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Telehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking

Aging in Place Technology Watch

must be there in person to help facilitate a telehealth interaction (as suggested by Seema Verma), but you’re not allowed to visit. . category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. So someone (you?) OCR lifts HIPAA restrictions – and innovation efforts accelerate.

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The growth of telehealth is a plus for seniors – if they can use it

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In March, the government announced expansion of telehealth access , noting that it would raise the reimbursement rate for telehealth visits during the Covid-19 pandemic to match the doctor’s rate for in person visits, as Seema Verma, the head of CMS noted: ‘the genie was let out of the bottle’ and won’t likely be put back in.

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Consider tech adoption trends to contemplate what might be next

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The latter is likely to be a genie that will not go back into the bottle , as an interview with CMS’ Seema Verma indicates. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers. Caregiving Technology Adoption.

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Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CMS Administrator Seema Verma has since then made statements suggesting that telehealth waivers may be extended in the future. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark? Featured Decision Content:

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from June 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In March, the government announced expansion of telehealth access , noting that it would raise the reimbursement rate for telehealth visits during the Covid-19 pandemic to match the doctor’s rate for in person visits, as Seema Verma, the head of CMS noted: ‘the genie was let out of the bottle’ and won’t likely be put back in.

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Healthcare is broken. Electronic prior authorization might be the first step in fixing it.

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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. Manual transactions are about 34% of the total PAs processed, and another 45% are partially electronic. Just 21% are fully electronic.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” said the former HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma in June 2020. Region Tag: Global Edition. The current and previous administrations have expressed support for telehealth permanence. “I think the genie's out of the bottle on this one.”