Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2023

Company Adds Two Board Members and a Senior Executive to Lead its Medicare Advantage Business Aledade , the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country, today announced the closing of a $260 million Series F funding round to enhance and acquire services and technology to support its practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

The hope, of course, is that the galvanizing technology innovations that have emerged from the stress and disruption of the past year will be foundational to a better, brighter world in 2021 and beyond. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Year-over-year, compared to the three months ending June 30, 2021, the technology-enabled primary care provider posted the following numbers: Net revenue was $255.8 million in 2021 – a 112% increase. Total membership was 790,000 as of June 30, compared to 621,000 in 2021 – a 27% increase.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We Despite this growth, the U.S. About Erik Cardenas. About Mariza Hardin.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2024

It was a 2,500% year-over-year increase, Kristi Henderson, a former Optum senior vice president for digital transformation and CEO of Optum Virtual Care, who is now chief executive officer of Confluent Health, has said. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Their multivariable regression model analyzed weekly EHR metadata, comparing the same measures for one year before the pandemic – August 2018-September 2019 – with the same period one year after its onset – August 2020-September 2021. hours in September 2021, according to the study. before the pandemic to 8.18

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

million adult patients at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2021, and compared treatment and follow-up visits among primary care telemedicine (video and telephone) and in-person office visits. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5 telephone visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

in primary care, and 14.7% Value-Based Care. In an emailed statement to Healthcare IT Today , MGMA shared that they were surprised at the VBC data. That same report showed a 2x increase in the number of claims denied on first submission by medical practices in 2021: Primary Care = 8.00% (4.00% in 2020).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 22, 2023

In spring 2021, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts were nearly 51% higher for adolescent girls compared with the same time period in 2019. right now have no mental healthcare providers at all. "The most-organized efforts now are the primary care access programs and collaborative care models.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2022

Those locations will provide a range of services, said Walmart, including primary care, labs, X-ray and EKG, behavioral health and counseling, dental, optical and hearing. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. on Sundays. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2022, a lot of attention has been focused on devices for remote patient monitoring (RPM), but devices that enable clinicians to assess and diagnose patients at home are also needed to fully realize the promise of care-at-home. TytoCare , a virtual care company, recently launched its Home Smart Clinic that enables primary care from home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 31, 2023

Since The Clinic was founded in 2021, Amwell’s telehealth technology has powered virtual second opinions delivered by Cleveland Clinic physicians worldwide. Consider the extent to which employers and health plans are pouring resources into virtual primary care. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. Healthcare IT News interviewed Booker and Ratwani to learn more about their work and how it can inform leaders following and advancing the future of telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Hunter Sinclair, vice president of solution strategy at Teladoc Health, to dive into this subject. Sinclair joined the company in 2020 to grow the company’s chronic care business within the Medicare Advantage line of business. What is the current state of virtual care for those 65 and older?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Acquisition further advances CVS Health’s care delivery strategy for consumers CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH ) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2021

"Reaching one million visits demonstrates the capabilities of health centers to meet their patients’ needs through innovation and resourcefulness," Christina Severin, president and CEO of Community Care Cooperative, told Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

"This commonsense policy helped ensure that families could access vital telehealth services – including virtual primary care and behavioral health services – prior to having to meet their deductible," wrote the organizations. Chamber of Commerce and Healthcare IT News parent company HIMSS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

Citing a 2021 study, they noted that the use of telehealth in harm reduction primary care programs providing buprenorphine helped to increase access to care and overcome health inequities. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2023

million ($21 million) over the next four years has been allocated to the Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service (CAVUCS) while A$67.8 million ($47 million) has been set aside for the adult SA Virtual Care Service (SAVCS) over the next five years. Funding of A$30.8

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The 2021 version of the legislation would: Permanently remove all geographic restrictions on telehealth services and expand originating sites to include the home and other sites.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

Healthcare IT News interviewed Sweeney-Platt on the subjects of telemedicine adoption, utilization, scheduling and permanence, seeking her expertise and lessons learned from athenahealth's treasure trove of telehealth data. In terms of specialties, not surprisingly we've seen mental health and primary care use telehealth the most.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. The program was expanded in 2021 when the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

As STAT reports, Care Medical moved its legal headquarters this January from Washington to Wyoming, and filed paperwork in Georgia saying it planned to begin operations there on July 1, 2021. STAT also pointed to now-removed January job postings for healthcare-related roles at Amazon in California, Georgia and Texas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

As Evans explained, VA video-to-home telehealth encounters increased by 3,147% from 294,847 encounters in fiscal year 2019 to 9,575,958 encounters in fiscal year 2021. Also in 2021, VA provided more than 2.3 Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2021

Dr. David Bates, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, compared the priorities set out by the declaration to the real-world response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the United States. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Over the course of three weeks in March 2020, the virtual healthcare team trained more than 400 primary care, specialty care and therapy services providers, as well as 800 support staff, on how to use Zipnosis for virtual health encounters. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

It has infused A$114 million ($88 million) more funding for this purpose under the 2021-22 Budget. million ($220 million) investment in the country's primary care system. Earlier this year, the government extended its provision of telehealth services until yearend from June. The latest telehealth budget is part of a A$308.6

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Unpacking Healthcare’s IT Infrastructure Needs. In addition, claims denials saw a 2x increase from 2020 to 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

We were among the first health systems to begin an institution-wide rollout of DAX following a four-month pilot program in 2021-22. The hospital also was the first to apply the technology in primary care settings and has since expanded deployment to 110 clinicians, or approximately half of our employed providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2021

"If you, as a primary care provider or specialist, want to work with a patient; if you were the payer or pharma or government and you want to ensure the health and well-being of a population; how do you take all this new data that is coming from the devices we have and wear and are in our homes around us and turn it into wisdom?

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