Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

ASCs must stay current on healthcare regulations that affect billing. Medicare Payment Resources CMS implemented an Ambulatory Payment Classification-based payment methodology in 2008. ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool. Compliance protects ASCs and strengthens the healthcare system.

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Medicare Medical Billing HIPAA Medical Billing Services 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Necessity will drive AI usage in care work across all five care types (healthcare, home health care, home care, senior living, and Skilled Nursing Facilities). The report is published , the feedback positive, observations strike a chord. Avatars are emerging built on health protocols and voluminous data sets.

Nursing 69

Nursing Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. By engaging with the member throughout the day, an average of 22 minutes each day, care.coach provides psychosocial support and gains rich data for the health plan that can be used to improve member experience and optimize capitated payments.

Nursing 62

Nursing 62

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

By all indications, the digital transformation of healthcare is fully underway and it's time to party like it's 1999. Health systems are rapidly transforming their healthcare delivery models with online access and patient engagement tools, remote monitoring and other virtual care modalities. Region Tag: Global Edition.

Digital Health 159

Digital Health EHR Primary Care Connected Health 159

Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 9, 2022

It would be inappropriate for a Billing/Payment use-case to invoke Break-Glass. But would require that there be some yet-to-be-defined code to indicate that Break-Glass may be useful The FHIR Bundle that is returned might have a Bundle.meta.security tag that indicates that some data were redacted ( REDACTED ).

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FHIR EHR Interoperability 98

Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

Losses to primary care practices nationwide could top $15 billion over the year — a number that could grow if the federal government reverts increased telemedicine payment rates. Dive Insight: Medical practices across the United States have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telemedicine General practice 41

Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The application of security vocabulary as request context (purposeOfUse), response obligations (do not re-disclose), and data tags (confidential and sensitive). This would be a "Payment" purpose of use. These are beyond Treatment, Payment, and Normal hospital operations. But are also a specific defined purpose of use.

Interoperability 93

Interoperability FHIR EHR Health Information 93

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 2, 2016

Patient Privacy Consent Domains of Influence The main difference is the domain of the data each of these is looking to control, and thus the infrastructure they have to leverage.

FHIR 40

FHIR 40

American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

“This allows providers to use telemedicine technology to improve the cost and quality of healthcare delivery.” Healthcare Informatics. While there has been evidence showing the benefits of telemedicine in the healthcare industry, the realization of those benefits may come to an abrupt stop at the state border.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Primary Care Medicare 48

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 5, 2023

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CharmHealth , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced three breakthroughs to improve patient care. Because CharmHealth leverages Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Chart Note Assist also can pull in data from other providers, even if they don’t use CharmHealth.

FHIR 88

FHIR EHR Interoperability mHealth 88

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Based on the comments from the healthcare keynotes and from the digital health + medtech entrepreneurs roaming the aisles of the exhibit hall – there are encouraging signs that healthcare may weather the economic downturn better than other industries. Technology can help. HITsm #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/sXnGS4MUNy.

Primary Care 91

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience Digital Health 91

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we approach 2023 it is amazing that interoperability, true broad-based connectivity between healthcare systems, looks like the Verizon heatmap back in 2005 when there was as much white on the map as there was red. Depending on where you sit in healthcare today it may feel like 1986 or 2023.

Interoperability 59

Interoperability FHIR EHR Healthcare IT 59

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

One might note that individuals 55 and older account for more than half of healthcare spending , with costs rising with age. Patients can simply text the practice phone line, making it convenient to access live video sessions, manage appointments, send insurance and payment information, even if they don’t have access to high-speed internet.

Telehealth 69

Telehealth Telemedicine Pharmaceuticals Health Analytics 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

One might note that individuals 55 and older account for more than half of healthcare spending , with costs rising with age. Patients can simply text the practice phone line, making it convenient to access live video sessions, manage appointments, send insurance and payment information, even if they don’t have access to high-speed internet.

Telehealth 62

Telehealth Telemedicine Pharmaceuticals Health Analytics 62

Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Prior authorization “is a non-computerized kabuki of payment” that “needs to get rethought.” According to the 2020 CAQH index , PA is the single largest expense for the healthcare industry with a total price tag estimated at about $767 million annually. The post Healthcare is broken. But, fear not.

Interoperability 59

Interoperability EHR Patient Experience 59

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

Connected Health 191

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 191