Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Doctors and nurses are burning out, especially in the ER. Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. See this 2022 study about care coordination in healthcare for older adults – 42% perceived poor care coordination, including 14.8% Trends worth noting about care work.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Telehealth visits billed to Medicare are currently paid at the same fee-for-service rate as an in-person visit. Medicare added over 100 billing codes for the duration of the public health emergency. CMS will continue this higher Medicare reimbursement rate for 2023, but the future depends on legislators planning 2024’s PFS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing. They also look to flag “items and services that have high national error rates and are a financial risk to Medicare.” Meanwhile, Medicare also has a Fee for Service Recovery Audit Program. Tricare and Medicare).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Since last year March, over 16 million patients have received over 80 million COVID-19 telehealth services under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). million ($42 million) to extend the provision of subsidised mental health support to December 2022; A$41.2 Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. million ($22.8

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Let’s be real—nurses are, to put it lightly, still being stretched very thin. I’ve been talking with hospitals all over the country this year, and in recent conversations I’ve heard more and more about virtual nursing. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

On the other hand, and not surprisingly, the percentage of patients accessing information electronically saw the biggest jump from 2020 (38%) to 2022 (57%) amid the pandemic. Real-time location service provider Navenio is integrating with Pavion ‘s nurse call system.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

UpStream supports physicians operating under full-risk, value-based arrangements who are providing care to seniors on Medicare with an integrated platform that emphasizes care quality, health equity and total cost of care. Originally announced December 1st, 2022. For more information, please visit upstream.care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2022

Officials said use was largely driven by people accessing COVID-19 vaccination records and test results – in fact, less that 2% of patients who went to the emergency department had doctors or nurses look at their records. Care coordination network CarePort released its 2021 growth numbers.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

More than 60% of the 1,700 doctors, nurses, and therapists surveyed by telehealth infrastructure firm SteadyMD are interested in full-time telehealth work. Cone Health insurance subsidiary HealthTeam Advantage chose Bamboo Health to provide real-time ADT notifications for its PPO and HMO Medicare Advantage plans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Is 2022 the tipping point for technology and older adults? Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market. Consider these six blog posts from April and May 2022. ATA 2022: Five telehealth offerings for older adults.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

in 2025, with upside in 2025 based on the successful resolution of its Medicare Stars Ratings mitigation efforts. About Oak Street Health Founded in 2012, Oak Street Health is a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare. The Company is a winner of Energage’s 2022 Top Workplaces USA award, was recognized by Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

Healthcare accounted for 36% of all enterprise data breaches in 2022 , according to the latest research from ForgeRock. The report also cited a 50% increase in breaches from 2022 as compared to 2021. Wolters Kluwer and Unbound Medicine released a mobile app that digitizes Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Handbook.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2022, Signify Health’s clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5 In 2022, Signify Health’s clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5 Notably, since acquiring Caravan Health in March 2022 , Signify Health has further expanded its focus on value-based care and population health.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

In 2020, legislation increased Medicare-supported residency slots for the first time in decades. However, the number of psychiatry residents has risen 21% in recent years, and in 2022 there were nearly twice as many applicants as slots for them. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Increase psychiatrist residency slots.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here are the five blog posts from August 2022: Some might say that sensor technology for older adults is nothing new. This will be discussed further in a report later this year, The Future of Sensors and Older Adults 2022. What’s the big deal? Remote monitoring products and services built with sensors have been around for decades.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2022

A couple retiring in 2022 should budget $315,000 to cover their health care costs in retirement, based on the 21st annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate from Fidelity Investments. in March 2022 was $436,700. 108,405 for a private room in a skilled nursing facility. according to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey.

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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 To learn more about Zócalo Health’s mission and services, visit zocalo.health.

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Andrew: There was recognition that people who were lonely and isolated needed support, but not in the context of the traditional home services or nursing services. Demi Radeva with Andrew Parker at HLTH 2022. For example, Medicare Advantage is a really good place to start because they are more flexible than ever before. .

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

the year kicked off with a modification of CPT code 99091 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which “ immediately increased the amount of billable Medicare hours available for doctors and clinicians who utilize remote care services ,” as we reported in January. In the U.S.,

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 17, 2023

EsoGuard targets a well-established population of approximately 30 million at-risk patients and an estimated $60 billion addressable market based on an effective Medicare payment rate of $1,938, which is consistent with our per-test gross margins targets. Out-of-network payments received to date have respected the Medicare rate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night. Now, telehealth has evolved to something more – remote therapeutic monitoring.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 Biofourmis continues to buck health tech funding trends with this Series D extension, which comes during a downturn in digital health investment. billion—down from $14.7

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made good on President Joe Biden’s word during the 2022 State of the Union with new proposed staffing requirements for nursing homes. |

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2023

from 2019 to 2022 – or more than double the rate of increase for Medicare IPPS reimbursement (7.5%). Virtual care and remote monitoring company AvaSure launched its Virtual Nursing application and Care Model. Syntellis and the AHA reported that hospital expenses increased 17.5% Drug expenses also increased 19.7%

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A major justification for President Biden’s tax hike proposal is to shore up the tenuous finances of Medicare whose trust fund is forecasted to be depleted by 2028. Historically, it is the most prolific driver of family bankruptcy, and now it is on its way to bankrupting our country collectively.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2023

News Nearly six in 10 (57%) of patients accessed online medical records or patient portals in 2022 , according to the latest ONC data brief. Qualtrics and Oculi Data are partnering to enable comparisons and analyses of nursing quality metrics. Medicare Advantage plan eternalHealth chose 9amHealth for at-home, virtual cardiac care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Nurse compensation is needed to improve the healthcare system. Recognizing the pivotal role nurses play in patient care, there will be a growing emphasis on improving nurse compensation to enhance the overall healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

I don't know that we highlighted how important that was to patients being able to connect them with a physician or a nurse practitioner or a nurse without having to have them leave their home." As of October 2022, it has 4,474 active lives under management and 207 patients waiting to onboard. Louis area."

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

They include a report that says the US could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses by 2025. million lower-wage healthcare workers, such as medical assistants, home health aides, and nursing assistants. Price Inflation: As we noted, price inflation was significant in 2022 but was not unique to the health sector.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. For those who don't know, please describe the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill. The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission completed their merger , which was first announced in November 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Another study published in 2021 analyzed the geographic distribution of neurologists actively billing in Medicare and compared this to the geographic distribution of Medicare beneficiaries with neurologic disease. Second, there is a mismatch between where neurologists practice and where people with neurologic conditions live.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH. ” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Healthcare facilities will use AI from an administrative point of view because it’s very difficult to hire in healthcare – there’s a physician shortage, a nursing shortage, and a pharmacist shortage. 2) Over 60% of pediatricians said that they were burnt out and unhappy in their current practice in 2022.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

Examples abound, and Paul Keckley, considered a dean among long-time observers of the medical field, recently highlighted some striking year-end observations for 2022. [2] In January of 2023 the median, or middle value, of hospital operating margin index was -1.0%, which is an improvement from January 2022 but still lags 2021 and 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Price Transparency: In 2022, we saw CMS’s Transparency in Coverage rule go into effect, requiring health plans and providers to publish their rates for care to the public. The Walmart Optum/United Partnership will incentivize Walmart to pivot its focus from in-store clinics to Medicare patients specifically.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

First, meet the stakeholders: they are patients, physicians (prescribers, which today can go beyond doctors per se to include nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and others depending on state licensure), payers, and manufacturers of the drugs. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While U.S.

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