Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

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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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Modernizing Medicare to Take Advantage of the Latest Technologies. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Modernizing Medicare to Take Advantage of the Latest Technologies. economy, and by 2026 the CMS Office of the Actuary projects that one in every five dollars spent in America will be spent on healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

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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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. For this discussion, I’ll pick six exhibits from the Report’s roughly 140 exhibits — starting with the big picture of the unsustainable nature of U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

million unfilled jobs by 2026. Medicare Advantage changes may revive tech-enabled home care services. Further, wage increases are rare , but the shortage of home care workers worsens, especially in urban areas in which they cannot afford to live – and are predicted to amount to 7.8

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

The field is growing , no doubt in parallel to the aging baby boomer population, but it is a very small field that is projected to produce only 3100 new jobs by 2026. A wheelchair or scooter can be covered by Medicare with a doctor’s note. ‘They’ are audiologists. Seriously? Ditto prosthetics. Are these uses elective?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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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ACA Times

APRIL 21, 2016

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a report, detailing a ten-year plan on Health Insurance for those 65 and under from 2016 through 2026. The 10-year projection suggests that by 2026, the figure will jump to 253 million. By 2026, that figure is expected to jump by seven million people to 69 million.

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InTouch Health

MARCH 12, 2020

over the forecast period 2019 to 2026 as more hospitals and healthcare facilities bring this technology online. Thanks to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, all Medicare two-sided ACOs will now be reimbursed for telehealth delivered services to the home. How Telehealth Will Address Future Healthcare Needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

By 2026, Oak Street Health will have over 300 centers, each of which has the potential to contribute $7 million of Oak Street Health Adjusted EBITDA at maturity, representing more than $2 billion of Oak Street Health embedded Adjusted EBITDA at that time. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Follow @CVSHealth on social media.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. As with public sector healthcare spending (“entitlements” in the form of Medicare and Medicaid), healthcare spending crowds out U.S.

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ACA Times

JUNE 8, 2017

The KFF study found that by 2026, over five million older Americans (ages 50-64) would be without healthcare under the American Health Care Act. This news arrives on the heels of the Congressional Budget Office predicting that the number of uninsured Americans would double over ten years under Trump’s proposed American Health Care Act.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

That law, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, made it illegal for Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers —even for the individuals publicly insured through Medicare and Medicaid. Unfortunately, the program won’t take effect until 2026. Chamber of Commerce are pending.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

In the comments that we will submit to ONC on HTI-1, we’ll also be encouraging ONC and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to work more closely together to address the misalignments that frequently occur between when ONC tells software developers to deploy new certified versions and when CMS requires providers to be using them.

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ACA Times

MAY 1, 2019

Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the period of non-enforcement for certain non-compliant health policies under the Affordable Care Act through the end of 2020. 2 minute read: The U.S. More than $4.5

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ACA Times

MAY 15, 2019

2 minute read: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the U.S. By the year 2026, the IRS is projected to have issued more than $228 billion in ACA penalties to employers identified as having failed to comply with the ACA’s Employer Mandate.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 1, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is projecting that national health spending will be 20 percent of the economy by 2026. National health spending has grown from an average of under 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 1960s to a projected average of nearly 18% for the decade ending in 2020.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

That number will rise to 82 million by 2026. Schedule them for telemedicine visits while you reserve your exam rooms for commercial and Medicare patients. In addition to the ethical implications, it means that a large number of Americans are struggling to get help. Solving Medicaid Challenges.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. annually over the next 10 years to reach over $1 trillion by 2026. Better Data Will Serve as the Foundation in Modernizing the Medicaid Program. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Tue, 10/02/2018 - 15:36. Seema Verma. Medicaid & CHIP.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

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. For those who don't know, please describe the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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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. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to manage duplicate patient records.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Professionals focused on expanding their telehealth services through Medicare will also be delighted to see the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Key Medicare Behavioral Telehealth Regulations. Vermont (through January 1, 2026).

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CMS.gov

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicare Parts A & B. Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Today the Trump Administration announced our overhaul of the program for Accountable Care Organizations, or “ACOs,” in Medicare. Innovation models.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 8, 2018

Medicare trustees, most of whom are Republican government officials, say the White House’s elimination of the individual mandate and the Independent Payment Advisory Board as well as its tax cuts will cause its hospital insurance trust fund to be depleted in 2026.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

CMS BLOG: Medicare for All? Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services . Medicare Part C. Medicare Part D. Medicare for All? When listening to those advocating ‘Medicare for All’ it’s good to be skeptical about their promises. keya.joy-bush@…. Fri, 11/02/2018 - 21:32.

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ACA Times

JULY 27, 2017

The data—provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—showed that on a 10-point scale (10 being “the best”), almost 50% of recipients who participated gave the platform a 9. The CBO report stated that by 2026, Medicaid spending would be reduced by 26 percent. That’s almost a perfect score.

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