Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Expect more announcements moving forward, but matching reimbursement for telehealth with in-person visits was a big deal. Many other changes have been put in place, eliminating co-pays, adding coverage for telehealth for those without insurance, and many others many of them state-by-state (see Florida and California , for example).

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Remote care mHealth Telehealth Medicare 71

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Accountable Care Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Workflow More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Telemedicine Accountable Care Patient Experience Telehealth 206

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It's clear the future of reimbursement will at minimum include a heaping portion of providers being paid for value as opposed to volume. Health providers quickly pivoted to make the most of temporary telehealth flexibilities when the COVID-19 public health emergency started in 2020.

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Accountable Care Medicare Telehealth Public Health 171

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

As the novel coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, the demand for telehealth skyrocketed in turn – as did concerns about patient access to virtual care. "While telehealth has many benefits, especially during a global pandemic, it may create and/or exacerbate health disparities," wrote the research team.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth. That change super-charged growth in telehealth-related companies that had been growing incrementally. Telehealth becomes an expectation – no longer just a future. The total of 34.5

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. New advances in cloud and telehealth/remote monitoring are forcing the issue. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

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. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 215

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

The traditional PERS pendant industry’s growth is slowing and vendors are stepping into the reimbursed Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) market. The abrupt shutdown of health visits during the pandemic triggered frenetic adoption of telehealth – now firmly entrenched as a care option on a smart phone, tablet or even on a TV.

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Medicare Telehealth Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. Telehealth services will remain to replace or supplement in person visits likely throughout 2022, and Dispatch Health’s in-home urgent care is now available nationwide. In-home healthcare services will persist and expand.

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Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Telehealth was a pioneering concept in 2008. In 2020, telehealth (and its other prefixes or monikers) is an accepted service with reimbursement codes. Do these visits result in recommendations for telehealth? category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring , Technology - AARP.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

As they roll out new leading-edge technologies – AI and automation, telehealth and remote monitoring, EHR optimization and patient engagement – they're realizing lasting positive outcomes for their patients and their bottom lines. By Bill Siwicki | May 18, 2023 News Augusta University Health saves $1.1M

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth. That change super-charged growth in telehealth-related companies that had been growing incrementally. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , tech-enabled home care.

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Telehealth Remote care Mental health 102

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

Telehealth – the genie is out of the bottle. So how does telehealth become useful for these sizable gaps? category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Who or what makes that happen?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Consider reimbursement for telehealth technologies , a wave of free engagement software, distribution of tablets to senior centers and Echo Dots to senior living , to remote care voice tech for high needs seniors and government-funded competition to combat social isolation. What will be the priority?

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Remote care Telehealth Nursing 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

Oh, and did we mention that that there is a CPT code for RPM enables Medicare reimbursement? an individual’s chronic diseases progresses, add appropriate (nurse-monitored) RPM technology that qualifies for reimbursement – including for home care agencies , which desperately need revenue sources that are less labor, more tech-dependent.

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Nursing Medicare Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2020

Following the reimbursement changes after in-person visits disappeared and numbers of visits exploded , firms with telehealth tech are finding a one-year-pipeline compressed into one month. announced today that it has provided telehealth access and services to the residents of Holiday’s 261 senior living communities.

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mHealth Telehealth Nursing 105

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Healthcare IT Telemedicine Leadership Nursing 145

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

So many factors converge now that were highlighted during the pandemic – consider the need for telehealth services as an alternative to in-person visits. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. That is a sign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late. 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.

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Nursing Telehealth Medicare Digital Health 95

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Here is where we were on technology adoption at the start of the pandemic, and the wave of telehealth interest heated up.

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Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

And the technology lens zeroed in on telehealth now. The slow crawl of telehealth uptake has turned into a gallop. Telehealth technology vendors have struggled for a decade to gain attention, but with CMS reimbursement for (any) telehealth visit , a market crawl became a race. Engagement matters.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And for sure, the pandemic institutionalized the role of in-home telehealth, with CMS reimbursement presumed to become permanent , or at least regularly renewed. In fact, 23% of respondents to a government survey had used telehealth during a 6-month period in 2021. Here are five examples of sensor-enabled smart clothing.

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Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The dream of reimbursement for remote care is a reality. Telehealth services will remain to replace or supplement in person visits likely throughout 2022, and Dispatch Health’s in-home urgent care service is now available nationwide. Here are just four of the trends identified in the 2022 Market Overview, Technology for Aging. .

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Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

And it became increasingly likely that CMS would make telehealth access for older adults permanent. During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

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Health Technology Telehealth Medicare 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? ATA’s live event return to Boston.

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Patient Experience 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps the reasons could be the Medicare-paid post-acute rehab care, in-room wound and IV treatments, and Medicaid-reimbursed daily rate. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF).

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Nursing Medicare Telehealth 150

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

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps the reasons could be the Medicare-paid post-acute rehab care, in-room wound and IV treatments, and Medicaid-reimbursed daily rate. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF).

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Nursing Medicare Telehealth 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Prescribed RPM can be reimbursed via CMS provided billable codes. One result was the addition of new reimbursement codes for RPM, enabling reimbursement beyond just the clinical staff to include oversight of provided information -- vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and other physiological statistics.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Phonak Remote Support. " One of the best parts about telehealth is that we can control your hearing aids from our office while you’re sitting in your living room.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Phonak Remote Support. " One of the best parts about telehealth is that we can control your hearing aids from our office while you’re sitting in your living room.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Who would have thought that telehealth definitions would include phone calls and Facetime ? So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Read more.

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? But is telehealth viable for the oldest? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care?

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

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?

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Medicare Telehealth 87

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Covid-19 and its impact and implications, starting early in the month following event cancellations , travel bans and stampedes , telehealth insurance changes and senior living visitation lockdowns. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth.

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Nursing Telehealth Remote care 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

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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mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

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?

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