Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

Consider: fighting health insurance appeals, crafting countless medical necessity letters, justifying being discharged against medical orders, and other battles fought hand-in-hand with her husband on behalf of Emmett and his well-being. My work is my life, and my life is my work,” she confessed.

Patient Advocacy 174

Patient Advocacy Health Insurance Nurses 174

Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2022

Digital transformation programs at leading healthcare institutions that I work with are increasingly focused on two things: how to increase revenues and how to improve consumer experiences. Region Tag: Global Edition. Paddy Padmanabhan Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health.

HIPAA 268

HIPAA 268

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Its competitor American Well has raised nearly $ 200 million to keep up with the "skyrocketing" demand for telemedicine, and Doctor on Demand collected $75 million for meeting the increased demand for its platform and services. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

COVID-19 145

COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors 145

HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

Age-old challenges like access to care, chronic disease management, and adherence to annual well visits and routine preventive screenings should now be easily addressed with the same efficiency we’re seeing in other aspects of our consumer lives. But they are not. Rethinking the Approach to Care Coordination.

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Doctors 98

Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886. Noncompliance with this expectation will be cited at F-880 for failure to implement an effective Infection Prevention and Control Program in accordance with accepted national standards. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-887. COVID Vaccine Education.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Public Health Nurses COVID-19 40

Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

CMS has identified three (3) specific CoP tags for surveyors to cite, including: 42 C.F.R. d)(1) (Emergency Preparedness, Training Programs) with CMS referencing “requirements for hospitals to train staff and to have policies and procedures aimed at protecting both their workforce and their patients. §482.13(c)(2)

Hospitals 111

Hospitals Nurses Nursing Homes Medicaid 111

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. They also needed to screen for seizures in high-risk populations, as well as improve their transition planning. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message.

Hospitals 157

Hospitals Doctors Nurses Governance 157

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

" Telehealth projects should have a digital literacy support program. Redlining is alive and well in 2021. Region Tag: Global Edition. " asked Peter Caplan, the managing consultant for New York-based eHealth Systems & Solutions. "Who's training patients what to do if the Internet has a glitch?"

Doctors 182

Doctors Governance Telemedicine 182

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

Key findings are as follows: PointClickCare Leads in Market Share; Epic Delivers Well for IDNs: PointClickCare dominates the long-term care (LTC) market, boasting the largest market share. However, respondents note that the introduction of new technology often comes with a price tag.

COVID-19 98

COVID-19 Nurses 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

And that will only change in the months and years ahead as more startups get funded, proofs-of-concept demonstrate success and pilot programs take flight into production environments. Implementation best practices: Launching clinical decision support. by Bill Siwicki March 07, 2019.

Telemedicine 99

Telemedicine Hospitals 99

SQA

JULY 19, 2023

They party hard when things go well and work even harder when things go wrong. The purpose of SUDs is to showcase how we have been progressing in the individual departments, in comparison with forecasting, as well as to discuss the future of SQA. They challenge every constraint that impedes progress.

FDA 98

FDA 98

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

PC CDS incorporates patient-provided information – such as data from medical devices, wearables and patient-reported outcome surveys, as well as social determinants of health and patient preference data – directly in the office, home, or other community-based setting. Region Tag: Global Edition.

US Department of Health and Human Services 221

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Patient Satisfaction Health Outcomes 221

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. There are cost controls built into these programs, so telehealth can't increase overall costs. What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022?

Medicare 173

Medicare Medicare COVID-19 Telemedicine 173

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

Key findings are as follows: PointClickCare Leads in Market Share; Epic Delivers Well for IDNs: PointClickCare dominates the long-term care (LTC) market, boasting the largest market share. However, respondents note that the introduction of new technology often comes with a price tag.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 Nurses 52

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Appendix I, Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Life Safety Code Surveys, as well as Appendix Q, Guidelines for Determining Immediate Jeopardy, must be followed by all ASCs. ASCs are required to evaluate risk, develop policies, procedures, and a communication plan, as well as train and test their final plan.

Compliance 52

Compliance Medicare Medicare Medical Billing 52

HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

Due to the unique setup of Epic’s Community Connect program, customers seeking support work directly with their host organization, not Epic. They report a wide range of missing features as well as upgrade bugs, and several respondents feel the solution may have capabilities they aren’t aware of.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals 52

SQA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

During these meetings – typically known as “QBRs” (Quarterly Business Reviews) – we evaluate the key performance indicators for the program(s) in place, discuss what’s working well, what’s presenting challenges, and what lies ahead. We don’t talk about the value of a well written audit report enough.

Nurses 88

Nurses Medical Device Industry FDA Hospitals 88

Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

Last month, long-time colleague and friend Colin Hung interviewed me on the #HITMC broadcast to discuss a lovely recognition I’d received: HIT Advocate of the Year , a program highlighting various friends-in-the-field active in digital health, communications and marketing, sponsored by Medigy. Stay tuned, and stay well!

COVID-19 118

COVID-19 Public Health Nurses Hospitals 118

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

It feels like the vision industry is at an inflection point at this moment, I intuited during yesterday’s convening of Decoding the Consumer: The new science of customer behavior, the theme of the 13th annual global leadership summit hosted by Vision Monday, a program of Jobson Medical Information which is part of the WebMD family.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Doctors Medical Billing 98

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

I recently wrote about financial toxicity discussing a study from IQVIA Institute on the 2017 prices for oncology drugs, with all new treatments exceeding $100,000 price tags in 2017 and a median price of about $150,000 for a year’s therapy. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer.

Doctors 87

Doctors Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 87

SQA

MARCH 7, 2023

I’m super proud of how we handled Covid as a company, we implemented a Survive and Thrive mentality that worked very well and we didn’t lay anyone off which we’re very proud of because of the family atmosphere at SQA. At SQA Services, Vanessa enjoys serving as the Program Manager for Pfizer, Civica Inc.,

Hospitals 52

Hospitals 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. “Also, while the IT infrastructure that supported our telehealth program was impressively reliable, technology is not foolproof, and, when things did go wrong, the wheels could fall off quickly,” he said.

Telemedicine 164

Telemedicine COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Doctors 164

Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

as a litigator, and I spend my time litigating complex cases as well as handling internal and regulatory investigations for companies with a government focus. And so, I think you would be well-suited and advised to anticipate how to respond to that and, attendant to that would be, how to reduce the risk of non-compliance. Mark Josephs.

Telemedicine 49

Telemedicine Fraud Governance Compliance 49

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"The platform was designed to supplement our standard pain-scale reporting with questions about recent levels of activity, or how well the patient is following their medication regimen," he continued. " Then there are lower readmission and infection rates.

Patient Satisfaction 120

Patient Satisfaction Doctors Nurses Telemedicine 120

Healthcare Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Instead, there’s a multitude of local, state, and federal laws and regulations, accrediting organization standards, as well as industry-specific best practices. Keywords and keyphrases can be tagged to guidelines, allowing employees to find what they need even when they don’t know the title. 24/7 Cloud-based Access: With 99.9%

Regulatory Compliance 87

Regulatory Compliance Compliance Hospitals 87

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

During this same time, we also launched a contact-tracing program to help identify those who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to prevent future spread. A cross-functional team across the health system came together to build the program quickly.

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COVID-19 Hospitals Telemedicine Governance 122

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

Well, no, Scott pragmatically answered. For example, Anthem and Walmart introduced the Healthy Benefits program, a card that covers $50 to $330 of OTC spending per quarter depending on the plan. But the value that little pill brings to a person-patient-consumer-payor is much greater than a nickel. Scott rhetorically asked.

Health Insurance 59

Health Insurance Hospitals Medicare Medicare 59

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Angela Jones Angela Jones is a program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. The result will be a shift from institutional-based, episodic, and illness-focused care to a model that promotes wellness through a longitudinal and holistic view of the patient. Region Tag: Global Edition.

COVID-19 182

COVID-19 Public Health 182

Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

If you include substance abuse disorders (opioid, alcohol, other illegal and legal drugs) as well, the numbers and costs continue to grow. So, a wellness approach that is relationship-based, with a coach or other appropriate person, can meet the needs of the majority of the general population. We all need someone to care for us.

COVID-19 98

COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid Nurses 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

More than video conducts with doctors, it’s using Internet and intranet technologies to facilitate many medical activities associated with healthcare and wellness of the body and mind. Region Tag: Global Edition. But what is telehealth? Communities may want to increase these mobile units. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

Telemedicine 189

Telemedicine Hospitals Public Health Doctors 189

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

While telehealth is now the de facto mode of accessing healthcare for most low-acuity and routine care needs, a number of related technology-led trends are quietly gaining ground as well. I discuss a few of these and their potential impact on healthcare consumer experiences. The rise of "contactless" experiences.

COVID-19 211

COVID-19 Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid 211

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We’ve thought long and hard about UI; about the rich dashboards we build; about new ways to expand functionality within the parameters of our applications and programs. That means that the tech center of their daily universe isn’t patient engagement, but rather the program they use most in their daily duties: The EHR.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals 52

Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

When it works well, patients may not even realize it happened, but it is often problematic. According to the 2020 CAQH index , PA is the single largest expense for the healthcare industry with a total price tag estimated at about $767 million annually. Despite its bad rap, PA is actually quite well-intended. It’s expensive.

Health Insurance 59

Health Insurance Doctors Governance Hospitals 59

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures. Communication between companies, entities, and individuals, as well as every end-user process, must be integrated.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Medicaid Medicaid Compliance 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Complicating congressional considerations are the persisting concerns that expanded telehealth use poses increased program integrity risks for the Medicare program. Region Tag: Global Edition. A recent HHS Office of Inspector General report found that fewer than 0.3% healthcare system. healthcare system.

COVID-19 119

COVID-19 Public Health US Department of Health and Human Services Medicare 119

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Complicating congressional considerations are the persisting concerns that expanded telehealth use poses increased program integrity risks for the Medicare program. Region Tag: Global Edition. A recent HHS Office of Inspector General report found that fewer than 0.3% healthcare system. healthcare system.

COVID-19 108

COVID-19 Public Health US Department of Health and Human Services Medicare 108

MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

A well-managed credentialing process opens the door to a host of benefits, including: Patient Safety Credentialing helps ensure the competence and qualifications of healthcare providers, which directly impacts patient safety. When you look at how much time, energy, and effort go into credentialing, it can seem like overkill.

Malpractice 52

Malpractice Due Diligence Compliance Licensing 52