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Dozens charged in sprawling $1.2B telehealth and genetics fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity also announced that it has taken administrative actions against more than 50 healthcare providers alleged to be involved in similar schemes. " THE LARGER TREND. billion, according to the department. billion in alleged fraud. ON THE RECORD.

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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. Sensor-based home monitoring was a 2007-ish innovation. The 2017 Harvard article indicates that 1 million had signed up for these home nurse visits – but there were 19 million people covered by Medicare Advantage plans in 2017. This is laudable. With persuasion? Just saying.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. Dr. Robert Pearl has recently written about this, and the phenomenon has been a major recurring theme in this Health Populi blog since its inception in 2007 – when I launched this site in the midst of The Great Recession.

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

The health informatics field is rapidly growing in all areas of healthcare and healthcare management. Health Informatics at Northeastern . At Northeastern, the HI program accepted its first students in 2007, making it one of the oldest HI graduate programs in the country.

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How RPM & PERS Offer More Data-Driven Insight to Healthcare Organizations

Clear Arch Health

When seeking a good partner, consider the following attributes: Experience building programs that fit in a digital health strategy. Over recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created and amended codes allowing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) reimbursement. 2007) Accessed at [link].