Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

A survey from The Harris Poll and ClearDATA found that 81% of Americans incorrectly assume that all protected health information collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA. Medicare ACO Vytalize Health added two board members : Dave Wichmann at Jory Capital and Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips at Press Ganey.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Disclaimer: This blog article, “Mastering Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement: A Guide to Medicare Billing Success,” offers general information and is not a substitute for professional advice. Medicare, as a crucial player in healthcare reimbursement, plays a pivotal role in facilitating the adoption of RPM.

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Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

In part 1 of our blog series, Mend reviews the permanent Medicare changes to the Telehealth policy. With the PHE ending on May 11, 2023, some Telehealth policy changes will remain permanent, while others will end in May or later this year. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years.

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Mend

APRIL 12, 2023

In part 3 of our blog series, Mend reviews the temporary changes that will end on May 11, 2023. What about telehealth HIPAA compliance? As we near the PHE ending on May 11, 2023, providers must know which Medicare changes were only temporary and which are now permanent.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 10, 2023

If I practice telehealth across state lines, will my Medicare clients be required to travel to see me if I seek reimbursement for my services? Not only can such attempts to discredit you be emotionally challenging, but your inability to respond in any way to such open attacks are severely restricted by HIPAA laws.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The article below outlines Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement provisions that behavioral telehealth clinicians can expect in the near-to-mid range. As noted by Telehealth.org, other repercussions concerning licensure and HIPAA-compliance enforcement also will take immediate effect with the end of the PHE.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

If I practice telehealth across state lines, will my Medicare clients be required to travel to see me if I seek reimbursement for my services? Not only can such attempts to discredit you be emotionally challenging, but your inability to respond in any way to such open attacks are severely restricted by HIPAA laws.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

If I practice telehealth across state lines, will my Medicare clients be required to travel to see me if I seek reimbursement for my services? Not only can such attempts to discredit you be emotionally challenging, but your inability to respond in any way to such open attacks are severely restricted by HIPAA laws.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 1, 2023

Additionally, 48% of organizations using CWA plan to expand use to other clinical areas in 2023. Today, one transplant averages 500 phone calls, emails and texts – often from non-HIPAA-compliant devices. Transplant-related communications are reimbursable by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, yet many go unreimbursed.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Promise of Digital Health Exists, Connected Health Initiative Urges Congress to Achieve Potential January 31, 2023—Today, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) released its priorities for the 118 th Congress. Number of U.S. Provide maximum statutory flexibility for CMS to cover telehealth visits where appropriate.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Entering 2023, U.S. Our unifying human field theory starting off 2023 is being sick of being sick. Financial health beats physical health priorities entering 2023. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being. 2023’s journey toward value in health care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

As healthcare systems and providers modernize (or build) their technology stacks, it will be more important than ever to prioritize privacy and to understand new regulations at the state level, from HIPAA, and from the FTC. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. The HHS Office for Civil Rights released v3.4

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

According to a federal indictment returned in the Northern District of Illinois, the US Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, in a press release dated May 11, 2023, the operators of a suburban Chicago company, along with a social worker, allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to unlawfully obtain over $1.16 Erosion of Trust.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Their API-driven platform can be aligned to meet brand needs and securely houses patient PII with its built in HIPAA compliance software. Originally announced March 15th, 2023 The company also offers intuitive technology customized for healthcare companies and their patients. For more information on OpenLoop, visit openloophealth.com.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

According to a federal indictment returned in the Northern District of Illinois, the US Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, in a press release dated May 11, 2023, the operators of a suburban Chicago company, along with a social worker, allegedly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to unlawfully obtain over $1.16

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I hear patients discouraged and disgusted when they can’t get access to their own data even in 2023! Hearing about these pain points from stakeholders is why I’d “repackage HIPAA” if I were a regulator for a day. In that manner, businesses that remained “outside of the purview of HIPAA” would be impacted.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

trillion to broaden Medicare telehealth coverage. . At this point, many states have reduced requirements for remote prescriptions and increased coverage of Medicare or Medicaid for telehealth. Telemental Health Laws in 2023. The recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Fund of 2022 approved $1.5

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

In this podcast episode, we’ll hear from Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, and Kyle Zebley (American Telemedicine Association Senior Vice President of Public Policy), in a timely discussion surrounding the May 11, 2023 expiration of the Public Health Emergency.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

In this episode, we’ll hear from Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, and Kyle Zebley (American Telemedicine Association Senior Vice President of Public Policy), in a timely discussion surrounding the May 11, 2023 expiration of the Public Health Emergency. The recording date of this episode was May 8th, 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. So, within my Medicare Advantage population for example, I split out patients with diabetes, find out who is due for an annual eye exam and then send them a message to match their communication preferences.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

2023 was a tipping point for telehealth treatment. Ellen DaSilva, Co-Founder and CEO at Summer Health 1) The portability of data to deeply understand patients has been severely restricted (mostly by HIPAA but I won’t go on the record against it), so there’s a lot of information we’ll never be able to meld.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 26, 2023

2023) Informed Consent Before providing telehealth services, obtain informed consent from the patient, which may be verbal or written. Telehealth facilitates patient self-management and caregiver support for patients and includes synchronous interactions and asynchronous store and forward transfers. Accessed Feb. Accessed Feb.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

2023) Informed Consent Before providing telehealth services, obtain informed consent from the patient, which may be verbal or written. Telehealth facilitates patient self-management and caregiver support for patients and includes synchronous interactions and asynchronous store and forward transfers. Accessed Feb. Accessed Feb.

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