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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

Many of our concerns center on the proposed implementation timeframes associated with various concepts included in HTI-1, as well as ONC’s failure to sufficiently consider the burden compliance will place on provider organizations and health IT developers.

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How RPM can scale and sustain CMS' hospital at home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released data on its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative , which thus far has admitted 11,159 patients suffering from respiratory infections, heart failure and severe sepsis. This is largely driven by an aging population and increasing preferences for care in familiar surroundings.

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Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes— costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In January, 2019, the coordinating body for Health IT (ONC) released interoperability advice, connecting people to their care , that requires representing the relationship between a patient and another person (provider, caregiver, or family member). million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Healthcare IT Today

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. I talked to Nikki Henck, Senior Director of Utilization Management at Sagility , about the implementation and potential impact of this proposed requirement, which, if finalized, will be enacted in January 2026.

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CVS Health to Acquire Oak Street Health

Healthcare IT Today

The pending acquisitions of Oak Street Health and Signify Health will also meaningfully advance our goal of adding 200 basis points of long-term adjusted operating income growth, a key commitment we made to shareholders at our December 2021 Investor Day.” And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

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Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. A number of other health systems and hospitals have secured waivers but haven't yet implemented a program.

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