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State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

"States report valuing the enhanced access to behavioral health and other services that telehealth can foster, but they also have a range of concerns about the quality of services delivered via telehealth," she told Healthcare IT News by email. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Many organizations are conducting a full analysis of their sites and some have found more than 50 tools that create privacy risks.

Healthcare IT

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Dozens of U.S. legislators push for telehealth coverage expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2022

senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. "Telehealth has been a critical tool during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that patients continue to receive the health care they need while keeping health care providers and patients safe," read the letter.

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Telehealth Medicare Leadership Public Health

Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Reforming Medicare payment. Job regrets are greatest in hospital settings among doctors aged 31-50 working in emergency medicine, according to an analysis of 170 studies involving more than 239,000 doctors by the University of Manchester in England. CT Lin, CMIO at UCHealth, told Healthcare IT News in May. Stopping scope creep.

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Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

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.

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We asked members of the Healthcare IT Community to share their thoughts on the growing role of the Internet of Medical Things in managing healthcare data.

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Healthcare IT eHealth Leadership RCM

Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity. It comes from a convergence of several trends, according to leading public health and medical investigators. Payers have invested enormous amounts of money in decreasing individuals’ body weights.

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CDC: Telehealth visits more than doubled in March 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

"Continued availability and promotion of telehealth services might play a prominent role in increasing access to services during the public health emergency." It follows on the heels of new numbers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which reported that 34.5 " WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

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.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

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.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds. Department of Justice should step up enforcement of the False Claims Act against medical providers who accept Medicare and Medicaid payments but fail to implement a reasonable level of cybersecurity.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. Other duties as assigned.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

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). CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health. Philadelphia.

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How health systems should be preparing now for the future of hospital at home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

" The group plans to lobby policymakers to broaden coverage for care services in the home – including extension and expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Without Walls provisions – advocate for bundled-payment models, home-based care and more. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Analysis finds uptick in telehealth fraud enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

"These enforcement actions demonstrate that the telehealth industry should not only consider the law from a policy and operations perspective, but should also invest in a robust compliance infrastructure," wrote report authors in the 2021 Telemental Health Laws Survey analysis. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency. "Early on, CMS relaxed several administrative requirements; that resulted in physician relief, at least for the duration of the public health emergency." ” Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data.

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

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

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Here are the healthcare IT spending priorities in President Biden's new budget

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

The administration says it seeks to bolster the IT posture of federal agencies by making "intentional investments at the right time" as well as address cybersecurity, health disparities and public health infrastructure needs. Increasing public health resilience For the U.S. Discretionary funding of $10.5

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Broadband expansion, $62M for ONC among pandemic relief package provisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2020

billion toward strengthening Internet infrastructure in rural and tribal areas and $65 million to map which parts of the country still need broadband access, according to an analysis from The Washington Post. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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New bill would mandate research on telehealth regs after coronavirus

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, introduced a bill yesterday that would mandate a study on the effects of telehealth changes on Medicare and Medicaid during the COVID-19 crisis.

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State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

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Dozens of U.S. legislators push for telehealth coverage expansion

Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

CDC: Telehealth visits more than doubled in March 2020

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

How health systems should be preparing now for the future of hospital at home

Analysis finds uptick in telehealth fraud enforcement

Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

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

Here are the healthcare IT spending priorities in President Biden's new budget

Broadband expansion, $62M for ONC among pandemic relief package provisions

New bill would mandate research on telehealth regs after coronavirus

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