Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

One-half of doctors plan to increase their use of telemedicine in the next 12 months, the survey learned, across both primary care and specialty practices. Four in five large employers believe virtual health will play a significant role in how care is delivered int he future, up from 64% in 2019 and 52% in 2018.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.” Retail health-meets-Medicare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2024

This month, one physician and IT entrepreneur posted on his Substack had posted other unconfirmed reports that suggested Optum was ending its telehealth service – and asked whether brick and mortar healthcare had the capacity to replace Optum's millions of virtual visits. million in 2019.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. More payers added telehealth to their benefits. Hindsight is easy.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Here’s a quick primer on Walmart’s healthcare strategy, which so-far can be bucketed into three themes: Medicare and MA health plans, primary care, and employer virtual care. Walmart Health then debuted in 2019, and it’s a more comprehensive offering than it seems to get credit for.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We already had developed a virtual personal protective equipment model in our special pathogen unit of our Medical ICU, or iSOCOMS," said Dr. Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. More payers added telehealth to their benefits. Hindsight is easy.

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MeMD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Virtual care, for example, has become an essential part of healthcare delivery. Early in the pandemic, telehealth utilization skyrocketed, as virtual care was a safe way to access necessary care. Today, virtual care has taken its place as a mainstay of the U.S. Telehealth Will Enhance Value-Based Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Caravan Health is a privately held company formed to create sustainable methodologies for health systems to excel in value-based care.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

View research study > View article in mHealth Intelligence > Indiana Ocular Telehealth Lawsuit Highlights Ongoing National Battle. The lawsuit highlights a national battle between ocular telehealth companies and the 11 states where connected care eye exams are banned.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to a statement made on August 25, 2022, the Amazon telehealth service. The news was announced to Amazon Care employees just one month after Amazon’s $3.9B It also followed a recent report of a rollout of Amazon Care’s partnership with Ginger, a leading telehealth employer. Overview of Amazon Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It also includes tools such as telehealth platforms that facilitate communication between physicians and patients, smartwatches that track heart rate, and other technologies used to manage chronic disease such as respirators and CPAP devices or other remote monitoring devices. We need to reframe our collective mindset around preventive care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Doing this enabled patients to know that a telehealth visit did not mean less quality. " They also had to ensure that all staff were aware of the types of telehealth visits that were beneficial to patients. Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. Abnormal results trigger telehealth RN follow-up."

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. Virtual visits can keep patients’ relatives connected to their loved ones’ care even when they’re across the country. Providers can refer patients to in-network providers for radiology, laboratory, primary care and other services.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

Will Expand Medicate Telehealth Coverage. 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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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

Will Expand Medicate Telehealth Coverage. 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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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Bringing Virtual Care to Isolated Addicts. Patients in treatment facilities can have virtual group sessions with their primary care providers and family members back home. It’s worth noting that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently increased reimbursement for substance abuse treatment.

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GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

There’s a predictable turning point in any debate about telehealth. Someone will concede that it can save money, provide clinical evidence , bring care to the underserved and even drive revenue. A Massachusetts General Hospital study found that patients reported strong personal connections with providers when using telehealth visits.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

An important example of this self-care approach is the evidence-based Ornish food regimen which is reimbursed by Medicare (as a form of cardiac rehabilitation). For more hard-core athletes, CES 2019 features an eSports area with all flavors of digital sports from golf to hockey and tennis.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption in a way that initially wasn’t considered feasible by providers and payers pre-2020. 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 million in 2020.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

While most people associate telehealth services with clinical settings, telemedicine is revolutionizing an unexpected environment these days: schools. Primary care providers can be conferenced into the school session, improving care coordination. Here’s why telemedicine programs are so effective in schools. Contact Us.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That confirms our observations that virtual care is becoming an ingrained part of medicine – but with that growth inevitably comes change. Telehealth is the market that never stops moving, so let’s look back and review the dynamics, announcements and updates that shifted our world in 2019. Tech Visionaries Reinvent Telehealth.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s time to make a decision: do you go to the urgent care clinic a few blocks away? Or do you wait until Monday when you can call your primary care provider (PCP) and then wait a few more days for an appointment? million; approximately $500,000 of those savings went to a managed care Medicare payer. Contact Us.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2023

THE PROBLEM Before the advent of telehealth in addiction treatment, people seeking medical help for opioid use disorder faced several challenges that limited their access to care. Dr. Robin Arthur Williams, chief medical officer at Ophelia, a telehealth provider that cares for OUD patients, spells out the challenges: Geography.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Patients seeking neurologic care can face physical, geographical and financial challenges as they deal with chronic and disabling conditions. Telehealth is offering one way forward. In one of the largest studies of outpatient general teleneurology care, a team led by Dr. Linda S.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

As we do each year, the Amwell team has selected from a highly competitive field of clients those who stand out for their innovation and achievement in telehealth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system saw an unprecedented surge in virtual care. Cleveland Clinic continues to be a model of provider engagement.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

A record 18 rural hospitals closed in 2019. Overall, hospitals saw a 21% decline in operating margins in 2018-2019. The infusion of emergency funding through the CARES Act helped offset some operating losses but it’s unclear when and even whether utilization patterns and revenues will return to normal pre-COVID levels.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.

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Mend

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Today, the majority of primary care physicians fret that telemedicine is way too time-consuming and complicated for them to execute in their already busy practices. billion in 2019 and is expected to reach $123 billion by the end of 2030. A lot of evolving technologies are taking the world of telehealth by storm at present.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

While Peloton was a punchline in some peoples’ jokes at the 2019 holiday season ( see here ), the company had an enviable growing waiting list in 2020 — the right thing at the right time. motivating the move of patients from acute care settings to their homes where patients were found to be improving.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. Across the U.S.,

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Deloitte also notes the growing use of telehealth and online appointment scheduling the enables access to services. To effectively personalize health care, Deloitte expects that health care providers will partner with technology companies to assess large pools of patient data (e.g.,

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The exploding elderly population, in combination with a shrinking workforce to fund Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security, will force our health system to ration care in new ways. These realities will increase the role of primary care as the needed coordinator of health services for patients.

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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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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Effusive digital health funding and increases in mobile and telehealth services show no signs of abating, and neither does general M&A activity. Here’s a snapshot of a few big trends for the payer and provider crowds to watch for in 2019. Providers: Behavioral care goes primary, investment in digital.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Doggett has been drafting legislation to allow the government such authority for drugs covered by Medicare Part D. Employers, too, will be nudging insured workers to lower-cost sites of care in 2019, from virtual care via telehealth platforms to retail clinics for flu shots and less-acute care providers.

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