Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Psychiatry 84

Psychiatry HIE Healthcare IT Leadership 84

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Although this focus started with attention to the population covered by Medicaid, the healthcare field has recognized that health equity is a relevant issue to populations covered by Medicare, Commercial, and other health insurance coverage. We are defining VBC as a methodology to align incentives between a Payor and a Provider.

Medicare 66

Medicare Primary Care Leadership Mental health 66

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer and cofounder at Biofourmis, a vendor of personalized, predictive health IT – who prior to that served as Amazon’s medical officer who led the launch of Halo – sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the crisis and potential solutions. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Remote care Nursing Telehealth Leadership 178

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

The awards, determined by public voting, are bestowed on "inspiring senior healthcare executives who rigorously challenge the status quo in their journeys to build a brighter health future," according to HIMSS (the parent company of Healthcare IT News). Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Isaiah Nathaniel.

Nursing 92

Nursing Mental health Leadership Telehealth 92

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While there are countless problems and struggles in healthcare, there are a lot of ideas and technologies right now that are working to make things better. We reached out to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: which health IT trend has you most excited and why is it exciting?

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Health IT Healthcare IT Medicare Digital Health 106

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Andrew Eye, CEO of the healthcare data science company ClosedLoop , estimates that about 15% of physicians collect SDoH-related data from patients and use it to assess their needs. Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications.

Health Data 119

Health Data Public Health Life Science Medicare 119

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example telehealth utilization increased 63x (in Medicare alone!) Additionally, an Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation report found that Medicare visits conducted through telehealth skyrocketed from approximately 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2020.

Telehealth 69

Telehealth Medicare Pharmaceuticals Telemedicine 69

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. The crisis is touching every area of healthcare and requiring ultra-marathon level heroics from HC workers. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely.

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Health IT Nursing HC Patient Experience 102

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. The statistic indicating that 70% of Individual Medicare Advantage members opted for value-based care providers in 2022 highlights a significant acceleration toward this model.

Health IT 117

Health IT Nursing Primary Care Medicare 117

care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. I believe the common denominator in successful programs is courageous leadership,” he writes. “I

Remote care 40

Remote care Telehealth Leadership Medicare 40

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Akshay Sharma, chief AI officer at Lyric , describes rules for billing as a complicated set of layers of policies, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), states, and private payers issuing large collections of clinical policy documents on a regular basis as new medications, diseases, and symptoms emerge.

Medicare 102

Medicare Healthcare IT Leadership Health IT 102

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data. Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. The CDC has an Environmental Justice Index to find correlations between environmental problems and health.

Public Health 111

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT 111

Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 14, 2017

That idiocy came from language in the ACA that authorized Medicare to pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling. Authorize an Independent Payment Advisory Board to recommend ways to reduce Medicare spending if the rate of growth in Medicare spending exceeds a target growth rate. Sarah Palin.). About that Friedman editorial.

Medicare 28

Medicare Accountable Care Leadership Healthcare IT 28