Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 3, 2023

In the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), both covered entities and business associates play crucial roles in protecting the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI). The crux of the issue revolves around a security breach that MedEvolve reported to the OCR in 2018.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

Critics also fear hackers could use the system to identify sensitive information, and that private companies could use the records for commercial gain. Errors of this type occur due to either alleged fraudulent Medicare claims or manual human processing errors, as was the case for breaches reported during the 2017-2018 financial year.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The initial $30 billion was allocated based on the providers’ 2019 Medicare fee for services payments. The next $20 billion will also reach providers who receive only a small amount of Medicare revenue, e.g., children’s hospitals. Distribution will begin next week based on operating expenses. Care for Uninsured.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The initial $30 billion was allocated based on the providers’ 2019 Medicare fee for services payments. The next $20 billion will also reach providers who receive only a small amount of Medicare revenue, e.g., children’s hospitals. Distribution will begin next week based on operating expenses. Care for Uninsured.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. THE PROBLEM.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Combining a system with PERS , as Clear Arch Health does, also offers other benefits such as increased peace of mind and quicker responses to falls among older adults. Not only are they very common (1 in 4 older adults had a fall in 2018) — they are very costly. Washington, DC: AARP Research, August 2018. DeVol and A.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

In our review of 2018 Uniform Data System data—the most recent available—from a 100 percent sample of US CHCs, we found that our nation’s health centers are largely unprepared for this transformation. Across the US, 56 percent of 1,330 CHCs did not have any telehealth use in 2018 ( exhibit 1 ).

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It’s 2018—most doctors are using electronic health records (EHRs) and most patients have access to the Internet and a smartphone, providing many ways to view healthcare data securely.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to ramp up reimbursement for remotely delivered services, and the many success stories of its successful implementation continue to dominate industry headlines , remote health management has become one of healthcare’s most widely discussed buzzwords.

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CMS.gov

MAY 31, 2018

Thu, 05/31/2018 - 12:00. Rural health. For example, we reviewed many of the MIPS requirements and developed policies for 2018 that continue to reduce burden, add flexibility, and help clinicians spend less time on unnecessary requirements and more time with patients. Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal.

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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. But they want to make sure that an e-visit or other remote care is just as good as they’d get in person, and that their health information stays private.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The virtual trial, to be sure, is not a new concept: One team of researchers counted more than 1,100 trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov employing connected digital products for remote data collection in both 2017 and 2018, the organization observed. Health portfolios reshaped for growth.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Having recently become HIPPA-compliant, Alexa can now also be used to transmit private patient data for the purposes of monitoring prescriptions, booking appointments at nearby urgent care centers and other health-related tasks. It might be giving them the ability to store [their] information. It’s a win-win.”

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

According to Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of US Physicians , only 23% of patients have had video visits and just 14% of physicians have video visit capability. Mobile health (mHealth) : health care and public health information provided through mobile devices. Original Source.

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Medicine and Technology

MARCH 6, 2018

Here is one of the biggest announcements that came out of HIMSS 2018: the MyHealthEData Initiative launched by CMS. MyHealthEData aims to empower patients by ensuring that they control their healthcare data and can decide how their data is going to be used, all while keeping that information safe and secure. Medicare’s Blue Button 2.0

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

To succeed in the business of health information technology (HIT), a company has to be very clear on the problems it’s trying to address. Health care was the top issue driving voters to the 2018 mid-term elections. There’s surely lots of data to mine. Finally, patients are political.

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