Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers’ virtual visit utilization from 2021 to 2023, showing a downturn in telehealth — from 57% of consumers attending a virtual medical appointment in 2021 falling to 42% of consumers in 2023. .” The bar chart updates our understanding of U.S.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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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?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Telemedicine 427

Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Key considerations for embracing telemedicine post-pandemic: Improved access: Rural communities often have limited access to specialists, making it difficult for these individuals to get the care they need. Why is now the right time to embrace telehealth as a permanent way of delivering care?

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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 act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

Data was collected in April 2021 from Australians aged 18 and over, who had visited the doctor at least once a year, and had had a healthcare appointment within the last 12 months. According to Capterra’s survey findings, 92% of telemedicine users in Australia had experienced telemedicine for the first time during the pandemic.

Telehealth 119

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Medicare 119

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

"[Telehealth] has played a critical role in ensuring the continuity of care for hundreds of thousands of Australian patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting the health of patients and health professionals," a government statement read. million ($220 million) investment in the country's primary care system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This latest award is a $2 million grant that will allow our applied researchers to establish a patient safety learning laboratory over a four-year funding period, applying a cross-disciplinary, human factors and systems engineering approach to connected care enhancements. Since health systems across the U.S.

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Telehealth Primary Care Connected Care Healthcare IT 160

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. "The ATA appreciates CMS’ efforts to expand access to telemedicine." WHY IT MATTERS.

Telehealth 126

Telehealth Medicare Public Health Telemedicine 126

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JULY 1, 2020

The change initially included primary care providers, specialists and behavioral health providers and was later expanded to include occupational, physical and speech therapy as well as ABA therapy services. . “In March, the mission-driven insurer began covering telephone and video visits with in-network providers. Stay tuned….

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Their ability to recover in 2021 and 2022 as the national economy heals and again grows will be a crucial time period to strategic plan and executive for a future that is not defined by a traditional inpatient bed.

Primary Care 170

Primary Care Public Health Interoperability Medicare 170

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023. The two biggest reasons patients look to share their data with physicians is to (1) take a more active role in their own care (for 82% of consumers) and (2) to improve their health outcomes (among 77%).

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Health Data EHR Digital Health Health Technology 407

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 18, 2020

The change initially included primary care providers, specialists and behavioral health providers and was later expanded to include occupational, physical and speech therapy as well as ABA therapy services. All of these services will now be covered on an ongoing basis.” Stay tuned…. Sources: [link].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission. Adrienne Mullen is senior director of virtual care at CCA.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Medicare 109

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 182

MeMD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Today, virtual care has taken its place as a mainstay of the U.S. healthcare system: A July 2021 report from McKinsey & Co. The company’s talk therapy visits shot up 224% in 2020, but that was just the beginning: MeMD saw more visits in the first quarter of 2021 than in all of 2019 combined. McKinsey & Co.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Psychiatry 52

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. THE PROBLEM. Abnormal results trigger telehealth RN follow-up."

Nursing 156

Nursing Telehealth Primary Care Medicare 156

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Yesterday the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS ), announcing they will delay implementation of changes to physician evaluation and management (E&M) codes until 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

The past two years have taught us that telemedicine is a highly scalable and successful way to deliver quality healthcare across the United States. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.

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Telehealth Health IT Digital Health Mental health 104

Henry Kotula

APRIL 13, 2023

year drop in life expectancy in 2021 and the 1.8-year Offloading outpatient care to lower-cost caregivers — Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, and others — cuts into the work and profit of primary care physicians in independent and health-system-owned group practices. The same with telemedicine. The current decline — 77.0

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Nursing Medicare 41

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

" The group plans to lobby policymakers to broaden coverage for care services in the home – including extension and expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Without Walls provisions – advocate for bundled-payment models, home-based care and more. jhalamka) March 17, 2021.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

What are the problems in the field of neurology that you feel telemedicine can help overcome? There are two key problems in neurology that telemedicine can help address. First, there are not enough neurologists to care for the growing population of persons with neurologic disease. Telemedicine can help address both problems.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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Digital Health Public Health Connected Health Telehealth 356

American Well

JULY 13, 2020

To meet this surge in demand, Cleveland Clinic leveraged both its providers who were already active on the platform, and also trained more than 350 primary care providers — many of whom were temporarily redeployed due to the virus — on telehealth. ?During Indiana University Health. Children’s Health in Dallas.

Telehealth 118

Telehealth Leadership Primary Care Psychiatry 118

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network. Alternate Payment Models: Alternate payment models (APMs) in healthcare have been expanding especially since enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010.

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Public Health Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). We segue then to a view from Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking Poll focusing on the cost of health care and prescription drugs.

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Mental health Public Health Digital Health Medicare 182

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

2) adoption of digital health and telemedicine, especially due to COVID-19. food deserts, access to care), while clinical interventions and risk scores are created at the patient-level. Doing so creates exciting opportunities for personalized engagement, whole person care, precision medicine, and improved health outcomes.

Health IT 89

Health IT Patient Experience Mental health Private practice 89

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We have seen the proliferation of new technologies — telemedicine, artificial intelligence, robotics, and precision medicine — becoming an integral part of everyday clinical care. Healthcare consumers have become empowered through technology, with greater control and access to care than ever before.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Nursing Patient Experience Medicare 41