Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 9, 2023

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently issued a policy paper on telemedicine performance measures for physicians providing clinical care. According to the ACP, telemedicine can significantly benefit previously underserved patients by allowing increased access and more efficient care delivery.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Of all the payors consistently funded to expand telehealth in the immediate future, Medicare stands head and shoulders above many others. On October 8, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. Set to end in January 2023.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024. Other repercussions of the end of the PHE include the return of HIPAA and licensure enforcement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. This is the second time the bill has been reintroduced. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

In early 2022, over half of those over 50 (the AARP core membership base) told the Association they would likely use telehealth in the future. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future. . The study polled U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And that is what FirstHealth of the Carolinas has done, using telemedicine technology. " Annual wellness visits And the third component of the program sees the virtual provider assisting PCPs by completing Medicare annual wellness visits for patients. This is not news. But finding successful solutions to access problems is.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

While the global telemedicine market was estimated at $68.3 2022 Conference Telehealth Topics. While healthcare conferences worldwide discuss telehealth innovation in 2022 with increased vigor, the end goal remains to deliver more effective, timely, and competency-based care to all who can benefit. .

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Continue Education Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 31, 2022 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action issued the following statement in response to today’s publication of a study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Why Telemedicine Is Struggling for Telehealth Coverage Many hospitals and health systems relied upon and therefore invested heavily in telehealth during the height of COVID-19. Telehealth visits billed to Medicare are currently paid at the same fee-for-service rate as an in-person visit.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). Between July 1, 2921, and January 2022, 50% of consumers in this survey had had a telehealth appointment, led by urban community dwellers and Millennials. adults in the first half of January 2022 for this study.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

An excepted benefit allows employers to finance additional medical care, like vision or dental coverage, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services FAQs for insurance agents and brokers, requiring Congress to amend previous public health and funding laws. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 10, 2022

House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. With the passage of the bill , which now heads to the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. The mammoth $1.5 The mammoth $1.5 Industry groups and advocates cheered the provisions.

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MeMD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

MeMD, a part of the Walmart Health family, shares its outlook for telehealth in 2022 in areas including value-based care, mental health, provider shortages, transparency and more. Medicare, too, expanded telehealth benefits. The post 2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care appeared first on MeMD Blog.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2023

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. "We found that patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare had the highest in-person follow-up rates," they said.

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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. Why has telemedicine become a priority for the organization?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care. We now have three years of data on the impact to the Medicare Trust Fund," he said.

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. have not returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. That’s the demand side.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

So even older work-age patients are seeking the convenient communication channel of text in 2022. Power 2022 U.S. If the company were to price the bundled mini meal based on 2022 CPI-food inflation, the combo would cost Costco shoppers $4.13. Heath Populi’s Hot Points: The J.D. government would have saved $2.6

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 21, 2022

The White House Office on National Drug Policy (ONDCP) supports permanent telehealth prescribing for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUD), according to the issued guidance “ Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services in the Era of Covid-19: Review and Recommendations ” published on June 22, 2022.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some of the key facts include the following: The FQ modifier code was approved in 2022 for when a service is rendered using audio-only technology. The technology allows for two-way, real-time communication behavioral health services (counseling and therapy),1 although it was reportedly effective 1-1-2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

News CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. Global venture capital funding was just $21 billion in April 2023 , a 56% drop from April 2022, according to Crunchbase.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

Telemedicine. Telemedicine ranks as the go to answer, especially during the height of COVID-19. While asynchronous telemedicine is used in other specialties, it is rarely employed in psychiatry. In 2020, legislation increased Medicare-supported residency slots for the first time in decades.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Inflation will push Payers back into the Public Marketplace whether Statewide and Federal Health Exchanges, Medicaid and Medicare Before the pandemic, many payers left statewide health exchanges as they found more ways to become profitable outside of the public market. million in 2022 and 16.3 million this year.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Hospitals ended 2023 on better financial footing than 2022 , according to the latest Syntellis analysis. Increased utilization of physical therapy for Medicare patients with knee and hip pain reduces healthcare costs by up to $4,000 annually , according to the latest research from Luna. Operating margins were up 2.4%

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Is 2022 the tipping point for technology and older adults? Consider these six blog posts from April and May 2022. Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

A study of Medicare beneficiaries published in JAMA Psychiatry and co-authored by CDC, CMS, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that emergency-authorized telehealth services for treating opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with improved medication retention and lower odds of medically treated overdose.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The shift to telehealth will persist post-pandemic, into 2022, the extent of which will depend on two key uncertainties in this moment: How payors will set reimbursement/payment levels for virtual care, both public sector (Medicare, Medicaid, VA) and commercial health plans; and, The pace of the rate of update by (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association published Health Data Privacy Principles , paying particular attention to consistency in regulations, definitions of consumer health, consumer consent, and legal enforcement. Humana and Interwell Health are launching a value-based kidney care model for Medicare Advantage members in 13 states.

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Ortholive

AUGUST 27, 2022

This results in improved patient outcomes while unlocking at-home therapy options and remote support potential via encrypted messaging and/or telemedicine. . Using telemedicine technology to monitor that employee spares them the necessity of traveling to the doctor’s office. What is Remote Therapeutic Monitoring?

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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.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

Drug-Pricing Laws With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Congress took meaningful action to lower drug prices , a move the CBO estimates would reduce the federal deficit by $237 billion over 10 years. It’s a good start. Now, more than 1 in every 1,000 youths take their own lives each year. The newest data show that suicides across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. And in a 2022 Kaiser California study, patients who participated in a virtual cardiac rehab program experienced 21% fewer hospital stays over 12 months than those who attended a facility program. " The U.S.

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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. With the market downturns we’ve seen in 2022, that trend will shift. The rise of telehealth (or telemedicine) during the pandemic has proven that virtual care can still be quality care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

We also looked at each patient's payer type, including commercial, Medicaid, Medicare and other. What is your advice to healthcare CIOs, directors of telemedicine and other health IT leaders who have embraced virtual care during the pandemic and are now looking to the future? Our grant research team analyzed more than 4.1

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