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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may feel like it is a waste, especially given the remarkably robust phone-scam industry populated in noisy call centers by reps who know nothing about the so-called Do Not Call list, and whose measurement must be based on getting you to pick up the phone again and again. Your relatives only text. So why keep it?

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history.

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Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?

David Chou

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Pharmacy As The Money Maker CVS has over 10,000 retail pharmacies in the U.S.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015

American Well

For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. Welcome to the first installment of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today, #tday for all you Twitter users. Each Dark Daily. ” Read More. Are State Laws Holding Back Telehealth?

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Without action from Congress, most of the telehealth flexibilities will cease, cutting off telehealth access to a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. They ushered in an unprecedented wave of connected health technologies, particularly for Medicare beneficiaries. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.