Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. What are the challenges for effective hospital-at-home coordination? While there are many benefits to having patients receive care in their own homes, it comes with a host of challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

You contend telepsychiatry will continue to grow because it enables access to mental healthcare – which is a big challenge today. You contend telepsychiatry will continue to grow because it enables access to mental healthcare – which is a big challenge today. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Does your mind have lingering thoughts about outsourcing mental health billing to a reputed mental health billing company? Is mental health billing expensive? Thus, you should know that professionals’ of the mental health billing services would come at a cost. Let’s jump right in, shall we?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keep that relationship in mind in the context of a new forecast from Kaiser Family Foundation estimate the 2023 cost for employer-sponsored insurance for a family to reach nearly $24,000 in 2023. Health Populi’s Hot Points: According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar, 58% of U.S. ” One in 3 U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This quote lies at the heart of integrity, a powerful concept that applies equally critically in the healthcare payments environment as it does in daily life. It also plays a crucial role in reducing overall healthcare costs and indirectly affects the quality of patient care.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 13, 2023

The average person speaks about 7,000 words daily (although anyone who’s spent time around young children knows that estimate is probably low). Yet amid healthcare organizations building a more customer-centric approach to customer experience (CX), many have not included a key piece of the CX puzzle: analyzing the voice of the customer.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving. The following is what they had to say.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The No Surprises Act (NSA) was meant to relieve the financial burden from consumers and help prevent unexpected, and sometimes massive, healthcare bills – a goal that providers, payors and the industry at large can get behind. But a recent survey from Morning Consult found that one in five patients will still receive a surprise bill.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It intended to go live in July 2020, using Amwell as the technology and services vendor for virtual urgent care for an estimated 1,500 visits in the first year. It intended to go live in July 2020, using Amwell as the technology and services vendor for virtual urgent care for an estimated 1,500 visits in the first year.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2023

That percentage drops to only 3% for healthcare organizations. Accenture argues healthcare companies are lagging behind because they tend to be late adopters of digital transformation technology for administrative purposes. But AI mature healthcare software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors can offer ways to reduce the lag.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

To better understand ways that RCM can be optimized and how to best prepare for any needed adjustments, we reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. Barriers to patient care lead to delayed procedures and denials that negatively impact healthcare providers’ bottom lines.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Director of Healthcare Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid – nearly a 14% increase from the beginning of 2020. Early predictions estimated that up to 24.4M Early predictions estimated that up to 24.4M Adam Rarick-Varner, Sr.

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Medisys Compliance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Healthcare organizations has been hit hard by the global coronavirus pandemic. Now as every sector has started recovering from the pandemic, many healthcare providers are finding it difficult to bounce back and improve the cash flow and collection at their medical practices. Efficient Insurance Verification Process.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare system. Musculoskeletal (MSK) is routinely one of the three most expensive categories of care (along with cardio-metabolic disease and cancer care). Dr. Steve Schutzer, an orthopedic surgeon for 34 years, is working on this pain point as cofounder and COO of Upswing Health, a virtual clinic for MSK/orthopedic problems.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

Healthcare has highly specialized requirements for AI and other technologies. healthcare organizations, the University of Michigan Health-West has faced rising challenges: increased demand for services from the population, and intense financial pressures from higher costs and reduced reimbursements. EHRs have multiple benefits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Recent government initiatives and legislation, such as the Omnibus Bill and Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery include provisions intended to bolster federal healthcare IT programs. These innovations have the potential to unlock dramatic improvements in the healthcare landscape at scale.

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Redox

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Why AI matters Healthcare organizations are hot on the trail of digital transformation. Currently, the healthcare industry generates 30% of the world’s data volume. AI types and use cases Before they can maximize AI’s value, healthcare executives need to fully understand and appreciate how it can help them.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2023

It’s been a hot topic for revenue cycle management professionals for years that’s only getting hotter with the increasing pressures of staffing shortages, challenges with staff turnover and training and ever-changing policies and protocols at the government and payer levels. What’s driving denials?

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YouCompli

MARCH 21, 2022

As chief compliance officer for a hospital system, Scott Borsuk faced a two-fold challenge. In fact, on day one of implementation, YouCompli flagged a billing regulation that would have otherwise been missed. In fact, on day one of implementation, YouCompli flagged a billing regulation that would have otherwise been missed.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 10, 2024

Research shows 20% of American adults will face a severe form of depression at some point in their lives, while some estimates indicate 8% of the workforce has a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. But some clinicians and technologists see other ways to help patients manage depression.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. Patty Hayward, Director of Healthcare Strategy for Provider and Payer Markets at Talkdesk.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s healthcare business and value based care predictions. Chris Sullivan, Global Healthcare Practice Lead at Zebra Technologies.

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McGuire Wood

JUNE 6, 2023

Bill Drehkoff is the chief executive officer of Heart & Vascular Partners (HVP), a management services organization (MSO) focused on partnering with and supporting cardiology and vascular practices across the United States. Bill Drehkoff: This is a unique opportunity to have an impact at the beginning of cycle shift in a sector.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

"Our single billing office also needed a payment solution that would help transition from our legacy billing system to Epic," Wanzek explained. "Our single billing office also needed a payment solution that would help transition from our legacy billing system to Epic," Wanzek explained. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In an era where expanding the workforce isn’t always feasible, healthcare organizations must harness technology to enhance operations, reduce costs, and prevent staff burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. We recently surveyed 1,200 healthcare consumers and found that 71% would be more likely to apply for financial assistance if provided with clear, accessible options.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

Like many health systems across the country, it has faced challenges with staffing: a tightening labor market, increasing competition for experienced healthcare workers and rising costs. MEETING THE CHALLENGE St. Luke's. " PROPOSAL Knowing it couldn’t simply keep hiring more one-to-one sitters, St.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We have talked about implementing cloud technology in healthcare a lot, but there are still a lot of gray areas, such as the cost implications. Will it increase or reduce healthcare costs? In search of some answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 14, 2022

According to a recent study, in-house teams who perform medical billing need an average of 53.5 That is a staggering sum for healthcare companies, which will need to reduce expenses to continue operating profitably in the current healthcare market. Healthcare Billing Services. hours of training, which costs $3000.

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Medisys Compliance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Medical billing is almost always a time-consuming, perplexing, and stressful experience with a lot of room for error in any typical practice. Medical specialists can either build their own billing team or outsource their medical billing services to medical billing companies. The Benefits Of A Simplified Billing Process.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

health system, not for any form of control, government interference in healthcare, or any other nefarious purpose, but to address a pressing public health and safety issue: To ensure patients can be reliably and accurately connected with their health information. The bill was not passed, but Sen. Later that year, Sen.

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Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If you work as a medical professional or oversee a healthcare facility, you’ve probably encountered a myriad range of challenges on the surface and deep-rooted ones when it comes to medical billing and collections. Your medical billing function can be outsourced, which is a terrific approach to handle such issues.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Homelessness is a complex and challenging phenomenon, not just in the U.S. but across its neighbor to the north: It has been estimated that anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 individuals experience homelessness in a given year in Canada, with more than 35,000 individuals experiencing homelessness on any given night in the country.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. On one hand the automation will solve a lot of problems.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eric Demers, CEO of Madaket Health The No Surprises Act (NSA) is a bipartisan effort to protect patients from unexpected healthcare expenses. This law is good news for patients, with a KFF poll showing that 1 in 3 insured adults between 18 and 64 received an unexpected medical bill in the prior two years.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Healthcare organizations are grappling with the challenge of siloed structured data – a predicament where crucial patient information is confined within disparate systems that do not communicate. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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