Digital Health Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

A study in JAMA Health Forum stirred the pot ahead of a busy HIMSS week by suggesting that Medicare Advantage patients are getting skimped on home care. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 178k traditional Medicare and 107k Medicare Advantage patients, analyzing those who had care between 2019 and 2022.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

Thanks to the team at Rock Health, we know more about these gaps explained in their report, Startup innovation for underserved groups: 2021 digital health consumer adoption insights, published this week. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine. Digital health tracking.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Eligible Medicare Advantage members can now use their benefits to purchase approximately 1,700 items digitally for shipping, pickup or same-day delivery DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS Eligible members can now shop from a catalog of approximately 1,700 Shop Eligible Products on Walgreens digital channels.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Medicare-focused virtual exercise platform Bold secured $17 million.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Medicare Advantage insurtech company Clover Health and virtual care company Hims & Hers Health also reported earnings.

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

It’s a tough week to be working PR at Medicare Advantage plans after STAT put out an in-depth investigation revealing that payors are using “unregulated predictive algorithms under the guise of scientific rigor” to cut off care for seniors. Elevance, Cigna, and CVS Health have all made acquisitions in the space.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 26, 2024

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kooth Digital Health , a mental health and well-being platform for young people, today announced a partnership with Aetna Better Health® of Illinois. Kooth Digital Health supports approximately 100,000 students across Pennsylvania.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Since Medicare coverage first took effect almost six decades ago, the program’s runaway spending has played a leading role in the story of the federal budget. An excellent piece in The New York Times highlighted how Medicare’s unsustainable climb reached a turning point in 2011, and for reasons that aren’t exactly clear.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Insurance navigator Fair Square Medicare raises $15 million, AI-enabled prostate cancer care startup Avenda Health scores $10 million, and oncology clinical trial startup Trial Library emerges from stealth with $5 million.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 6, 2023

Maintaining Paragon and expanding our relationship with Altera Digital Health supports our ability to execute our short-term goals while leveraging existing staff knowledge/skills.” Altera designs digital health services that lead healthcare to a higher place, while we guide those we partner with, all along the way.

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Digital Health Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

Medicare Advantage plans could be on track to reach over $75B in overpayments this year – nearly 3x prior estimates – causing researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics to issue a pressing call for policy reform. Favorable selection at its finest.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While digital health still holds plenty of promise in healthcare, the lack of cohesion between Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health plans about just what digital services should be covered is a | Just how commercial plans cover digital health codes varies greatly, often leaving physicians confused about treatment options and patients uncertain (..)

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 6, 2022

Also: Medicare Advantage insurer Zing Health partners with Papa. Verily and biopharma-company Sosei Heptares announce a research collaboration. Pharma-focused accelerator PharmStars’ next cohort will focus on neurological diseases.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2019

There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2020

For overall healthcare reform, the plurality of Americans prefer improving the current system (that is, building on the Affordable Care Act) versus repealing and replacing the ACA or adopting a Medicare for All plan. This is the Triple Aim for Consumer Health — improve “my” health, enchant and engage “my” experience, and lower “my” costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Already worth $350 billion in 2019, the industry is expected to continue increasing given our rapidly aging population and that national healthcare spend is almost 20% of the GDP , as well as the surge in new digital tools, devices, and therapeutics that can drive better patient outcomes.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved coverage for Dexcom G7, the most accurate, 1 easy-to-use CGM system that helps people with diabetes gain greater control of their health. 2-6 The approval of Medicare coverage for Dexcom G7 further solidifies Dexcom as the most covered and reimbursed CGM brand on the market.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte.

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Digital Health Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Age-related health issues and associated costs (chronic conditions such as hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, cancers, obesity, etc.) This increased cost burden is depleting the Medicare funding which will eventually go bankrupt. There will be difficulty in funding the tax-funded Medicare program. The three aims are: 1.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. Power survey on the subject attested].

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Connected Health Initiative

JULY 14, 2023

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its continued leadership in providing high-quality, cost-effective care for Americans, and for its release of the draft 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 12, 2022

Also: Diana Health raises $11 million for its maternity care tool.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 4, 2021

Also: Sleep startup Revery lands $2 million and Clinify snags $3.1 million in seed funding.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

. “The public’s use of health apps and wearables has increased in recent years but digital health still has room to grow,” a new poll from Morning Consul t asserts, published today. Among digital health tech users, most check into them at least once every day in the past month.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. THE PROBLEM. USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Digital Health Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Age-related health issues and associated costs (chronic conditions such as hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, cancers, obesity, etc.) This increased cost burden is depleting the Medicare funding which will eventually go bankrupt. There will be difficulty in funding the tax-funded Medicare program. The three aims are: 1.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. At this moment in U.S.

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Digital Health Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Efforts to extend regulatory flexibilities for virtual care gained some wind in their sails from a new study in Health Affairs that linked telehealth use to significant quality improvements and a relatively modest bump in spending. The post Telehealth Linked to Quality as Extension Deadline Looms appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 6, 2024

Beginning January 1, 2024, a significant change in Medicare billing practices greatly impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services.

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Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

In part 1 of our blog series, Mend reviews the permanent Medicare changes to the Telehealth policy. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years. This has had myriad effects on Telehealth policies as well as how providers deliver digital care.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Promise of Digital Health Exists, Connected Health Initiative Urges Congress to Achieve Potential January 31, 2023—Today, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) released its priorities for the 118 th Congress. Number of U.S. Full details of CHI congressional priorities can be read here.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

In part 2 of our blog series, Mend reviews the temporary Medicare changes for telehealth lasting until the end of 2024. As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. More specifically, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Now let’s focus on the health-consumer aspect of digitally connected people. To give you a sense of their topline for digital health, Deloitte titled that section of its report, “Virtual health and fitness find their rhythm.” ” The bar chart updates our understanding of U.S.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Altera has a mission to elevate healthcare, not only for the patients served by our clients, but for everyone who plays a role in each healthcare experience, from the exam room to the billing office and everything between,” said Marcus Perez, President, Altera Digital Health.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2023

LAS VEGAS—The HLTH 2023 conference kicked off Sunday expecting to draw up to 10,000 attendees from across the industry to plot the future of digital health innovation. | The latest news and updates from the HLTH 2023 conference: Uber and Optum team up to simplify access to Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 4, 2024

” The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital health solutions, with the CDC reporting that 36% of adults used telehealth services in 2021. The partnership also underscores Cardio Diagnostics’ commitment to health equity and access. According to McKinsey , up to $250 billion of U.S.

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