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.

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Connected Health Telehealth Medicare Health Technology 52

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.

Medicare 32

Medicare Primary Care Telemedicine Health Policy 32

GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. According to a University of North Carolina study, 113 have shuttered since 2010. Telemedicine Advantages. Not only can telemedicine help small hospitals compete and survive, they can use virtual platforms to: Offer a range of care. Lower healthcare costs. One solution: virtual care.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing 53

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. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Collection. by September 30, 2019. What you need to know.

Healthcare IT 82

Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 82

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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Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care Leadership 69

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.

Telehealth 40

Telehealth Medicare Remote care Telemedicine 40

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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Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care Leadership 48

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

History of EPCS Kyle Zebley, head of public policy American Telemedicine Association (ATA) , says that Congress called on the DEA to implement a policy for a special controlled substance registration process in 2008. Kelly says that a federal bill in 2021 required EPCS for Medicare prescriptions.

Telemedicine 113

Telemedicine Medicare Interoperability Telehealth 113

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.

Telemedicine 28

Telemedicine Medical Technology Medicare 28

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Digital Health Mobile Health Telemedicine Primary Care 32

TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it encompasses a broader scope of remote healthcare services. telemedicine refers only to remote clinical services, while telehealth can refer to a range of non-clinical healthcare services as well. According to the ONC. Telehealth patients saw a 26.6% County of Los Angeles County.

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Telehealth Mental health Private practice Telemedicine 75

LinkousThink

APRIL 19, 2010

The National Broadband Plan, released by the Federal Communications Commission in March 2010 states: “State-by-state licensing requirements limit practitioners’ ability to treat patients across state lines. There has been talk by some parties that the same policy should be extended to physicians providing services to Medicare patients.

Telemedicine 28

Telemedicine Medicare Health Information 28

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Alternate Payment Models: Alternate payment models (APMs) in healthcare have been expanding especially since enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. There have been several iterations of APMs —over 50 models—but the one common theme is that all of them generally seek to reward better care.

Public Health 41

Public Health Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth 41

TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it encompasses a broader scope of remote healthcare services. telemedicine refers only to remote clinical services, while telehealth can refer to a range of non-clinical healthcare services as well. According to the ONC. Telehealth patients saw a 26.6% County of Los Angeles County.

Telehealth 40

Telehealth Mental health Private practice Telemedicine 40

LinkousThink

MARCH 10, 2010

Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) came out with an interpretation of how a hospital should provide quality assurance for physicians providing health care via telemedicine to a patient in the hospital. There are 200 telemedicine networks connecting to over 3,000 sites across the United States.

Telemedicine 28

Telemedicine Medicare 28

BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 17, 2015

According to the NC Rural Health Research Program there have been 56 rural hospital closures since 2010. From difficulties implanting new HER systems to the re-evaluation of Medicare reimbursements, rural hospitals are looking for new ways to stay afloat. The struggle then becomes how they stay open amidst financial turmoil.

EHR 53

EHR Telehealth Medicare Public Health 53

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

Since January 2010, 126 rural hospitals have shut down, with nearly 600 more on the brink of closing. "The Trump administration has built on this effort and temporarily expanded access to care by providing regulatory flexibility around the use of telehealth for all Medicare beneficiaries."

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Telehealth Medicare Public Health Nursing 190

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Atlantic Health System, which employs over 16,000 team members across northern New Jersey, was included in Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For from 2010-17. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance. Atlantic Health System (Morristown, N.J.). Cerner (Kansas City, Mo.).

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