American Well

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Telemedicine enables health plans to deliver convenient, affordable, high-quality care to members. Here are four ways top telemedicine health plans are enhancing their programs and delivering better care to members: Driving Member Awareness. To combat these issues, top telemedicine health plans are offering care via telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

As outlined in court documents , marketers identified Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries to target for expensive medications – such as pain creams, scar creams, eczema creams and migraine medication – and durable medical equipment, including wrist, shoulder, knee and ankle braces. " WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today newsletter! In case you missed them, here are a few updates from Avizia: Avizia is among the 10 Most Promising Telemedicine Solution Providers of 2016. Brazilian Doctor Crafts a Telemedicine System to Combat Zika. Telemedicine is bringing patients new hope.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients learned quickly that care at home, delivered via telemedicine (phone, video, email) could efficiently and effectively address many of their clinical needs. Improved level of care can be achieved by using both telemedicine and virtual care.

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Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Key considerations for embracing telemedicine post-pandemic: Improved access: Rural communities often have limited access to specialists, making it difficult for these individuals to get the care they need. According to research by McKinsey & Company, telemedicine industry growth has skyrocketed since COVID-19.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule. 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: 3 Key Takeaways.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. ” The report’s revenue data is shown here in a table from Kaufman Hall’s analysis of the July 2020 data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2021

The report, based on Trilliant Health's national all-payer claims database , found that about 38 million Americans, excluding traditional Medicare users, generated approximately 96 million video visits during COVID-19. WHY IT MATTERS. And at the peak of the pandemic, virtual care growth varied regionally. "They'll get care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The highest rates of telehealth visits were among Medicaid and Medicare users, along with Black patients and those earning less than $25,000 a year. For instance, lawmakers in New Hampshire this past year sought to exclude audio-only care from the definition of telemedicine.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Millions of Americans turned to live audio and video visits with healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Congress needs to make decisions that will permanently affect how Americans, in particular Medicare patients, may access these telehealth services on a permanent basis. Postal Service—to detect these schemes and stop them.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

The title of their analysis, Hospital volumes hit unprecedented lows , is subtitled, “revenue losses mean long recovery ahead.” The Medicare Trust Fund is financed by payroll taxes, general tax revenue, and the premiums enrollees pay. gross domestic product in 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services calculated.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Structural challenges, especially painful due to EHR barriers — with the promise of APIs (application programming interfaces) and the ongoing development of clinical decision support tools.

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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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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 News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified telemedicine's potential to expand access to care, said the Congress members, it has also highlighted existing disparities in our system. If not, Puckrein said, "we're really going to open the door up to a whole range of health disparities that will be difficult to unravel."

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LinkousThink

MAY 23, 2012

Telemedicine initiatives were a significant feature of the first round of projects announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The leadership of the Center has been eager to include telemedicine as a priority since its inception. The first round of Innovation Awards were just announced.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association published Health Data Privacy Principles , paying particular attention to consistency in regulations, definitions of consumer health, consumer consent, and legal enforcement. Humana and Interwell Health are launching a value-based kidney care model for Medicare Advantage members in 13 states.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Hospitals ended 2023 on better financial footing than 2022 , according to the latest Syntellis analysis. Increased utilization of physical therapy for Medicare patients with knee and hip pain reduces healthcare costs by up to $4,000 annually , according to the latest research from Luna. Operating margins were up 2.4%

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

For Medicare Part B programs alone, the drug could consume one-half of the total $57 billion of medicines spending… as much as the U.S. spends on NASA. The economic impacts of COVID-19 will impact how health care spending, and spending for families and households, for some years to come.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

News CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. The analysis also found that Z-codes are most frequently used in behavioral health and acute care settings.

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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.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Deloitte’s analysis is something of a contrarian view given the never-ending upward cost-curve that has been stubborn to bend for decades. Deloitte’s actuaries actually developed this analysis using data from before the coronavirus pandemic. By 2040, spending is projected to be $8.3 Interestingly that $8.3

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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. Based on Trilliant Health’s calculations in this analysis, we project a provider deficit of over 200,000 primary care providers.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Federal officials have taken some steps to help small practices, including advancing Medicare payments and reimbursing doctors for virtual visits. Nearly 30 percent of the visits were virtual as doctors rushed to offer telemedicine as the safest alternative for their staff and patients. In Albany, Ga.,

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Utilize Telemedicine Services Telemedicine services are an increasingly popular way for people to access medical care. Telemedicine services allow individuals to connect with healthcare providers and receive medical advice, diagnosis, and even prescriptions without physically visiting a doctor’s office or hospital.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new codes that can be used by healthcare providers to submit claims for reimbursement for the time and resources spent on providing remote care to patients. Telemedicine Platforms. Types of Technology Used for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring. Wearable Devices.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Amends the Laws concerning telemedicine; creates the Telemedicine Act. LEGISLATION. Passed Legislation. 2/17/17: Signed by Governor.

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Ortholive

AUGUST 27, 2022

This results in improved patient outcomes while unlocking at-home therapy options and remote support potential via encrypted messaging and/or telemedicine. . Using telemedicine technology to monitor that employee spares them the necessity of traveling to the doctor’s office. What is Remote Therapeutic Monitoring?

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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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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

To promote the use of telehealth in response to Coronavirus, the federal government took several significant steps this week: Medicare dramatically expanded the telehealth services for which it will pay. Substantive changes in the law subsequent to the date of this publication might affect the analysis or commentary. By Kim Stanger.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

To promote the use of telehealth in response to Coronavirus, the federal government took several significant steps this week: Medicare dramatically expanded the telehealth services for which it will pay. Substantive changes in the law subsequent to the date of this publication might affect the analysis or commentary. By Kim Stanger.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

For example, patients with diabetes may use a glucose meter to regularly check their blood sugar levels, and then securely transmit this data to their healthcare provider for monitoring and analysis. This allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive medical treatment and consultation from the comfort of their own home.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

A study of Medicare beneficiaries published in JAMA Psychiatry and co-authored by CDC, CMS, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that emergency-authorized telehealth services for treating opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with improved medication retention and lower odds of medically treated overdose.

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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. " But it's not enough.

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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. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these changes, which are crucial for healthcare providers.

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