Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2023

Healthcare sites are desperate to cut costs and reduce staffing needs through automation: As explained by Logan Lewis, Chief Operating Officer, EnterBridge Technologies , costs are increasing faster than reimbursements and few institutions in healthcare are expected to produce better profits over the next few years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Choose the right device to get reliable patient data and reimbursement. Today, many health devices and wearables are hitting the market, but not all are approved by the CMS for reimbursement. For reimbursement by the CMS, a device must be an FDA-listed device.

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Health Recovery Solutions

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With this shift, the topic of reimbursement is consistently top-of-mind for those who offer telehealth and RPM programs. Since then, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has expanded coverage and waived restrictions to encourage more broad adoption of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) for providers.

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wallace shares his perspectives and experiences for securing reimbursement and investment in what are often labeled „squishy“ innovations. Q1: Discuss the power of digital health technology reimbursement. The type of work we are doing around nutrition and lifestyle is not covered by reimbursement right now.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

I’m happy (and kind of sad) to say that are predictions of the top topics were what we predicted in our HIMSS 2023 preview. The two biggest themes at HIMSS are the two topics that are top of mind at most healthcare organizations: workforce and revenue. The excitement for these technologies is palpable.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

But often CME conferences have topics centered around traditional healthcare. Also, after being in healthcare for a decade, the topics are familiar and unless you’re in academia and research, probably not always that impactful on your medical practice day-to-day. CME conferences are great. Read on to see why you should attend.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The previous article in this series introduced the topic of generative AI in the back office of healthcare. Is it any surprise that new technologies in health care pop up quickly in the area of reimbursements? This article starts to look at healthcare generative AI use cases. Payments are the constant obsession of every manager.

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As with all things virtual health, reimbursement and awareness haven’t always been where they should be. But now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added specific CPT codes to the list of teleaudiology and virtual speech pathology services eligible for reimbursement. Related Topics. And the answer is yes – it can.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 17, 2020

Telemedicine reimbursement is a notoriously complex topic. That’s one reason clarity is so important when it comes to telehealth reimbursement – not just because it impacts provider paychecks, but because it can shape the future of virtual health adoption. You’re not asking for a favor. VIEW COVID-19 RESOURCES.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Big tech revealed growing interest in older adults and investors saw the potential in firms like Papa, which provides (reimbursed) varied assistance to older adults. Recapping 2021 Research Reports and their topics. 2021 – the most read blog posts and their topics. What are a few of the trends that will make that feasible?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Known as Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) in behavioral care, the increased reimbursement for these digitized services will open the door to more innovation. 2022 Conference Telehealth Topics. Conference discussion topics often point to consumer-driven areas with the most promise.

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Health Populi

APRIL 20, 2023

The agenda topics cover ensuring affordable food for all children and families, food-as-medicine, looking locally to grow food closer to homes, creating communities baked with activity-opportunity for health citizens, and forging public-private partnerships.”

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Digital Health Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Keep an eye on: As legislation and reimbursement pathways continue to expand in 2024, more providers will start using food as medicine to differentiate their care delivery models.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

Although licensure waivers have been of particular importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Claudia Duck Tucker, vice president of government affairs at Teladoc, predicted that, on that topic, at least, "everything will go back to pre-COVID." Such a permanent change, said Tucker, has "broad support and bipartisan support."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | June 15, 2023 News How one practice's EHR helped offset its declining Medicare reimbursements The all-in-one practice management system reduced the amount of time a patient needs to spend in.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2023

Here’s a preview of the topics and questions we discuss in this episode: Can you share your own personal experience with care outside of the hospital or clinic? Are you worried that the potential decline in telehealth (due to reimbursements rolling back to pre-pandemic status) will impact patient experience?

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Xealth

OCTOBER 26, 2023

During this packed session, the panelists debated points around current reimbursement rates for preventative health services and how we bring these resources to the majority of our population. AI draws attention It’s still early days for AI in healthcare, so many panels on this topic were packed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

The necessity of telehealth has been a hot-button topic in healthcare discussions since the care modality went mainstream during the pandemic. Telehealth has been a game changer in that there has been added flexibility for patients and families.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Most notable for behavioral professionals is that telephone and video telehealth reimbursement has been permanently approved, despite continued confusion about telephone billing codes and modifiers. US Federal Behavioral Telehealth Regulations. The 12/22/22 Senate passage of the 1.7 trillion dollar fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus package,  H.R.2617

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Remote patient monitoring, technological advances that impact the balance of where and how care happens, and temporary reimbursement enacted by government and payers for the sake of the pandemic are three hot topics in telemedicine today. What do you foresee happening with these regulations for virtual care in 2022?

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care innovations

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Although it’s steadily improving , reimbursement for remote and virtual care still isn’t as robust as it could be. Health Systems 2018,” the survey runs down the topics most of interest to C-suite executives at 35 of the nation’s largest health systems. We have moved forward because it’s the right thing to do. “As

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

For context, I re-visited a similar recent study on this topic, published in the November/December 2019 Annals of Family Medicine, looking at national trends in primary care visit use between 2008 and 2015. There’s a blur between self-care and more formal primary care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Known as Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) in behavioral care, the increased reimbursement for these digitized services will open the door to more innovation. 2022 Conference Telehealth Topics. Conference discussion topics often point to consumer-driven areas with the most promise.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

ATA's thought leaders can help providers better follow fast-evolving regulatory policies and reimbursement rules and chart best practices for integration of telehealth into clinical workflows, financial modeling and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

says that Congress recently permitted another two years of reimbursed televisits. But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care. These interventions allow clinical settings to be reimbursed for work done by nutritionists and other staff under the doctor’s supervision.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Medicaid reimburses community health workers in a number of states and is now expanding to cover doula care as well. is working toward reimbursing doulas through Medicaid, and states like New Jersey, Minnesota, Oregon, Virginia and Florida are already leading the way in paying for doula care. Almost half of the U.S.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Understand how to navigate reimbursement and regulatory policies. Related Topics. Innovation and expansion are always worth exploring – and your next implementation might be right around the corner. A Roadmap to Virtual Health. By reading our guide, you’ll find how to: Create your virtual health program roadmap. Get the eBook.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2022

We are currently collaborating with another health system to learn from their findings on this topic. Support from policy makers is key to ensure that telehealth appointments continue to be reimbursed. Even if electricity usage were to increase, it would not be large enough to offset the gains from avoided travel mileage.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As healthcare organizations strive for improved patient outcomes and operational efficiencies, interoperability and prior authorization processes have become increasingly important topics of discussion. Understand the key points related to telehealth clinical, legal, ethical, technology, reimbursement, social media and other pivotal issues.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

At this point, you might be thinking about that age-old telehealth question: what about reimbursement? It’s true that many primary care doctors associated telehealth with low compensation – but the pandemic changed reimbursement models and 36 states now require payment parity, with active bills pending in other states. Contact Us.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Telemedicine is a hot topic in healthcare, with consumers more willing than ever to see a doctor remotely. While no single factor accounts for the lag, arguably none has had as big an impact as the confusion surrounding provider reimbursement for these visits. The Lay of the Land. Technology. Provider Type.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With declining reimbursements, providers are doing everything they can to make up the difference. He has been invited to speak at numerous national healthcare events on the topics of payment policy, compliance, practice management, and rehabilitation economics. Doing so helps company culture and safeguards from overbilling.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 19, 2018

Topics to be discussed over the one and one-half day event include: connectivity challenges. reimbursement opportunities for remote patient monitoring. Additional speakers include Kyle Faget, JD, Foley & Lardner LLP’s Government & Public Policy Practice Group; and Monica Chmielewski, JD, Foley & Lardner LLP.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Payors will reimburse to keep people well. But as with all business services, that is likely to change over the next few years, as conversational AI and chatbots become incorporated into the user experience and extend beyond seniors and their caregivers to include their adult children and grandchildren.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

" Among the topics he'll discuss in Orlando next month: how to go about designing a care-continuum approach that incorporates virtual care, and how telehealth should be incorporated into other care delivery models to get the most from its potential.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my recent video interview on this topic, I explain the research that went into our large language models and predictive modeling tools to improve the clinician-patient conversation and, ultimately, the long tail of healthcare coding, billing, and reimbursement processes.

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