American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 8, 2023

References: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Policy recommendations to guide the use of telemedicine in primary care settings: An American College of Physicians position paper. Utilization management. National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Utilization management. American College of Physicians.

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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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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than twice the number in the previous five years, a new Government Accountability Office analysis shows. . 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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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

billion telemedicine Medicare fraud scheme between a handful of US telemedicine companies, dozens of durable medical equipment companies, and a few licensed medical professionals could limit patient’s trust in telemedicine and increase insurance concerns over malpractice.

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Digital Health Today

MAY 19, 2020

Kassler has held a variety of roles at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this episode, we discuss the role of self-care in developing resilience to conquer fear. Connect with IBM: Website | Twitter.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of up to 105,000 doctors by 2030, including an estimated 43,000 in primary care. Another is the often time-consuming process of meeting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for quality and clinical reporting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. In 2017, AccessHealth set goals that were modeled after the Department of Health and Human Service’s Healthy People 2020 Program. Decisions were not made yet on the level of payment. USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

In fact, a 2017 survey found that two-thirds of healthcare consumers would prefer seeing a doctor via virtual visits. The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. Targets quality of care and quality of life. In addition to self-pay patients, reimbursement can be sought through Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/private payers.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

In 2017, Hugh Langley wrote in Wareable that, “blood pressure is wearable tech’s next challenge.” After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017. Knowing your blood pressure is an important step for managing the risks of heart disease.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Fetter retired as chairman and CEO of Tenet in late 2017. He was Special Assistant to the National Coordinator in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and was part of the founding team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 28, 2019

overdose deaths involving opioids jumped from 8,048 in 1999 to 47,600 in 2017 – a stunning increase. Patients in treatment facilities can have virtual group sessions with their primary care providers and family members back home. Expanding the Road to Recovery.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid)’s work on Value-Based Measures matters for patients and caregivers because we seek affordable, accessible, equitable, and effective medical care. Here’s a blog post I wrote about it Oct 2017 and here’s the associated final CMS report. on a CMS TEP (Technical Expert Panel).

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American Well

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

A report issued by Accenture finds that five factors are driving adoption of telehealth platforms so that what was a $250 million industry just a few years ago will top $1 billion by the end of 2017. Payer support.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Healthcare is a $3 trillion+ industry wrought with waste and middlemen.Two insurers, UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, are among America’s largest firms by revenue, bringing in $200 billion and $185 billion respectively in 2017. That is more than any tech firm except Apple.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

The Pew Research Center reports that in 2017, 67 percent of people with incomes of $30K or less had a smartphone, indicating that most Medicaid patients have a way to complete a telemedicine visit. Schedule them for telemedicine visits while you reserve your exam rooms for commercial and Medicare patients.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The firm applied for and secured FDA approval back in 2017 for Abilify MyCite, a product jointly developed with Otsuka that focused on the schizophrenia population. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is behind the FDA in that regard. The Redwood City, Calif., We felt that at Pear in the opioid-use disorder area.

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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 In 2017 alone, venture capital firms invested more than $11.5 Exhibit 1: Venture Capital Funding For Digital Health Versus US Health Care Spending.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Sixty-nine percent of consumers said it was important to have a recommendation from their primary care doctor before using an alternative care setting such as virtual visits.

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Think convenient health care is only for the wealthy? Medicaid recipients often have significant barriers to care. Throughout my residency, I worked in a primary care clinic that was in one of the poorest areas of Boston. Think again. The answer is “Absolutely, yes.”

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Think convenient health care is only for the wealthy? Medicaid recipients often have significant barriers to care. Throughout my residency, I worked in a primary care clinic that was in one of the poorest areas of Boston. Think again. The answer is “Absolutely, yes.”

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HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 26, 2019

HHS announces CMS Primary Cares, two value-based care payment models launching in 2020 that it says will cover at least 25% of Medicare beneficiaries and providers. A former pediatric resident who was fired by UK Hospital (KY) in 2017 for possessing child pornography on his work computer is charged with that crime.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

In 2017, Adventist’s corporate campus received the Orlando Business Journal ‘s Corporate Philanthropy Award. As a 73-bed acute care hospital, Bailey Medical Center was recognized with Ardent Healthcare’s Ardent Cup as an outstanding facility in four times from 2012 to 2017, and it earned a five-star CMS rating in 2017.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). enabling enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid to order fresh produce online.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Peoples’ highest ratings of industry in American occurred in 2017 when nearly 50% of people gave business a very or somewhat positive grade. And this issue is a key pillar in the Inflation Reduction Act, both for Medicare’s ability to negotiate Rx prices with industry as well as a cap on insulin drug prices for some patients.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. In May 2017, AMIA called for the same , and the issue is getting the traction it merits. This study , published in November 2019 by a team from Harvard, looked at admissions to hospital among Medicare enrollees exposed to higher levels of air particulates.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

I’ve talked about the importance of connectivity as a social determinant of health here on this site in December 2017, as well as in July 2016 in the Huffington P ost (appropriately published in the “Life/Wellness” section).

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CMS.gov

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicare Parts A & B. Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Today the Trump Administration announced our overhaul of the program for Accountable Care Organizations, or “ACOs,” in Medicare. Innovation models.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. KFF found that the organization would cover 3 in 10 Medicare Part D enrollees, and grow CVS’s role in Medicare Advantage, too. healthcare. healthcare.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. The Trump Administration supports increased use of Medicare Advantage and expanding consumer choices.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

This year will see a swath of players from across the industry tackle behavioral health gaps by complementing primary care with telemedicine. A 2017 report from the Rural Broadband Association found that telehealth services were associated with an annual cost savings of $20,841 per U.S. Doubling down on digital.

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