GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. Like many patients in her situation, she is covered by Medicaid and Medicare.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This problem is only made worse by the silver tsunami of 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage every day. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Chief Health Information Officer , a position located in Minneapolis, MN, posted by Hennepin Healthcare at Healthcare IT Central.

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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Traditional PT clinics are now competing with companies that offer online-only, virtual appointments with their own group of physical therapists. Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. Effective Jan.

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LinkousThink

MARCH 3, 2010

Garth Graham, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. We spoke at the annual meeting of the Health Information Management Systems Society in a session titled: “ Underserved Communities and the Health Information Technology Landscape – the Necessity for Partnership.”

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LinkousThink

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Although it has already come under attack by many groups, the Finance Committee proposal, put forward by Sen. Much of the bill takes a broad approach to health reform; financing, insurance options, etc., The language refers to the role of health information technology in addressing such needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. As the pandemic experience varies at different times across different regions of the country, local partnerships between healthcare providers, payers, community groups and government agencies can help power a more informed response, it added.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click. This integration is key for chronic patients and population health management. We define both terms as a remote consultation between a doctor and a patient.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click. This integration is key for chronic patients and population health management. We define both terms as a remote consultation between a doctor and a patient.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

For Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded access to telehealth beyond designated rural areas, loosened HIPAA requirements around telehealth platforms, and instituted parity in reimbursement with in-person visits. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patients with state-funded Medicaid and federally funded Medicare plans also encounter logistical barriers to securing musculoskeletal care, including lower referral rates to orthopedic surgeons. Orthopedic specialists are 13% less likely to accept new Medicaid patients than they are Medicare patients or those with commercial insurance plans.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Health care is incredibly backward in its use of information and consumer technologies and there are ample opportunities to improve patient care while reducing cost. By June more than 500 hospitals were connected to the Health Records app representing 50 health systems. That is more than any tech firm except Apple.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It also experimented with at-work clinics, piloting a health center at its Seattle headquarters, and dove deeper into patient data analysis via sophisticated natural language processing. And as part of its efforts to target the aging infirm, the company began offering Prime discounts to Medicare recipients.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

And Optum, one of the largest conglomerates that is a subsidiary of United Health Group, increased its net revenue growth by 25% to $54.1 Policymakers can learn from these various payment models and use them to inform the plans implemented in their own state or region in order to improve healthcare.

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LinkousThink

APRIL 19, 2010

Physicians and specialty groups have supported strong licensure laws in an effort to block out of state physicians from providing services in their own state in competition for patients and health services. There has been talk by some parties that the same policy should be extended to physicians providing services to Medicare patients.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Blockchain's interoperability could underpin data exchange, serving as an alternative to today's health information exchanges (HIEs); essentially, it would act as a mesh network for transmitting secure, near real-time patient data for healthcare providers, pharmacies, insurance payers and clinical researchers, according to IDC.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

Clinicians can conduct 1-on-1 or group conversations via text, voice or video with patients, so enhancing remote care while avoiding potential exposure to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. The system enables providers to engage patients at each touchpoint during a health event, from diagnosis, to hospitalization, to recovery.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A growing volume of outpatient care will be provided in ambulatory surgery centers, primary care clinics, retail clinics, urgent care centers, nurse managed health centers, imaging facilities, emergency departments, retail clinics, and patients’ homes. Consolidation will continue industry wide.

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