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How Covid-19 Can Inspire Tech-Enabled Value-Based Health Care in a Cash-Constrained America

Health Populi

“The COVID-19 pandemic…has highlighted like never before the pitfalls of paying for healthcare based on the number of patients seen and services rendered,” a Modern Healthcare article asserted in mid-June 2020. The Medicare Trust Fund is financed by payroll taxes, general tax revenue, and the premiums enrollees pay. of the U.S.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid. They can receive care from their homes rather than traveling to a health care facility.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated.

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Telehealth Research Used to Support New Policy Initiatives for Expansion

care innovations

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, partnerships, research studies, company launches, and more from the annual conference. Partnerships and Sales Aidoc will power the Mayo Clinic Platform and help the health system expand the availability of clinical decision support.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. Targets quality of care and quality of life. In addition to self-pay patients, reimbursement can be sought through Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/private payers.

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

Using food and tech as medicine can help people avoid going on medications like statins and others for heart health. An important example of this self-care approach is the evidence-based Ornish food regimen which is reimbursed by Medicare (as a form of cardiac rehabilitation).