Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2022

The bill as currently drafted also offers expanded eligible practitioners; telehealth coverage and reimbursement for FQHCs and RHCs; a delay of the in-person telemental health requirement; provisions for audio-only telehealth; and use of telehealth to satisfy Medicare face-to-face telehealth requirements for hospice care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Several healthcare organizations and stakeholders rallied this July in favor of the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act in the House, which would: Eliminate most geographic and originating site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. this summer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Orlando Health's program is the first in Central Florida to be approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and represents an expansion of a federal enhanced care model created during the pandemic to extend the scop of hospital resources. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In June, Healthcare IT News and the other HIMSS Media brands, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, launched a new series of editorial webinars at the HIMSS Learning Center. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offered wide latitude around telehealth regulation and reimbursement in the early days of the COVID-19 emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, said this past October that "obviously we need the expansion of broadband" to make that access happen. healthcare system and digital connectivity landscape fraught with inequity. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This follows SEMCAP Health’s November 2021 initial investment in SafeRide Health, the leading network optimization platform for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT). Memorial Hermann is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Texas. A future that’s built upon the HEALTH of our community.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Kara Odom Walker, chief population health officer at Nemours Children's Health System. "The LINC to Address Social Needs Act would make such an investment in technology infrastructure to connect health care and community social service organizations, addressing the growing need for whole-child and whole-family care."

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Welcome to the special HLTH 2023 edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Partnerships and Sales Aidoc will power the Mayo Clinic Platform and help the health system expand the availability of clinical decision support. Walgreens also announced plans to launch telehealth visits later this month, according to Healthcare Dive.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | June 16, 2023 News Community Health Network finds big ROI in consumer-centric technology Since implementing discovery, navigation and merchandising tools, the health system achieved a 300.

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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 News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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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. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As an FQHC, Evara did not qualify for reimbursement from Medicare. "With more than half of our patients on Medicaid and another quarter uninsured, we had no way to fund the initial startup costs or the ongoing service costs," said Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2020

The groups are also asking for an accompanying provision that would give Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar the authority to waive the restrictions on telehealth visits during a public health emergency currently imposed by Medicare. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. THE LARGER TREND.

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Chilmark Research

JULY 11, 2016

The top-fold placement of the story was indeed nice, as was the accompanying interview suggesting that technology in general can improve population health , but the article wasn’t exactly news to the healthcare industry. To treat Type 2 diabetes, communication and counseling work well, but RPM does not. This makes sense.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But to gain a sense of the landscape going forward, here's a refresher of Healthcare IT News' top 10 telehealth stories from 2020: Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

As was requested by several leading healthcare technology organizations this past week, Congress has included a provision that waives some restrictions for Medicare telehealth coverage as part of its new COVID-19 supplemental funding package. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

senators and representatives also urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services for a set period of time, extending past the public health emergency. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Employees have access to the health system’s community education program offering hundreds of classes, and over 60 percent of Mercyhealth partners use some kind of flexible scheduling. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance. Lenovo (Morrisville, N.C.).

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