent $4.3 Healthcare consumerism has plenty to do with cost and accessibility.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2021

" Key to moving forward will be a delivery model through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center that will enable testing and implementation of a long-term advanced care at home framework. Parodi also flagged the patient satisfaction component: "We're consistently running at 4.95

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What You Should Know: – Radial Analytics , a Concord, MA-based company optimizing patient care transitions with real-time decision-support solutions for payers and providers, today announced it has raised $3M in funding led by Initialized Capital. Results show lower costs, improved outcomes, and better patient satisfaction.

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YouCompli

JUNE 29, 2022

A measure in the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed into law in March, extended Medicare telehealth reimbursement for 151 days following?the This is an opportunity for organizations that have embraced virtual care to continue offering telehealth visits to their patients. the end of COVID-19. Legislation to watch includes the?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Many of these organizations are using AI to not only identify these patients but proactively reach out to them through preferred communication channels and encourage them to schedule their annual wellness visits – typically through streamlined, AI-driven online scheduling options.

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Medisys Compliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

Foster Patient Engagement Transparency in billing: Provide patients with clear cost estimates and explain their financial responsibility before procedures. Flexible payment options: Offer diverse payment methods for improved cash flow and patient satisfaction.

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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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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The research validates that the brief PAM survey can accurately measure a patient’s level of “activation”—their knowledge, skills and confidence for self-management—and can lead to improved health outcomes, higher patient satisfaction and lower cost of care.

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Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Challenges of Medical Billing in North Carolina Regulatory Complexity: Medical billing in NC is subject to a myriad of regulations , including those imposed by federal agencies like Medicare and Medicaid, as well as state-specific guidelines. Compliance with these regulations is crucial for accurate billing and avoiding penalties.

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Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Challenges of Medical Billing in North Carolina Regulatory Complexity: Medical billing in NC is subject to a myriad of regulations , including those imposed by federal agencies like Medicare and Medicaid, as well as state-specific guidelines. Compliance with these regulations is crucial for accurate billing and avoiding penalties.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 8, 2024

It involves a series of critical steps, from patient registration to claim submission and payment posting. Efficient medical billing not only accelerates payment cycles but also enhances patient satisfaction and operational efficiency.

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Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Services Patient Satisfaction 59

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

"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. " Rebecca King, Premier Family Physicians.

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While some descriptions conflate value-based healthcare and cost reduction, quality improvement, or patient satisfaction, those important efforts are not the same as value, which focuses primarily on improving patient health outcomes. The problem, what is being measured, and how?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We track data from Tableau, pulling ambulatory utilization data-based visits documented in Epic, and have paid attention to those clinics where utilization has been lower than expected to work with them to scale telemedicine for their patients," Rheuban said.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 27, 2023

These terminologies are briefly discussed below for better understanding: Provider enrollment: This refers to the process of enrolling a healthcare provider with an insurance plan or government program, such as Medicare or Medicaid. This trust can lead to increased patient satisfaction and retention.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a recent Memo reminding hospitals and other Medicare certified health care entities of their regulatory obligation to maintain a safe setting for patients, residents and staff. CMS’s action comes at a time when violence in health care settings is on the rise.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Increasing importance on patient satisfaction, providing efficient and quality care, and minimizing costs have also led to higher telehealth implementation. Medicare covers many telebehavioral and telemental health services including audio-only services. This is also called “store-and-forward telemedicine.”

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It emphasizes conducting activities transparently, ethically, and in a manner that secures the trust of patients, staff, and stakeholders alike. This holistic approach to governance ensures that decisions are informed by a comprehensive understanding of the hospital’s overall performance and its implications for patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

Because of better patient outreach and education through the vendor, Geisinger has had more patients interested in cardiac rehab from the get-go. "This leads me to the next metric: We have seen consistently high patient satisfaction scores with the program, including a Net Promoter Score of 80-plus," Zimmerman reported.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

It's critical that the platform engages the patient in a care plan prescribed by their provider such that it helps the patient achieve the same or better outcomes at home than they would with traditional in-person care. All these elements are coordinated to drive better patient outcomes and higher patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

" Implementing the Smart Meter technology resulted in better workflow, seamless integration, and staff and patient satisfaction, Vyas reported. "AstuteDoc's care management providers, staff and PharmD were able to deliver better outcomes for the patients' blood pressure and blood sugar control," he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a Medicare and Medicaid program designed for individuals aged 55 and above requiring nursing-home-level care, embraced the benefits of providing care at home prior to the pandemic, enabling this frail population to remain within their familiar home environments and communities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

million completed in-person and telehealth (video or phone) adult primary care encounters for nearly 940,000 unique patients at MedStar Health, Stanford Health Care and Intermountain Healthcare from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2021. We also looked at each patient's payer type, including commercial, Medicaid, Medicare and other.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Approximately 60 million people live in rural areas – including millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Also, Medicare will now pay separately for Remote Evaluation of Recorded Video and/or Images Submitted by the Patient. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"Quality assurance work was similarly focused on this relatively focused scope of service in order to ensure a level of patient satisfaction and HIPPA compliance comparable to that offered by face-to-face visits," Sinkoff said.

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Medisys Compliance

MAY 12, 2022

You can start tracking patient collection reports on a weekly basis to track the performance of the front desk team. As the front desk represents your practice, improving front desk activities will ensure better patient collection and could result in higher patient satisfaction. Improve Clean Claims.

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