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3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings. This is true today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

A 2021 report by the Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the number of medical visits via telehealth grew from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 Healthcare providers maintain different systems than payers, as do government entities like Medicare and Medicaid. million in 2020.

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Joe Kvedar, Humanizing Healthcare through Connected Health — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joe anticipates having a CMS decision on whether to adopt these codes for Medicare payment purposes in time for January 2019. If we can take the burden of the silver tsunami off the shoulders of that individual live person health care provider, then we can humanize healthcare through the adoption of technical tools.

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Joe Kvedar, Humanizing Healthcare through Connected Health — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joe anticipates having a CMS decision on whether to adopt these codes for Medicare payment purposes in time for January 2019. If we can take the burden of the silver tsunami off the shoulders of that individual live person health care provider, then we can humanize healthcare through the adoption of technical tools.

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Joe Kvedar, Humanizing Healthcare through Connected Health — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joe anticipates having a CMS decision on whether to adopt these codes for Medicare payment purposes in time for January 2019. If we can take the burden of the silver tsunami off the shoulders of that individual live person health care provider, then we can humanize healthcare through the adoption of technical tools.

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Joe Kvedar, Humanizing Healthcare through Connected Health — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joe anticipates having a CMS decision on whether to adopt these codes for Medicare payment purposes in time for January 2019. If we can take the burden of the silver tsunami off the shoulders of that individual live person health care provider, then we can humanize healthcare through the adoption of technical tools.

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Joe Kvedar, Humanizing Healthcare through Connected Health — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joe anticipates having a CMS decision on whether to adopt these codes for Medicare payment purposes in time for January 2019. If we can take the burden of the silver tsunami off the shoulders of that individual live person health care provider, then we can humanize healthcare through the adoption of technical tools.