Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

The first chart illustrates the deferred care identified in Castlight’s assessment of 160 million medical claims in its commercially-insured population data. Castlight published the full research findings in April in the company’s 2022 Workforce Health Index. But flat growth is expected for 2022, Castlight forecasts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. 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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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.

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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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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers will keep spending on digital stuff at about the same level as they did in 2022, Deloitte found that households have actually pared down the number of devices they had last year. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023. While 2 in 3 U.S. Why the “device pruning?”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

First, the program offers an initial access point for patients who present to the Convenient Care clinics or emergency rooms and who do not have a primary care provider, said Stephen Kapa, administrative director of telehealth services at FirstHealth of the Carolinas.

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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. From March 2020 to December 2022, CCA conducted a total of 149,723 virtual care visits with 38,082 unique members.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2022, Signify Health clinicians are expected to serve 2.5 In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

economy shutting down in the first and second quarters of 2020, health care providers pivoted to telehealth and virtual care platforms. The last charge shows that one-half of providers grew telehealth appointments and decreased face-to-face appointments. As the COVID-19 crisis led to large parts of the U.S.

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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. The post The Health Care Cost Curve is Bending Down – A New View from Deloitte appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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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. Another 85% of clinicians said they were open to practicing on weekends using telehealth , especially therapists, and 64% were interested in working night shifts.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

Zocdoc launched a data ecosystem enabled through application programming interfaces to streamline care coordination and referrals between primary care providers and specialists, aiming to provide consumers with a better experience and more convenient care access. Power 2022 U.S. government would have saved $2.6

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

In tandem with a comprehensive plan of ongoing patient support and patient education, such as provided by chronic care management, remote patient monitoring can benefit providers and patients in a myriad of ways. What is Chronic Care Management (CCM)? What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

From partnering with primary care providers to innovative digital tools, leaders are stepping up with these effective and creative solutions. Psychiatrist shortage by the numbers: The current workforce of about 45,580 psychiatrists must increase by 2,800 to meet today’s demands for psychiatric care. Asynchronous Telepsychiatry.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

In other words: remote patient monitoring can be a very useful component in chronic care management. What is Chronic Care Management (CCM)? Though there are specific restrictions, Medicare does cover remote patient monitoring,* making the prospect of combining CCM with RPM more appealing to care providers.

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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. billion in 2014.

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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 Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022. Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. consumers’ financial wellbeing in November 2022. 2023’s journey toward value in health care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 13, 2022

If accepted, this landmark proposal represents a significant advancement in the decades-long battle to recognize these behavioral health professionals as essential professionals in US behavioral care. Reading Time: 3 minutes. Focus on Behavioral Health. CMS Reimbursement.

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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. Vivoo promises to provide users with results in 90 seconds and is targeting the senior and residential care markets, according to Engadget.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2023

Opioid addiction and overdose-related deaths reached an all-time high in 2022. 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. "We found that 56.4%

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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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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Some telehealth flexibilities that were allowed under the PHE are also staying in effect, at least until the end of 2024. Price Inflation: As we noted, price inflation was significant in 2022 but was not unique to the health sector. Interestingly, prices for medical care increased only 2.3

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Personal value-based care will continue to grow in 2024 and it will be critical for healthcare providers to create digital access to support in-person and telehealth visits in order to maximize outcomes for both healthcare organizations and patients while driving consistent operational efficiency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"We follow these patients longitudinally, meaning when someone enrolls with us, we will manage them alongside their primary care physician and specialists throughout their entire care journey. As of October 2022, it has 4,474 active lives under management and 207 patients waiting to onboard. " RESULTS.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. That well-used and timely observation is known as Amara’s Law.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Telehealth and RPM. 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. Doing so creates exciting opportunities for personalized engagement, whole person care, precision medicine, and improved health outcomes.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Weight Watchers/W began to offer a new telehealth program for weight loss featuring the use of GLP-1 medications – which has been endorsed by W spokeswoman Oprah Winfrey, long-associated with weight loss endeavors.

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