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Connected Health Initiative Applauds Introduction of CONNECT for Health ACT

Connected Health Initiative

It would also allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to completely waive restrictions on Medicare’s coverage decisions with respect to telehealth services and add ‘the home of an individual’ and, at HHS’ discretion, ‘any site at which the patient is located’ as originating sites.

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Connected Health Initiative Announces Formation of Value-Based Care Task Force

Connected Health Initiative

(WASHINGTON, DC) January 27, 2021 - Today, the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) announced the formation of a new Value-Based Care Task Force within CHI to identify key legislative and regulatory changes needed to advance value-based care by incorporating digital health tools in the American healthcare system.

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Connected Health Initiative Applauds Introduction of CONNECT for Health ACT

Connected Health Initiative

It would also allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to completely waive restrictions on Medicare’s coverage decisions with respect to telehealth services and add ‘the home of an individual’ and, at HHS’ discretion, ‘any site at which the patient is located’ as originating sites.

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Health Populi

Note that the patient sample was limited to consumers who had seen a health care provider in the past two years and who also owned and used a personal wearable health device such as an Apple Watch or Fitbit. This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023.

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Patients Embrace Telemedicine According to CMS Report;

Connected Health Initiative

About CHI: The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is the nation’s leading consortium of health technology innovators, policy experts, and patient advocates. The post Patients Embrace Telemedicine According to CMS Report; first appeared on Connected Health Initiative.

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

Health Populi

dropped nearly three years between 2019 and 2021, from close to 79 years down to 76. Here are links to those two reports: Mortality in the United States, 2021 , and. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 20021-2021. Life expectancy in the U.S. decline in life expectancy?

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The Value-Based Care Revolution Will Stall Without Health Tech

Connected Health Initiative

New CHI Report Finds Digital Health Technologies Must Play a Critical Role in Shifting American Healthcare Away from Fee-For-Service and Toward More Equitable and Effective Care. Congress should modernize privacy and security frameworks to support the use of digital health tools in value-based care scenarios widely.