Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

News and Studies Follow-up rates for telehealth and in-office visits have remained consistent since 2020 , according to analysis from Epic Research. GLP-1 agonists have overtaken insulin in total prescriptions and cost among commercially insured patients , according to an analysis from Cedar Gate Technologies.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 25, 2024

Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis. Detection Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care for the United States Medicare Population. BMJ Open 2017;7:e011146. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011146 4 Liu, Y., J Prev Alzheimers Dis (2023).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

More than 85% of patients report improved health after receiving care from Galileo. Galileo first launched with in-home care for Medicare and Medicaid patients, creating a framework to include social determinants of health in clinical analysis and to bridge gaps in healthcare education.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Underneath this statistic, it’s important to compare the payor mix of patients delaying care: nearly one-third of people with private, commercial insurance delayed care by 2018; 22% of people enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare put off care. Consider the 2020 Presidential elections and calls for universal health care.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 31, 2023

Continuity of Care These results also demonstrated that Kandu participants experienced positive continuity of care across a diverse population of enrollees who reflect the communities most affected by stroke. Despite these potential barriers to care, 90% of Kandu enrollees had a neurology follow-up within 90 days. 2018.05.035.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

> adults have an active Amazon Prime membership (adjacent to One Medical’s primary care services), and that 42% of Americans shop at a Walmart location every week. health care system not seen since the 1968 creation of Medicare, coupled with decreased reimbursement due to health care reform.

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Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Reimbursement: Some reimbursement changes from the pandemic have been made permanent, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ expansion of reimbursable telehealth codes for the 2021 physician fee schedule. Virtual care has been shown to greatly reduce one of the biggest issues in healthcare today, cost.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. They’ve really left out primary care, really all the independent physicians,” he said.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. That equates to 18.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and $12,230.40 of health spending per person.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | June 15, 2023 News How one practice's EHR helped offset its declining Medicare reimbursements The all-in-one practice management system reduced the amount of time a patient needs to spend in.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Pair Team expanded into seven more California counties ; the company provides virtual primary care for Medicaid beneficiaries. Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie. Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health selected Arcadia data analytics to supports its Medicare Shared Savings Program.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Laura Ferrara, Chief Strategy Officer at Intus Care The focus on healthcare delivered in the comfort of one’s home has surged in recent times, particularly in light of the pandemic. Telehealth advancements, both in technology and government policy, have created greater access to care for people who might otherwise struggle to get it.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 8, 2023

References: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Policy recommendations to guide the use of telemedicine in primary care settings: An American College of Physicians position paper. Utilization management. National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Utilization management. American College of Physicians.

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than twice the number in the previous five years, a new Government Accountability Office analysis shows. . GAO also looked at closures by Medicare rural hospital payment designation.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications. Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care. The percentage is much higher in some areas. JAMA Intern Med.

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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.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. The implications of these changes extend to reimbursement strategies, service delivery methods, and overall patient care quality.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

According to a Willis Towers Watson analysis, telemedicine has the potential to lower health care costs for U.S. Urgent care visits typically cost about $155 and a primary care visit is around $114. Click here to read more about battling Zika with telemedicine. Employers Should Consider Offering FREE Telemedicine.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

Finally, as we are in February, the month to celebrate heart health, here are a few important links highlighting new and exciting developments in the field… > More evidence in a large meta-analysis in BMJ on the positive impacts of not smoking and smoking cessation on the risks of coronary heart disease and stroke. [I

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2021

Cavanaugh previously has served as the deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and as deputy director for programs and policy in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Figuring out the best use cases will take good data and analysis.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

The Center s for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) advises those shopping for insurance to consider a number of factors in addition to premiums. This means that even though a health plan has a deductible, it might not matter for the services the insured uses most frequently, like primary care visits or generic prescription drugs.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

In a recent analysis of the sharp decline in emergency room visits during the pandemic, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were worrisome signs that people who had heart attacks waited until their conditions worsened before going to the hospital. But the consequences of these delays can be troubling.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Health data exchange architectures, application interfaces, and standards enable data to be accessed and shared appropriately and securely across the complete spectrum of care, within all applicable settings and with relevant stakeholders, including by the individual.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

A landmark clinical trial in which drugs are given solely on the basis of genetic markers identified in the cancer tissue itself is the NCI-MATCH Trial (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice). Sixty percent said social media improves the care they deliver.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Sixty-nine percent of consumers said it was important to have a recommendation from their primary care doctor before using an alternative care setting such as virtual visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

For example, scalable campaign automation and chatbots can achieve value-based equitable care targets while easing administrative burden to counter burnout. Eric Lisle, Co-Founder & CEO at Southeast Primary Care Partners Looking toward 2024, one cannot ignore the stark realities that persist within the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

billion in digital health, from patient-facing devices to provider-facing practice management software to payer-facing data analysis services. Exhibit 1: Venture Capital Funding For Digital Health Versus US Health Care Spending. Another segment of startups focus on a separate driver of health care costs—the prices of medical services.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 18, 2021

In January, the American Cancer Society, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and 73 other organizations, including many major health care systems, issued a statement stressing the urgency of preventive care. “We Whether telehealth is conducted by video or phone may be crucial to ensuring access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Another study published in 2021 analyzed the geographic distribution of neurologists actively billing in Medicare and compared this to the geographic distribution of Medicare beneficiaries with neurologic disease. Second, there is a mismatch between where neurologists practice and where people with neurologic conditions live.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Declining Margins at Hospitals: Previous analysis by the consulting firm Kaufman Hall predicted that more than half of all hospitals would have negative margins at the end of 2022. Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

G oal #1: Building a more resilient, flexible and integrated delivery system that reduces racial disparities, promotes health equity, and supports the delivery of social care. We need front-line, agile program definition, rapid-cycle outcome analysis and the ability to change course when the evidence directs us. That’s progressive.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more hospitals were piloting and planning to move inpatient acute care to certain patients’ home when that made clinical and economic sense. The public health crisis, combined with Medicare Advantage and other payors’ regimes, supported an economic model for the hospital-to-home movement.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

To effectively personalize health care, Deloitte expects that health care providers will partner with technology companies to assess large pools of patient data (e.g., Underpinning consumerization is patients-as-payors’ financial burden of medical costs – which Deloitte recognizes at the top of its consumerization analysis.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

There is indeed improvement, Brookings’ analysis found, but millions of people still lack broadband access…separate from the issue of net neutrality. That is, where we live directly shapes our socio-economic status, access to healthy food, education, transportation lines, jobs, and health care access — especially primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

There is huge potential to use this data to impact health care, life sciences, discovery, treatment, and every point along the continuum to transform patients’ lives. Doing so creates exciting opportunities for personalized engagement, whole person care, precision medicine, and improved health outcomes.

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