American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Baird explains that for value-based care to succeed in both reducing costs and improving patients care, telehealth needs to be a key part of the equation. The current Medicare rules on telehealth are counter intuitive and an outdated way to care for patients. Today, Medicare does not cover: “Store?and?forward”

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. January 18, 2018. Get more details here.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 30, 2018

CMS Encourages Eligible Suppliers to Participate in Expanded Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model. Mon, 04/30/2018 - 10:58. For the first time, both traditional healthcare providers and community-based organizations can enroll as Medicare suppliers of health behavior change services. keya.joy-bush@…. Seema Verma.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The “Digital Divide” continues to haunt rural and remote areas that could most benefit from virtual care resources. Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. Challenge: Broadband Internet.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In our mobile world, students earn degrees online and professionals work from home; now receiving data-driven medical care from a remote provider is becoming a valued standard in healthcare. Some only provide video calls, in which you’ll diagnose patients based on reported symptoms. Telemedicine is exploding in popularity.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. That equates to 18.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and $12,230.40 of health spending per person.

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care innovations

AUGUST 21, 2018

As with any team, you're constantly working to balance — in this case: care delivery, quality, financial sustainability, staffing and stature in your market, among other items. Add to this the idea that it’s not right to give different people different care based on their insurer. for a health system, it’s even more challenging.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In this post, we’ll look at some key factors such as improvements in patient care and outcomes as well as the possibilities of increased CMS reimbursements for your practice, home health agency, or healthcare organization. Improved Chronic Care Outcomes. How Remote Patient Monitoring Improves Patient Outcomes. Aging in Place .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“While in 2020 many healthcare organizations saw their financial plans obliterated, patient behaviors radically shift and virtual care explode, in 2021 they will work to put the system back together,” said PwC researchers. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

examines how market forces are consolidating, rationalizing and redistributing acute care assets within the. broader industry movement to value-based care delivery. For a decade, the transition to value-based care has dominated debate within U.S. This article. Time will tell.

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In Hand Health

APRIL 11, 2019

In 2016, 15% of physicians worked in practices that used telehealth, according to a 2018 American Medical Association survey. While health care has been slow to adopt, telehealth has grown by 44% in the last five years. Continuing care. Contact us to see how In Hand Health can improve your practice.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS is charged with developing and enforcing quality and safety standards across the nation’s health care system, a responsibility we consider a sacred trust. Nursing facilities. This means setting clear timelines for SSAs to review allegations of abuse and neglect.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

[link] ; The US health care system relies heavily on private markets. While venture capital -backed startups in digital health offer opportunities to affect the cost and quality of care, often by challenging prevailing modes of care delivery, they pose potential risks to patient care and raise important questions for policy makers.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

 Each month, Avizia will provide a recap of the latest industry news and public policy updates on issues impacting the use and deployment of telemedicine. For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. Dark Daily.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I spoke with Win Whitcomb about Remedy Partners’ work as a convener for CMMI’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Win is enthusiastic about the opportunities for care improvement both at the point of handoff and also within each care setting’s “silo.” Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I spoke with Win Whitcomb about Remedy Partners’ work as a convener for CMMI’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Win is enthusiastic about the opportunities for care improvement both at the point of handoff and also within each care setting’s “silo.” Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I spoke with Win Whitcomb about Remedy Partners’ work as a convener for CMMI’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Win is enthusiastic about the opportunities for care improvement both at the point of handoff and also within each care setting’s “silo.” Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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EHR Interoperability FHIR Life Science 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I spoke with Win Whitcomb about Remedy Partners’ work as a convener for CMMI’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Win is enthusiastic about the opportunities for care improvement both at the point of handoff and also within each care setting’s “silo.” Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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EHR Interoperability FHIR Life Science 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I spoke with Win Whitcomb about Remedy Partners’ work as a convener for CMMI’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Win is enthusiastic about the opportunities for care improvement both at the point of handoff and also within each care setting’s “silo.” Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Clear Arch Health is a leading provider of advanced remote patient monitoring technology, personal emergency response systems and turnkey virtual care solutions. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Clear Arch Health is a leading provider of advanced remote patient monitoring technology, personal emergency response systems and turnkey virtual care solutions. Listen and read the full text here!

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to release the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare | 2018” list, which highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that promote diversity within the workforce, employee engagement and professional growth. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.).

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CMS.gov

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Fri, 12/21/2018 - 13:09. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicare Parts A & B. Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Today the Trump Administration announced our overhaul of the program for Accountable Care Organizations, or “ACOs,” in Medicare. Seema Verma.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Tue, 11/27/2018 - 18:48. Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. When facing any policy issue, it helps to take a step back and run it through the lens of common-sense. Sadly, that’s how health care works every day. You Have the Right to Know the Price. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma. Initiatives.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). health care spending, 3 so the promise of mobile health is especially attractive.” I do not discuss sensors and apps intended solely for use by health care professionals in health care settings.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The deal is valued at $69 billion. Previously in Health Populi, I’ve talked about the value of vertical integration for CVS to bring together the building blocks of retail pharmacy and pharmacist care, retail clinics, the PBM (Caremark), along with Aetna’s health plan member base and business.

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) plan to release a more detailed 2018 enrollment report in March for the recent open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act , including final plan selection data from the 11 state-based exchanges that do not use the HealthCare.gov platform. from last year.

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

3 minute read: Since the Biden Administration took office a few weeks ago, changes to help bolster the Affordable Care Act are already underway. Insurers offering short-term plans can turn down applicants based on their medical history and can charge higher premiums for pre-existing medical conditions. global health assistance.”.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Ripple effects from 2018 will continue well into the new year as players deal with some massive policy and business shifts. Providers: Behavioral care goes primary, investment in digital. That includes payers like state Medicaid programs , many of which have begun value-based payments for behavioral health services.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

Healthcare — availability and affordability — is a more intense worry for Americans in March 2018 than crime and violence, Federal spending, guns, drug use, and hunger and homelessness. were worried about the economy, and 23% about unemployment, in March 2018. adults 18 and over between 1st-8th March 2018.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2019

But this was Round 2 of the debate, with ten more White House aspirants sharing views — sometimes sparring — on issues of immigration, economic justice, climate change, and once again health care playing a starring role from the start of the two-hour event. The line-up from left to write included: Marianne Williamson. ” Sen.

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