Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

The hospital at home has seen a boost in popularity, but the models have been hampered by physician uncertainty and piecemeal reimbursement arrangements. Region Tag: Global Edition. Regardless, healthcare CIOs need to be prepared for the upcoming changes in the healthcare landscape.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

The following is a guest article by Isaac Smith, Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement Specialist at Medcare MSO ASCs are types of medical facilities that are subject to stringent regulations. New CMS and AMA guidelines, coding changes, and reimbursement methods have been implemented. HIPAA, CMS, and state agencies regulate ASCs.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Even before the pandemic, barriers to care and prompt reimbursement were sprouting everywhere, from the widespread use of prior authorization to qualify for care, to documentation hassles, to paper-based claims and reimbursements that create unnecessary administrative burdens and delays in payment.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The authors also discuss the barrier of incentive conflict, with America’s volume-based “sick care” system incentivizing in-person visits and the use of services which get reimbursed. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It's clear the future of reimbursement will at minimum include a heaping portion of providers being paid for value as opposed to volume. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

hospital margins will improve from Q2 with new revenue innovation and reimbursement transformation. Permanent reimbursement relaxation will be critical to make telehealth a mainstream delivery mechanism. In the US, as federal aid waned, for-profit hospital margins have been extremely strained in 2020.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 20, 2022

In addition, health systems have looked at voice-enabled transcriptions to identify reimbursable conditions identified during the diagnosis while ensuring that the diagnosis doesn't miss any critical health indicators. Region Tag: Global Edition. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Throw in the current employer-based insurance and reimbursement model for healthcare services, and it is clear why healthcare is not your conventional B2C business. Region Tag: Global Edition. And not to forget, the provider community has little interest in being disintermediated.). He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

"Essentially overnight, as part of efforts to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, two of the major previous barriers to telehealth use – poor financial reimbursement and low provider willingness – were eliminated, thus massively speeding up adoption," wrote the researchers.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

Experience Care and PointClickCare Delivering New Technology That Increases Value for Customers: Due to rising costs and evolving reimbursement models in the long-term care (LTC) industry, there is heightened scrutiny on the return on investment (ROI) of technology solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | June 15, 2023 News How one practice's EHR helped offset its declining Medicare reimbursements The all-in-one practice management system reduced the amount of time a patient needs to spend in.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Medical record requests are digitized, and specific data requirements are tagged. Apply technology to reduce human errors and increase provider reimbursements. For example, MRO already engages with a broad network of payers for data exchange and is easily able to contract with new payers and other requestors. Risk adjustment scores.

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Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 23, 2022

The new standards and coding revisions, however, may have a detrimental effect on the reimbursement on the claims submitted. Effective tagging and medical billing administration serve as a helpful strategic target for all the medical practitioners out there as the healthcare business is now evolving dramatically.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

Experience Care and PointClickCare Delivering New Technology That Increases Value for Customers: Due to rising costs and evolving reimbursement models in the long-term care (LTC) industry, there is heightened scrutiny on the return on investment (ROI) of technology solutions.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2023

While the report noted the continued challenges posed by the economy and staffing shortages, it also noted that Medicaid reimbursements are set to increase in a number of states, and consolidation among regional players may create economies of scale that will boost the sector. On the social determinants front, St.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

Epic Offers High-Quality Product; CPSI & Oracle Health Customers Dissatisfied with Product Capabilities Epic’s solution is highly functional for small hospitals; the vendor provides the tools customers need and continually delivers new technology in response to changing reimbursement rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Choose the right device to get reliable patient data and reimbursement. Today, many health devices and wearables are hitting the market, but not all are approved by the CMS for reimbursement. For reimbursement by the CMS, a device must be an FDA-listed device.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

From payer denials to telephone tag, both sides of the healthcare reimbursement process experience unnecessary operational abrasion and laborious manual procedures. The relationship between healthcare providers and payers is filled with decades of finger pointing and administrative burdens.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

Overtreatment is too often motivated by volume-driven payment, which has been the normal reimbursement scheme in the U.S. for decades — thus, the call for “value-based” payment, aka the movement “from volume to value.” The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

For years, however, thanks largely to reimbursement and regulatory challenges, and sometimes limited technology access, telehealth didn't quite catch on as much as many hoped. Region Tag: Global Edition. But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

The good news for telehealth is that the reimbursement environment has improved, with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services bringing telehealth and eVisits on par with in-person visits for the duration of the pandemic, along with a relaxing of rules for virtual consults across state lines.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Insurance Reimbursement Insurance companies — along with government programs like Medicare and Medicaid — require providers to be credentialed to ensure they meet specific standards and qualifications. Cloud-based credentialing platforms organize, expedite, and simplify credentialing by intelligently automating much of the process.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Note: Humblest apologies to Dr. Smart for typing her name wrong in the video and for not tagging her properly @KatharineSmart ]. Accelerating this trend is the potential end to the reimbursement of telehealth visits at the same rate as in-person. #HITsm #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/sXnGS4MUNy. Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) June 22, 2022.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And then durable medical equipment or genetic testing was ordered for these people when they didn’t need it, and it eventually got back to reimbursing fraudsters from government healthcare programs and violating, among other things, the Anti-Kickback Statute. Just from news reports, where direct-to-consumer type complaints go.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Joseph’s closing sooner than expected Longtime dean to depart U of Wisconsin medical school Marshfield Clinic closing Wisconsin hospice center Reimbursement challenges for WI hospitals, and area hospital responses to closures Rogers Behavioral Health spends $4.5M Mary’s Hospital security guard stabbed; 18-year-old man arrested HSHS St.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Joe’s to buy part of big Onondaga County orthopedic surgery center for $25 million NewYork-Presbyterian nurses push back on alleged doubling of retiree healthcare costs New York hospital names 1st surgeon CEO Northwell VC arm backs company detecting emotions with AI in $12.7M

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Nevada Medicaid must cover abortion services, judge rules Clark County health rankings improve, but physicians per capita still well below U.S.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Flora discusses role of Artificial Intelligence in medicine, especially cancer treatment Kentucky health departments react to potential ‘loosening’ of COVID isolation protocol Kentucky bill proposed that would set up hotline for maternal mental health Kentucky nurses rally in Frankfort as state faces shortage LOUISIANA Elevance deal for Blue Cross (..)

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