Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

As you read about them below, you will undoubtedly see the bigger picture – how they are positioning telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement to steadily become a cornerstone of advancing 21st-century healthcare for US citizens, starting with additional Medicare revisions. The following article briefly outlines both bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2019

In addition, updated reimbursement rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which go into effect in plan year 2020, will give seniors access to virtual doctors in their basic benefit packages, and telehealth will be reimbursed as part of Medicare Advantage plans. THE LARGER TREND.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

And, when patients learn to self-manage and self-monitor their chronic diseases (with guidance of a care provider and an RPM program), patients can achieve additional health results. Though there are specific restrictions, Medicare does cover remote patient monitoring.*

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 15, 2023

“Through continued investment in products, services and technology, we are excited to build Apixio into a ‘connected care’ platform that brings together critical infrastructure to enable the shift to outcomes-based reimbursement models.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Patients and their health care professionals should not have to worry if they will be able to continue to receive or deliver necessary care," read the letter. WHY IT MATTERS. These have included the Telehealth Modernization Act and the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 85% of the patients served by Temple are covered by government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly half of the Medicare inpatient base. More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis.

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American Well

JULY 30, 2017

The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. Telehealth has the potential to help rural patients remotely access specialized healthcare — but convincing payers like Medicare to cover these services has proved challenging.

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American Well

JULY 30, 2017

The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. Telehealth has the potential to help rural patients remotely access specialized healthcare — but convincing payers like Medicare to cover these services has proved challenging.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2020

Even as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moved to make telehealth more accessible – such as by reimbursing providers for services and allowing care between states – Smith said virtual care is still not available to everyone who needs it.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

And, when patients learn to self-manage and self-monitor their chronic diseases (with guidance from a care team and a custom RPM program that is matched to the patient’s needs and specific conditions), they may achieve additionally beneficial health results.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2019

Today, fewer than 1% of Medicare beneficiaries have had any telehealth encounter, Kaveh explained, and fewer than one in eight doctors are aware of offering telehealth in their practice. Deepthi from Humana offered three considerations concerning how care will transform. First, connected care: one in five U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Chris Gibbons, chief health innovation adviser at the Federal Communications Commission; Cindy Gaines, RN, chief nursing officer at Philips; and Dr. Stacy Lindau, MD, founder of NowPow, discuss how connected care is boosting health equity efforts , and how patients and community organizations can be engaged to capitalize on its promise.

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American Well

APRIL 1, 2020

Even as healthcare providers scramble to implement new federal guidelines including broader access to telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries , they also find themselves navigating a patchwork of new telehealth measures at the state level. Expanded telehealth coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, as Medicare now covers a broad range of virtual care models,” Rehuban continued. “Our collaboration with the CDC in advancing these connected care models to enhance disease prevention will impact patients across the nation.”

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? Medicare created new codes to cover remote patient monitoring in January 2020, according to Anderson and Null. The change took place in almost a twinkling of an eye.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

Awards and Certifications The Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease ( MassAITC ) funded five pilot programs at $250,000 each. Medicare ACO Vytalize Health added two board members : Dave Wichmann at Jory Capital and Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips at Press Ganey.

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care innovations

AUGUST 8, 2018

Roger Wicker proposed the $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, designed to “support telehealth and telemedicine programs for underserved populations, including remote patient monitoring programs that have shown past success in treating rural patients with diabetes and veterans,” as Eric Wicklund reported at mHealthIntelligence.com. “The

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SteadyMD

MARCH 17, 2022

In late January, more than 330 organizations (including EHI, the Alliance for Connected Care, and the American Telemedicine Association) sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting temporary extension of telehealth waivers as a pathway toward permanent telehealth policies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. "Connected care services to be provided by AccessHealth with the grant include primary care for adults, pediatrics, prenatal care, behavioral health and nutrition services.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

The lawsuit highlights a national battle between ocular telehealth companies and the 11 states where connected care eye exams are banned. Visibly, a Chicago-based company that offers direct-to-consumer online eye exams, is taking the state of Indiana to court over the state’s ban of ocular telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. THE PROBLEM.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like many patients in her situation, she is covered by Medicaid and Medicare. Amy receives care at a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), built to provide whole person care for patients like herself. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

We, of course, discussed cross-state licensure holding back wider use of remote care, a subject that is very much in the news right now. In fact, Health Data Management just published a story I wrote about, in part, the launch of the Alliance for Connected Care. Podcast: Intel’s Eric Dishman on connected care management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” This expansion of technology will ensure Parker provides its residents with the highest level of continuity of care throughout these difficult times, Breuer added. Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation has earned the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services 5-Star Quality Rating.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. FCC initiatives such as Connected Care NPRM and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund strive to bring telehealth services to patients in underserved, rural and tribal areas.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for home health services is projected to grow nearly eight percent annually through 2030, which is fueled by the majority of the Baby Boomer generation reaching the Medicare age of 65 and growing orthopedic-related diseases. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. What you need to know. Here are 6 major issues facing healthcare in 2019, according to PwC.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 24, 2023

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hyphen , the technology company creating connected-care, today officially unveiled its new brand identity, reflecting a strategic repositioning around healthcare’s digital future. At the center of Hyphen is a commitment to make healthcare easier for all who provide that care. HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS

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care innovations

AUGUST 21, 2018

The leading remote care delivery organizations will be well prepared for this service addition.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Alliance for Connected Care concludes that a telehealth visit for acute care represents $126 in savings over an in-person visit. With 49 million Americans enrolled in Medicare, it’s important for providers to understand how this program makes determinations about telemedicine reimbursement. Patient Setting.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 2017, the health system – which has 100 continuing care locations, including home care, hospice, PACE programs and senior living facilities – was in a bind, facing double-digit hospital readmissions of 16% across its high-risk Medicare population. THE PROBLEM. managing more than 4,000 patients.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Alliance for Connected Care concludes that a telehealth visit for acute care represents $126 in savings over an in-person visit. With 49 million Americans enrolled in Medicare, it’s important for providers to understand how this program makes determinations about telemedicine reimbursement. Patient Setting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

"Congress must act to provide more certainty to beneficiaries and healthcare providers alike, while ensuring sufficient time is taken to analyze the impact of telehealth on patient care throughout the pandemic to inform permanent telehealth reform,” said Krista Drobac, executive director of Alliance for Connected Care, in a statement.

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