Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2019

“ATA” is the new three-letter acronym for the American Telemedicine Association, meeting today through Tuesday at the Convention Center in New Orleans. Ann Mond Johnson assumed the helm of CEO of ATA in 2018, and she’s issued a call-to-action across the health/care ecosystem for a delivery system upgrade.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

"Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment" is one of lawmakers' most important responsibilities, said Rep. Mahoney said the restrictions inadvertently create a "donut hole" for Medicare Fee for Service patients, allowing the health system to offer care to everyone but them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%).

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. While virtual health can’t solve every Medicaid issue, it can dismantle many typical roadblocks: Providers and patients can meet as scheduled even if the patient has missed their bus or had a childcare cancellation.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

But today’s telemedicine tools can enable evidence-based care and data sharing. Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans all have different reimbursement policies for telemedicine services. Evaluate telemedicine solutions. Blazing the Virtual Health Trail. Understand reimbursement and licensing basics.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether you’re new to telehealth and telemedicine or have been utilizing telehealth for a while, the current COVID19 pandemic has flipped this type of healthcare service delivery on its head much like so many other facets of our professional and personal worlds. Currently, policy is fluid. Bandwidths are burdened.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reaches into the community and meets specific needs. Developing programs that meet specific needs will help ensure successful outcomes.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Federal officials have taken some steps to help small practices, including advancing Medicare payments and reimbursing doctors for virtual visits. I worry about how well these practices will be able to shoulder the financial burden to be able to meet the health care needs people have,” he said. “If In Albany, Ga.,

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. billion in 2018. Matched telehealth fees to in-person service fees.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of telehealth policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. The post Telehealth Policy Barriers to Observe appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Rural hospital closures disproportionately occurred in the South, among for-profit hospitals and among organizations with a Medicare-dependent hospital payment designation. CMS Administrator Seema Verma released a rural health strategy in May aimed at improving access and quality of care in rural communities.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With “Economy” embodied in the law’s name, a rationale for including HITECH in ARRA was, in part, to help stimulate the nation’s economy beyond the revenues of health IT companies many of whom, in the short-term, directly benefited from the law. Some historical perspective is useful for context.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

The theme of this year’s meeting says everything the Association should be focused on at this expansive-and-uncertain moment in virtual care: “Enabling Flexible, Inclusive and Contemporary Care Delivery.”

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Henry Kotula

JULY 7, 2021

Those in complete isolation actually came to look forward to Zoom meetings and telemedicine appointments. As many as 27,000 Americans who survived COVID-19 may end up dead over the next decade as a result of behavioral health-related challenges, and that number may ultimately reach more than 154,000. Not Medicare.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 19, 2019

The requirements put in place on the CHI-Dignity Health merger by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , along with price increase restrictions imposed by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on CareGroup and Lahey Health , are cited as examples of the terms health systems should expect to meet.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

After his legs began to swell, and he felt “very, very lethargic,” he contacted his doctor at Catalyst Health Network, a Texas group of primary care doctors, to ask about less expensive alternatives. A pharmacist helped, but Mr. Chapman no longer has insurance, and is not sure what he will do until he is eligible for Medicare later this year.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

In reviewing state telehealth policies during COVID-19 , all states have implemented temporary executive orders or released guidance on telehealth access—although with significant variations. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Financial health will continue to blur into physical and emotional well-being in 2023. More families face difficulty paying all of their, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wrote in their December 2022 look into Making Ends Meet in 2022. Getting to health equity is a team sport and requires collaboration.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness , in and beyond “digital health” categories. During the pandemic, inpatient hospital beds have been in short supply in various communities across the U.S.,

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Professionals focused on expanding their telehealth services through Medicare will also be delighted to see the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Key Medicare Behavioral Telehealth Regulations. The 12/22/22 Senate passage of the 1.7 Legislation Roundup.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

JANUARY 4, 2018

On one level, these anecdotes tell the story of telemedicine: The ability of patients, and often their local clinicians, to have consultations over distances with other clinical experts who can bring their insights to bear on patient care. The bill from the telemedicine provider is then simply an “extra” added to the overall tab.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

"We are at an inflection point, and inflections bring new challenges," said former senate majority leader Dr. William Frist, R-Tennessee, during the first day of the American Telemedicine Association's four-part EDGE policy conference on Tuesday. " Similarly, Meghan O'Toole, health policy advisor for Sen.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

[link] The executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare 13th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. Question: What will hospitals and health systems look like in 10 years? President and CEO of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.): David Rahija.

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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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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

First, meet the stakeholders: they are patients, physicians (prescribers, which today can go beyond doctors per se to include nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and others depending on state licensure), payers, and manufacturers of the drugs. . The overall policy implication is that the U.S.

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