Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Although hearing aids are not covered by Medicare, as of 2017, Medicare Advantage plans, held by 30% of seniors – expected to grow to 47% by 2029 – are beginning to contribute a portion of the cost of hearing aids. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , hearing loss.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Meanwhile, Medicare Advantage plans telemarket home nurse visits which provide an opportunity to assess risk scores , enabling them to boost insurer reimbursements from Medicare based on that assessment, independent of whether the insured has already been assessed at the doctor’s office. With persuasion? That’s 5 percent!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Medicare Advantage consumers will increasingly expect a smooth digital experience. As Medicare Advantage penetration expands beyond 51%, the plans’ offerings will begin to focus on ways to keep consumers healthy, or at least healthier over time. Payors will reimburse to keep people well.

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Nursing Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

Medicare Advantage changes may revive tech-enabled home care services. A far-reaching change began in 2018 to expand benefits for the chronically ill -- resulting in the likelihood that in 2019 non-skilled in-home care services will be reimbursed under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which covers a third of Medicare beneficiaries.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

F rom Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits to savings on your prescription drugs, we will help you reduce your daily out-of-pocket expenses by finding validated ways to save. Learn more at TapestryHealth. category tags: AI and machine learning , caregivers , dementia care, cognitive decline , digital health

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In 2019, Medicare Advantage began covering some non-skilled home care. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. Homecare a sizable and growing market. In 2019, the private duty home care market was sized at 23.5 billion – or one quarter of the $95 billion home health market. And if so, when?

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Nursing Medicare 133

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And basic Medicare still does not cover, although Medicare Advantage plans (like United Healthcare , for example) in some locations do. category tags: smartphones , smart home , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

This is an acknowledgement of the emerging reimbursement of some home care services by Medicare Advantage. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health. Consider the HIMSS rebranding of one company, Wellsky, formerly Mediware,rebranded as Wellsky, but also renamed home, companion, private duty care as ‘personal care.’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In their September, 2020 Aging in Place report, the authors note that demographics, regulatory and policy changes (aka reimbursement via Medicare Advantage plans), and Covid-19’s boosted use of digital health combine to make this a pivotal point. category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Family caregivers.

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Digital Health Medicare Telehealth 142

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

" Challenges facing nursing homes serving primarily long-stay residents covered by Medicaid; workforce challenges , which are unlikely to dissipate; nursing home regulations; and the growing popularity of Medicare Advantage.". category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Pipe dream? Rant off. .

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Nursing Medicare 106

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Hospitals will negotiate hard with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare Advantage plans to be paid on a per month basis to ensure there is a continuous revenue stream, moving away totally from a fee-for-service agreement. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 212

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. And further, when senior living companies were enabled to provide their own Medicare advantage plans , that piqued more interest in telehealth. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism.

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Health Technology Telehealth Medicare 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

These opportunities reflect insurance offerings, well understood by Medicare Advantage providers to 22 million that now have that product. category tags: Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place , Aging. Isn't there a business opportunity in there somewhere that would boost the 50+ economy?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

And in 2018, telehealth reimbursement programs accelerated , with Medicare Advantage reimbursement expected in 2020. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology. Regulation of home design to sustain independence? Regulation of cognitive training programs? Who is thinking over one of these recommendations?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

" Challenges facing nursing homes serving primarily long-stay residents covered by Medicaid; workforce challenges , which are unlikely to dissipate; nursing home regulations; and the growing popularity of Medicare Advantage.". category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Pipe dream? Rant off. .

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Nursing Medicare 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In their September, 2020 Aging in Place report, the authors note that demographics, regulatory and policy changes (aka reimbursement via Medicare Advantage plans), and Covid-19’s boosted use of digital health combine to make this a pivotal point. Kiplinger: High Tech Aids for Aging in Place, September, 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

" Challenges facing nursing homes serving primarily long-stay residents covered by Medicaid; workforce challenges , which are unlikely to dissipate; nursing home regulations; and the growing popularity of Medicare Advantage." 65 is the new 85 – Covid-19 cultivates elements of ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

And in 2018, telehealth reimbursement programs accelerated , with Medicare Advantage reimbursement expected in 2020. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology. Regulation of home design to sustain independence? Regulation of cognitive training programs? Who is thinking over one of these recommendations?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Meanwhile, hearing aids are getting a makeover that the article ignores, including downward price movement , ability to buy them online (and over the counter ), and coverage through Medicare Advantage plans – those changes alone makes them available to more people.

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Nursing Medicare 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In their September, 2020 Aging in Place report, the authors note that demographics, regulatory and policy changes (aka reimbursement via Medicare Advantage plans), and Covid-19’s boosted use of digital health combine to make this a pivotal point. Kiplinger: High Tech Aids for Aging in Place, September, 2020.

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 48

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

Payors have begun to recognize the value of nudging consumers toward over-the-counter products under Medicare Advantage plans. Indirect costs are an additional layer of value: for companies, workers using OTC meds generate $34 billion in workplace productivity benefits.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In a 2008 article for the Journal of Diabetes Technology , Dr. Asamoah sees several advantages of the pen over the syringe, writing, “Compliance with treatment is better because a pen device is easier to carry around, easy to use, provides greater dose accuracy, and is more satisfactory to patients as compared with a syringe.”.

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Pharmaceuticals Medicare 58

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2022

But for people in the 50s and older, facing retirement sooner rather than later, the sticker-shock reality of a $315,000 price tag for health care costs will be a stress-inducing moment that could be long-lived. For additional context and potential sticker-shock, note that long-term care in the U.S.

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