Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The post October 2020 Telehealth Reimbursement Roundup appeared first on TBH Institute Blog. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services: Renewal of Determination That A Public Health Emergency Exists. This recent extension has … Read more.

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AMD Telemedicine

AUGUST 2, 2023

This blog was originally published in September 2020 and was updated in August 2023. Over the past decade, telehealth has become increasingly popular as a means to provide care to patients. However, the adoption of telehealth services has become more of a priority for healthcare providers since the onset of the pandemic.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

I explain what was not only hot, but impactful, for health care providers and plans in the Medecision Liberation Blog published today. The post What Health Plans, Hospitals and Health Systems Can Learn from CES 2020 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The irreversible telehealth boom may be slowing and yet, older adults may be unable to benefit. More from August 2020: Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. But will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? It includes giving advice to current and new entrants.

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InTouch Health

JANUARY 9, 2020

What to Expect from Telehealth in 2020 and Beyond. Telehealth has exploded in popularity over the last few years as care providers, state legislators, and insurance companies continue to support this technology. The telehealth industry is expected to grow exponentially over the next eight years, reaching $32.71

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

Here are six blog posts from a May unlike any previous: Could technology improve nursing homes? It is encouraging to see this sheer quantity of free offerings , accelerated interest in telehealth , and other innovations in smart homes, healthcare and robotics that have emerged in the past few months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2020

COVID-19 Telehealth Disparities American Indian/Alaskan Native and African-American People The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has traditionally released information on Medicare claims annually, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency began releasing information on June 22, 2020, … Read more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Finally, a new report details the access limitations and disparate costs for high speed Internet across the US. Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? But is telehealth viable for the oldest? Kiplinger: High Tech Aids for Aging in Place, September, 2020.

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American Well

JANUARY 7, 2020

From the ability to immediately connect an individual with a physician based on a smart watch’s detection of irregular heart rhythm to virtual group counseling to aid in our country’s opioid crisis, advancements in technology and new approaches to care are pushing the boundaries of telehealth far beyond a sore throat or rash.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

million commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees from January through June 2020. Telehealth has been hailed as a panacea for unequal access to care, but the data has repeatedly suggested otherwise. During the COVID-19 period of the study, researchers found that 30.1% WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 13, 2020

Four Types of Telehealth: Advantages and Uses Given the funding that has recently been pouring into healthcare technology due to COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020, the behavioral health community can expect that many current innovations will be more … Read more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Covid-19 and its impact and implications, starting early in the month following event cancellations , travel bans and stampedes , telehealth insurance changes and senior living visitation lockdowns. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. This work began in the summer of 2020 as the Covid-19 lockdown was underway. Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In the 2020 OTI report, The Cost of Connectivity , researchers examined 296 data plans in the US, finding that only 64 of them meet the FCC definition of broadband. According to Pew Research in 2020, 21 million Americans lack access to broadband , as well as 60% of healthcare facilities outside of metropolitan areas.

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Clocktree

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Telehealth coverage and usage is continuing to make strides forward. The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that currently 60% of all healthcare institutions and about 45% of all hospitals are using telehealth in one way or another. Legislators are not the only ones jumping onto this telehealth bandwagon.

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American Well

JANUARY 7, 2020

From the ability to immediately connect an individual with a physician based on a smart watch’s detection of irregular heart rhythm to virtual group counseling to aid in our country’s opioid crisis, advancements in technology and new approaches to care are pushing the boundaries of telehealth far beyond a sore throat or rash.

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eVisit

JANUARY 12, 2021

We are a team that is always looking forward — looking toward the next new innovation to build and deliver…the next new customer to help deploy its virtual care strategy…the next quarterly business review to showcase success metrics and address optimization strategies…the next new challenge to tackle in telehealth. Top 5 2020 Blog Posts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth. Melissa Baird, COO at Hims & Hers, leads a team of engineers that designed a telehealth experience that engages and connects patient care across its service lines, especially for stigmatized conditions. You are responsible for engineering at the company.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Scanning through the collection of blog posts from April and May, the obvious has finally occurred. At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve.

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Redox

MARCH 24, 2021

Three: Facilitate Telehealth through Infrastructure. But in 2020, necessity was the mother of adoption , and by this, I mean technology, especially as it relates to telehealth. Prescription 3: Facilitate telehealth through infrastructure. I talked about interoperability last week in this blog post (above).

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

This week’s installment concerns a recently published blog post about a controversial reimbursement requirement for telemental health telehealth after the end of the public health emergency (PHE). Controversial since its announcement in 2020, the requirement was codified as part of the 2023 Physician’s Fee Schedule.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And for sure, the pandemic institutionalized the role of in-home telehealth, with CMS reimbursement presumed to become permanent , or at least regularly renewed. In fact, 23% of respondents to a government survey had used telehealth during a 6-month period in 2021.

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E-CareManagement

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Two recent surveys shed light on the issue of patient loyalty to local care providers for telehealth visits. While the findings are mixed, local providers should be concerned about how they're faring in the telehealth platform wars. Early Evidence Suggested Patients Preferred Their Own Providers for Telehealth Visits.

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GlobalMed

MAY 19, 2020

When you think of telemedicine, you might think of a patient at home using a telehealth app to connect by phone or video with a doctor-of-the-moment who can assess their symptoms and offer advice. Take a moment to explore some of our favorite blogs and discover the unexpected ways telehealth is transforming healthcare.

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InTouch Health

JANUARY 23, 2020

Finding the Right Telehealth Partner for Your Practice. Telehealth has grown rapidly over the last few years. Telehealth can help expand access to care, improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and give providers deeper insight into their overall practice. Telehealth should make your life easier as a care provider.

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AMD Telemedicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Early in the pandemic, healthcare providers had to use telehealth as a substitute for in-person care. Now, many healthcare professionals are trying to determine how to move past COVID-19, asking, “Is telehealth additive or substitutive?” Is Telehealth Additive or Substitutive? This changes the dynamic of virtual healthcare.

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19 Labs

JULY 22, 2021

Note: This blog entry is from Messias Soares , 19Labs Business Development Head. In 2020, we equipped 30+ community health centers in Missouri with GALE eClinics through federal funding support. These health centers needed a telehealth platform with a wide array of diagnostic devices and could handle multiple use cases.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 23, 2023

The peak of venture investment for digital health was in 2020 and 2021, precipitously declining later in 2022. Check out the full plotline here on the Medecision blog portal. The post Integration is the New Innovation for Healthcare in 2023: Reflections on CES2023 and JPM2023 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Since 2020, nearly 20% of healthcare workers have left the field, and burnout rates have jumped from an average of 30% to 50% of all workers to 40% to 70%. But telehealth technology in hospitals doesn’t have to add to nurses’ workloads; in fact, a proper telehealth platform would streamline their work.

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InTouch Health

JULY 22, 2020

The rapid adoption of telehealth has greatly helped to expand access to healthcare at a time when traditional in-person visits had to be avoided due to the significant increased risk to patients, healthcare providers and communities. That represents a 50 to 175 times increase in the number of patients normally seen using telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

That theme was given to us in the fourth quarter of 2019, when initial planning for ATA 2020 had begun. How many of us felt really great scoring toilet tissue and hand sanitizer in February and March, 2020? patients toward telehealth — the focus of the ATA conference all week long. What a difference a few months make.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Every day this week in this Health Populi blog, I will discuss these events and their implications for health care, most importantly impacts and import for U.S. Here are Morning Consult’s assessment of the Top 20 fastest-growing consumer brands of 2020 — all of which had everything to do with our pandemic lives.

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 14, 2022

Though telehealth technology has positive applications everywhere, it’s especially advantageous for those who are outside of highly populated urban centers. Yet despite an upsurge in the adoption of telehealth technology since early 2020, some healthcare providers remain wary of bringing telemedicine to their staff and patient populations.

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Iris Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

How telehealth works for certain conditions and populations. If you’re looking to implement telehealth services into your organization, you might wonder, “how does telehealth work?” But how does telehealth work for mental health care? Check out our blog for all the details.). How Iris can help.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 21, 2022

Telehealth seems poised to move in that direction, too. And telehealth upgrades that will improve the overall telemedicine experience for both patients and healthcare organizations can’t come too soon. Of course, the future of telehealth got a recent kick-start. Making healthcare touchpoints more convenient.

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19 Labs

JULY 22, 2021

Note: This blog entry is from Messias Soares , 19Labs Business Development Head. In 2020, we equipped 30+ community health centers in Missouri with GALE eClinics through federal funding support. These health centers needed a telehealth platform with a wide array of diagnostic devices and could handle multiple use cases.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As telehealth adoption continues to grow, telehealth competency education and training or the key to providing safe, effective, evidence-based telebehavioral health (TBH) services. Many providers have offered virtual care for nearly three years, but how many of these practitioners were trained in telehealth?

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