BHM Healthcare Solutions

MAY 1, 2018

Payers are rapidly becoming educated in telehealth and are keen on closing telehealth gap, but need to be mindful of Medicare requirements. Almost a third of telemedicine claims sampled by HHS’ Office of Inspector General did not meet Medicare requirements, resulting in an estimated $3.7

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American Well

MARCH 29, 2016

Telemedicine is Still Unknown to Patients. HealthMine Possibly the moment we cringed the most this month is when a new study found that most consumers have no idea what telemedicine is… More than 50% of respondents said they won’t use telemedicine, but 90% of those using telemedicine love it and say it has reduced their healthcare costs.

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American Well

JANUARY 15, 2016

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) unveiled the Next Generation ACO Model , which allows select Medicare ACOs to assume more risk in service of pursuing efficient and effective patient care. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) published a press release in support of the Next Generation ACO Model.

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American Well

JANUARY 15, 2016

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) unveiled the Next Generation ACO Model , which allows select Medicare ACOs to assume more risk in service of pursuing efficient and effective patient care. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) published a press release in support of the Next Generation ACO Model.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Telemedicine Today. Large health plans and even the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are starting to reimburse for virtual care, starting first and foremost with the telehealth platforms. As of last December, the insurer began paying providers for 5 telemedicine services, including behavioral health and stroke.

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Enzyme Health

JULY 31, 2019

If you are working in telemedicine, you should be aware of the latest data supporting this method of healthcare delivery. Telemedicine is a big business; by 2025, it is projected to exceed $64.1 Telemedicine visits increased at an average compound annual growth rate of 52% per year from 2005 - 2014 ( JAMA ). billion in the U.S.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

House of Representatives, allows for an expansion of telehealth/telemedicine coverage under the Medicare Advantage Plan B. Medicare Advantage Plan B is an optional insurance that covers medically necessary and preventative healthcare services, supplies, and select prescription medications for individuals 65 and older.

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care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Good news -- seventy-six percent of the 65+ population as of 2020 has access to broadband -- and tech adoption has clearly risen since 2015. Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1990 and adopted in the United States on October 1, 2015. Therefore, the telephone E/M CPT codes 99441, 99442, and 99443 will be removed from the Medicare Telehealth Services List and assigned a bundled status. . These distinctions may help: CPT Codes. 45 minutes.”

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American Well

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Welcome to the the final edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today for 2015! As another year approaches its end, we take a look back at 2015 as a year of great progress in the evolving Telemedicine industry. A few of Avizia’s proudest moments from 2015: Forbes – Avizia Is Transforming Healthcare Through Telemedicine.

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care innovations

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In each of these areas, researchers found that “rural residents were less likely than urban people to engage,” with urban outpacing rural activity as follows: 20% of urban residents conducted online health research in 2015, compared to 17% of rural patients. 5% of urban residents used health monitoring devices, versus 1.3% of rural residents.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Uncle Roy spent years on dialysis and passed away after having a stroke in 2015. Notably, our payer clients have measured drastic savings to medical costs by preventing hospitalizations and ED visits, and we’ve helped Medicare Advantage plans achieve higher Star ratings.

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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. Furthermore, research on telemedicine also shows a pattern of positive outcomes for patients. This post will explain how each major payer type makes decisions around reimbursement and clarify when telemedicine visits are covered.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Fortunately, telemedicine is closing several treatment gaps. Between 1999 and 2015, overdose deaths increased 325 percent in rural counties – and nonfatal prescription opioid overdoses are highest in states with large rural populations. Dead End Options in Rural Towns. Expanding the Road to Recovery.

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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. Furthermore, research on telemedicine also shows a pattern of positive outcomes for patients. This post will explain how each major payer type makes decisions around reimbursement and clarify when telemedicine visits are covered.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

The eMeasure Certification Program launched in July of 2015 is designed to “certify the data extraction and reporting process” the new systems that are used to process all kinds of healthcare data. NCQA Press Release November 24th, 2015: [link]. eMeasure Certification Program Basics. ” eMeasure Certification Process.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

ATA Accreditation: The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) developed an accreditation program to establish standard criteria regarding the security of patient information, transparency in pricing and operations, qualifications and licensing of providers and clinical practices and guidelines for telemedicine. Telehealth 2.0:

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

ATA Accreditation: The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) developed an accreditation program to establish standard criteria regarding the security of patient information, transparency in pricing and operations, qualifications and licensing of providers and clinical practices and guidelines for telemedicine. Telehealth 2.0:

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

implementing the technology in 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

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 20, 2015

October 1, 2015 is the much-anticipated roll out date of ICD-10 , the 10 th revision of the World Health Organization’s system to classifying “ medical records, including diseases, symptoms, abnormal findings and external causes of injury.” The post 3 Big Healthcare Trends To Watch in 2015 appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Clinical Trials In 2015, Apple introduced new software, called Apple ResearchKit, for health researchers. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. Verily Verily, formerly Google Life Sciences, was founded in 2015. This year there was job posting for a HIPAA compliance lead for the Alexa team.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). In fact, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found that 35% of MA enrollees were in narrow-network plans in 2015, while only 22% were in broad-network plans. Bentley said narrow provider networks haven’t had a huge impact yet.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

implementing the technology in 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

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 17, 2015

From difficulties implanting new HER systems to the re-evaluation of Medicare reimbursements, rural hospitals are looking for new ways to stay afloat. Could cloud-based software be the saving grace for rural hospitals in 2015? The post 2015 Trends for Rural Hospitals and Rural Healthcare appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Beyond the fact that DotCom Therapy has been successfully delivering services since 2015, a review of two dozen studies in 2019 found that phone and video therapies were equally effective at treating conditions like anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder as in-person therapy.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 24, 2018

In 2015, the most recent year of data, these service reductions accounted for nearly half of the hospital closures recorded around the country, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. (By between 1998 and 2015, nearly 40 percent occurred after 2009, according to data published recently in the journal Health Affairs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2022

Out of the $15 billion invested in digital health in 2020 and $29 billion in 2021, on-demand healthcare – including telemedicine streaming video or text-based visits with a healthcare provider – has been the single largest trend, although it is still just the tip of the iceberg with all of the funding activity occurring now.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. Payers could use insight into how members may shift between commercial insurance, Medicaid and Medicare, and when to expect significant changes in utilization and projected impacts to medical loss ratios, it added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

Louis, Missouri, embarked on amplifying a new digital-first frontier in 2015: A new virtual care model of remote patient monitoring for patients living with complex conditions. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. " RESULTS.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Voted one of the Top 20 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Fortune and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes in 2015, Atrium Health sets the standard for workplace satisfaction in addition to healthcare delivery. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

From 2015 to 2020, our health system team added 0.6 Not surprisingly, congressional lobbying was intense during the last two weeks of 2022 in a partially successful effort to ameliorate spending cuts for Medicare payments for physicians and hospitals. Additionally, “easy” profitable outpatient care can and has switched to telemedicine.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Progress on behavioral and population health is happening in tandem with — or perhaps existing symbiotically alongside — the growth of telemedicine. This year will see a swath of players from across the industry tackle behavioral health gaps by complementing primary care with telemedicine. Medicare Advantage still lucrative, popular.

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