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. It became important to roll telemedicine out as quickly as possible.

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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. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

"We could preserve our brick-and-mortar centers for patients who preferred in-person care or were higher risk," he added. "And we could use virtual options to reach patients who might not be able to reach our facilities." This helped the facility volumes, as well. " The U.S. and cases are only rising.

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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. Advance telehealth and telemedicine. Empower patients in rural communities to make decisions about their healthcare. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

By increasing access to telehealth services, we're able to provide healthcare to the people who need it most, while also specifically addressing health equity implications in socially marginalized communities, improving patient satisfaction, increasing access to specialty care services, and decreasing reliance on emergency departments.

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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. State hospital patients held staff against will with make-shift weapons. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8 That Number is 3.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

"In Q4 2022, I implemented a new digital care solution – Force Therapeutics digital care platform – to further improve my team’s reach and raise patient satisfaction levels," he continued. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

' "In a few months, we began to see decreases in hospital utilization, patient satisfaction scores at 98% favorable and closing of gaps in care," she continued. "Our pilot program became the added layer of support this group of patients desperately needed. Established an NPS patient satisfaction score of +86.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

By allowing AI-enhanced workflow, organizations can implement better data exchange between processes and immediately deliver results in cost and time savings, while significantly improving staff and patient satisfaction. The healthcare landscape will likely witness challenges and adjustments in Medicare Advantage programs.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Luke’s receives $1.5 Luke’s receives $1.5 Dominic Louisiana physician charged in $5.6M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

"In March 2020, as coronavirus evolved into a pandemic, Congress voted to temporarily waive telehealth requirements for Medicare providers, allowing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, to reimburse clinicians for telehealth visits with patients at home in an area with a designated emergency," the report read.

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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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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

to do so Confusion remains over when abortion is legal to save life What happens when a health insurance company fails After court rulings, Oklahoma doctors are still confused about when abortion is legal to save a patient’s life OREGON Legacy Health to sell off labs as part of financial recovery effort OHSU $4.9B How did we get here?

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