Hospitals with higher Medicare shares were more likely to close or be acquired from 2010-16
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AUGUST 4, 2021
Hospitals with higher Medicare shares were more likely to close or be acquired from 2010-16. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 12:49.
CMS achieves lowest Medicare improper payment rate since 2010
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Improper payments in Medicare have been on the decline since Congress passed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010. They reached an eight-year low of 8.12% in the Medicare fee-for-service program this year, according to CMS.
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What’s Behind the Medicare Slowdown?
Digital Health Wire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Since Medicare coverage first took effect almost six decades ago, the program’s runaway spending has played a leading role in the story of the federal budget. An excellent piece in The New York Times highlighted how Medicare’s unsustainable climb reached a turning point in 2011, and for reasons that aren’t exactly clear.
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2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010
CMS.gov
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010 Significant progress in saving $4.59B in estimated improper payments for the Medicare Fee-For-Service program.
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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.
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KFF: MA plans per beneficiary to reach highest level in 2020 in a decade
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 25, 2019
The average number of Medicare Advantage plans per beneficiary will increase in 2020 to the highest level since 2010, according to a new analysis.
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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
A payer such as Medicare could just put a card on its web site for each patient to download. Once you have a card, uploading a URL or QR code to a web site should take no more effort than typing in your Medicare number. is a greatly expanded version of the classic Blue Button created by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2010.
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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 26, 2020
From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS. The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011.
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Walmart, Amazon continue to build healthcare presence
Henry Kotula
MAY 16, 2021
MeMD, founded in 2010, provides primary care and mental health services to five million patients nationally.
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Value-based Care is Less Than 15% of Practice Revenues
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 26, 2022
When VBC programs were expanded as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015, there was hope that the existing fee-for-service model would begin to decline.
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Patient Safety as a Global Health Priority
New Age Healthcare
JULY 22, 2020
In the United States alone, focused safety improvements led to an estimated US$28 billion in savings in Medicare hospitals between 2010 and 2015. The cost of prevention is much lower than the cost of treatment due to harm. Greater patient involvement is the key to safer care.
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Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. The release of FHIR in the mid-2010 decade changed everything. The Dilemma of Prior Authorization Prior authorization, also known as a pre-approval, strikes fear into both patients and providers.
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Grandmothered ACA Plans Receive Transition-Relief Extension
ACA Times
MAY 1, 2019
Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the period of non-enforcement for certain non-compliant health policies under the Affordable Care Act through the end of 2020. 2 minute read: The U.S. How do “grandmothered” plans differ from “grandfathered” plans? Grandmothered Plans.
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When is E-prescribing Mandatory for Psychiatrists?
TheraNest
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
The American Psychiatric Association has historically petitioned the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax certain requirements around e-prescribing due to various challenges around its use. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) approved e-prescribing for controlled substances, such as the benzodiazepines, in 2010. .
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CMS.gov - Untitled Article
CMS.gov
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
On December 19, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which was included as section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
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Patient Safety as a Global Health Priority
New Age Healthcare
JULY 22, 2020
In the United States alone, focused safety improvements led to an estimated US$28 billion in savings in Medicare hospitals between 2010 and 2015. The cost of prevention is much lower than the cost of treatment due to harm. Greater patient involvement is the key to safer care.
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62 When It Comes To Healthcare, Are You Grandfathered Or Grandmothered?
ACA Times
MARCH 15, 2017
The Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released a notice at the close of February, announcing that insurance companies may extend coverage of certain non-grandfathered individual and group plans that are currently not ACA compliant for another year.
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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress
Health Populi
JUNE 13, 2018
” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic).
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Did you miss insights and data from the five August blog posts?
Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Grandcare Systems was founded in 2004 followed by a sensor-based remote monitoring startup and consolidation wave in 2009-2010. And that the costs (estimated at $754 million in 2015) were mostly paid by Medicare and Medicaid (the latter likely in nursing homes.)
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What is EPCS in Psychiatry?
TheraNest
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
E-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) was approved by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 2010. The federal EPCS mandate will take place in January 2021, requiring e-prescribing for controlled substances for the Medicare Part D program. What is EPCS? Who Do EPCS Regulations Apply to?
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GAO: rural hospital closures increasing, South hardest hit
Henry Kotula
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Rural hospital closures disproportionately occurred in the South, among for-profit hospitals and among organizations with a Medicare-dependent hospital payment designation. Since 2010, 86 rural hospitals have closed , and 44% of those remaining are operating at a loss — up from 40% in 2017.
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New ACA Program Rewards Value of Care, not Volume
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
The financial in 2010 was estimated at estimated $263.8 The majority of those diagnosed are Medicare beneficiaries over 65 years old. CMS is in discussions with commercial insurers, Medicare Advantage plans, state programs, and managed care plans about adopting the model. Each year more than 1.6
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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019
Aging in Place Technology Watch
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.
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Patient Safety as a Global Health Priority
New Age Healthcare
JULY 22, 2020
In the United States alone, focused safety improvements led to an estimated US$28 billion in savings in Medicare hospitals between 2010 and 2015. The cost of prevention is much lower than the cost of treatment due to harm. Greater patient involvement is the key to safer care.
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The Virtual Future of Long-Term Care
GlobalMed
JULY 27, 2020
To date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported over 38,000 coronavirus deaths in their 15,400 Medicare and Medicaid homes. The population of Americans over 65 grew by over a third from 2010 to 2020 to reach approximately 53 million. The Future of Long-Term Care.
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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19
Connected Health Initiative
JUNE 24, 2020
In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. Previously, Medicare would only pay for real time telehealth visits conducted using both live voice and video.
Master Guide to Telehealth Statistics for 2019
Enzyme Health
JULY 31, 2019
Medicare currently covers many telehealth services depending on coverage level and geography, but still faces some restrictions, with Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries (about 14 million patients) receiving the broadest access ( ATA Telehealth Basics ). In a recent survey, 96% of U.S. In 2017, 76% of hospitals in the U.S.
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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth
American Well
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 billion to treat patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge.
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National Clinical Care Commission: “Laser-like” Review of Diabetes Programs, Policies
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 22, 2018
For example, bills sponsored by members of caucuses in each chamber during the 114th Congress to mandate Medicare coverage for continuous glucose monitors were unsuccessful. Earlier this month the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to Medicare Part D insurors to carry that into effect.
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Telemedicine Trends: Awareness & Support for Digital Care on the Rise
care innovations
JUNE 13, 2018
More than 70 rural hospitals have closed since 2010 , reports NPR , and experts are increasingly pointing to telehealth as a possible solution. A variety of high-profile telehealth-centered websites including Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews are also published under the HIMSS Media banner.
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USDA Telehealth Report Sees ‘Lag’ in Rural Access
care innovations
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Meanwhile, lawmakers and policymakers alike have agreed on the need for telehealth expansion, including provisions in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the USDA/Rural Utility Service (RUS)-administered rural telemedicine program.
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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth
American Well
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 billion to treat patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge.
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A new focus: How to become empowered patients
Meaningful HIT News
MARCH 30, 2017
For those not up on the lingo, “meaningful use” is the standard healthcare providers must meet to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments for use of health information technology and/or avoid penalties for not being “meaningful” users of electronic health records.
Four Studies Show ACA Is Working Well
ACA Times
AUGUST 20, 2015
The studies were released by the Urban Institute in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and Gallup, Inc. hours by 2010. at the end of 2014.
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12 Ways Telehealth is Saving Small Hospitals
GlobalMed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. According to a University of North Carolina study, 113 have shuttered since 2010. But consider that they’re also asked to: Provide an exceptional patient experience. Lower healthcare costs. Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Deal with changing reimbursement policies.
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Telehealth and Underserved, Vulnerable Populations: Prisons, Schools, Military, Seniors
Enzyme Health
JUNE 12, 2019
Beginning in 2010 just for behavioral and nutritional health, the program now serves over 40 specialties, has a 98% satisfaction rate, and has saved 1.5 Known as the “silver tsunami”, retiring baby boomers entering Medicare are predicted to swell and add additional healthcare needs to an already strained healthcare system.
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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
But at the tail end of the 'teens, we see a flowering of innovation that could only have been dreamed of in 2010. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it.
Telemedicine - Where Both Sides Agree
LinkousThink
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
The meeting will occur during the 2010 Summit of the American Telemedicine Association in Baltimore Maryland. Both Berwick and McClellan have talked frequently since Berwick’s appointment and both individuals support realigning quality and accountability in healthcare delivery. Such change is coming fast.
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Most Frequently Asked ACA Questions for Employers and Individuals
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
3 minute read: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a comprehensive healthcare reform law enacted under President Barack Obama in 2010. healthcare since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, with far-reaching implications for both individuals and employers.
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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015
American Well
JUNE 28, 2015
For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. “It’s been a long time coming, but this ruling making signals a clear and bold step in the right direction for Medicare,” Jonathan Linkous, CEO of ATA, said in a statement.
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LinkousThink
JANUARY 3, 2011
Here is the first of three pieces on where we have been in 2010 and where we are going next year for telemedicine. For telemedicine, 2010 appears to have been a watershed year - the point when many in charge of government healthcare programs finally started to seriously consider the benefits of such technology.
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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
According to Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at DrFirst , they initiated EPCS in 2010, partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Health. Kelly says that a federal bill in 2021 required EPCS for Medicare prescriptions. How do you transmit the prescription to the pharmacy and record it in the PDMP?
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114 The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care
Henry Kotula
JANUARY 2, 2019
B etween 2010 and 2017, the value of investments in digital health increased by 858 percent, and the number of financing deals in this sector increased by 412 percent; more than $41.5 billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).
Weekender 6/7/19
HIStalk Weekender
JUNE 7, 2019
A healthcare cyberattack report by cloud endpoint protection vendor Carbon Black notes that hackers are going after administrative records of physicians that can be used to fraudulently bill Medicare and other insurers. Profeta, MD, who also wrote the 2010 book “The Patient in Room Nine Says He’s God.”
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