Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Bonus Features for September 24, 2023: 72% of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Rural Health Clinic Transition Project Manager , a hybrid role based in the Midwest, posted by Stoltenberg Consulting at Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Bonus Features for October 29, 2023: 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, plus 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care.

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Health Populi

MAY 18, 2023

On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. And, over one-half of patients have also sought information about medical bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keep that relationship in mind in the context of a new forecast from Kaiser Family Foundation estimate the 2023 cost for employer-sponsored insurance for a family to reach nearly $24,000 in 2023. consumers said paying a health care bill was stressful.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Additionally, labor shortages will double the medication error rate among providers, according to Forrester. Over the last few years, significant private capital has flowed to innovative primary care-led ventures.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

And it is fair to say that the applications of it is making its way into the world of older adults, this AARP article describes its uses for older adults in generating a letter to contest a medical bill.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Sales Bone & Joint of Albany implemented athenahealth for EHR, medical billing, and patient engagement. Indiana’s Good Samaritan Hospital and Community Health Network chose Arrive and Ottonomy to pilot drone delivery of medical samples. Intermountain Health chose ClearSense for data archiving.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

consumers, found in the latest Beryl Institute-Ipsos Px Pulse survey published for July 2023. GNC is channeling to the current concerns of health consumers… value in the eye of the beholder and medical bill payer. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

Health plans would also boost consumers’ satisfaction by channeling patients’ access to the kinds of medical providers that align with consumers’ preferences and personal values, and by personalizing information to steer people toward lower-cost care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2023

Half of Americans (52%) said paying medical bills is stressful , according to an HPS/PayMedix survey. Thirty percent of Americans have had to dip into their savings to pay medical bills, while 17% have delayed payments. Awards Data aggregator Inovalon earned a 2023 Great Place to Work certification.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

“Even with good health insurance, both my Co-Founder and I have received unexpected medical bills for thousands of dollars over the years,” said Kevin Chiu , Co-Founder and CEO. “These personal experiences are at the core of our mission to empower healthcare consumers to book health providers without fear of the bill.”

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

And it is fair to say that the applications of it are making its way into the world of older adults, this AARP article describes its uses for older adults in generating a letter to contest a medical bill.

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Medical Billing 69

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

Explaining Medical Bills. An AI-powered chatbot will be available in the future through Epic’s Hello World platform that will help explain complex medical bills to patients. Early response has been positive with some patients commenting how the generated responses are more empathetic than prior communications.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, 1 in 11 adults delay or go without medical care due to cost reasons, according to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). For the many patients who do seek out care, they are either surprised by the medical bill at the end of care or are confused about the amount they owe.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

consumers rate medical billing as challenging to understand , according to a recent survey from HealthLock. One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance updates our understanding of and empathy for insured peoples’ Patient Administrative Burdens (PAB). adults 18 and over in February and March 2023 who had health insurance across different plan types. For this study, KFF polled 3,605 U.S.

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Medical Billing Mental health Patient Experience Medicare 156

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023, extensions for telehealth flexibilities were assured through December 31, 2024 to include audio-only telephone evaluation and management services. As of now, after December 31, only mental health services would be covered for audio-only.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

About Access Healthcare Access Healthcare is a leading provider of revenue cycle management services, specializing in medical billing, coding, and accounts receivable management. Originally announced October 12th, 2023

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

Partnerships Fintech company Cedar is working with Google Cloud to build AI-powered tools to hep patients understand medical bills. The latest hospital finance report from Syntellis noted that hospital operating margins are at their highest levels in 18 months.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 12, 2023

adults 18 and over in October 2023 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on personal finances, and well-being currently and into 2024. Fidelity conducted an online poll among 3,002 U.S.

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier this year, the American Medical Association (AMA) released its CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) Code and Guideline Changes for 2023. . These changes directly affect medical coding teams and providers’ day-to-day job responsibilities and how they capture services to receive quick and accurate reimbursements.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

CEO and Founder David Maman and Divya Chander , chair of neuroscience, faculty in medicine at Singularity University, will be the keynote speakers for the 2023 Innovation Challenge. 15, 2023, to be considered for Pitch Day. Additional speakers include David Fajgenbaum , M.D., The submission period closes on Aug.

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

So, patients-as-payers and health consumers told AKASA, which is in the business of revenue cycle management, that quality and choice were worth a premium or enhanced charge on their medical bill. Dr. Pearl’s perfect storm of 3 mega forces include, Healthcare inflation, expecting medical costs to grow by double-digits in 2023.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 20, 2023

healow Pay : healow Pay has increased Encore Health Group transactions by 300% since January 2023. The online billing solution allows patients to pay their medical bills via text message, email or online. This allows providers to focus their time on patients instead of administrative tasks.

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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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Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2022

The agencies will also extend the time period before unpaid medical collection debt appears on credit reports from six months to one year, allowing consumers in medical debt to work with health care providers and plans to deal with debt before it is reported. Work with Federal partners to reduce coercive credit reporting, and.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 26, 2023

The revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) was implemented in October 2015 and will remain in effect until October 2023. Properly utilizing COPD codes can help healthcare providers (HCPs) with medical billing and coding, leading to accurate claim submission and reimbursement for their services.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 10, 2023

That knowledge is applied to improve the efficiency and quality of medical coding and to enable providers to code less and care more. Originally announced February 27th, 2023 As such, coders are expected to “speak the language” of physicians and payers, a mistake-prone exercise that drains time from coders and physicians alike. “As

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Read more… Reducing Confusion Eases Medical Billing Stress. DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) announced a merger effective January 4, 2023. The average Explanation of Benefits is crammed with so much information that most people don’t understand them.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2024

Note that social influencers, like celebrities and athletes, ranked at the bottom of the McKinsey survey (which was fielded in August 2023). Most consumers consider clinical proof to be important across all product categories, especially for over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and supplements, and beauty products.

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