Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." THE LARGER TREND. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health Populi

MAY 28, 2020

I look to these IADLs as personal social determinants, or barriers, to health. The growth of Medicare Advantage has led to more such services to be tailored to the individual plan member.

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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. THE LARGER TREND. 15 and 16 from noon-4 p.m.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2020

" "While providers across the country have taken swift action to ramp up telehealth capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, we need long-term solutions to reduce barriers to provide safe and reliable care via telehealth," said Carey Officer, operational vice president of Nemours Center Health Delivery Innovation, in a statement.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

And it’s crucial for incumbent health care suppliers — hospitals, pharma, devices and supplies, and health plans — to assess, learn, strategize and execute on the potential shift of $265 billion of care services that McKinsey expects to migrate to the home by 2025.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

" THE LARGER TREND. 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. healthcare system," they wrote.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Despite newcomer inexperience and ensuing complications, the push to improve healthcare through digitization will open the door to more innovation in areas such as remote therapeutic monitoring , particularly since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has steadily been approving new CPT billing codes for these services for several years.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

For important insights into this devastating risk-trend, read this Washington Post coverage published just a few days before the CDC reports came out. Specifically, there is a two-year extension of Medicare telehealth services that began in the early coronavirus era in 2020. One last comparative point to keep in mind: the U.S.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Despite newcomer inexperience and ensuing complications, the push to improve healthcare through digitization will open the door to more innovation in areas such as remote therapeutic monitoring , particularly since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has steadily been approving new CPT billing codes for these services for several years.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

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). Exercising regularly.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nate Lacktman, partner at the Foley & Lardner law firm and Chair of its national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, has a positive outlook. Two months ago, The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final CY 2020 Physicians Fee Schedule. 42 states and Washington, D.C.,

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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. Digital health in a post-pandemic era. This trend will only grow in the coming years. Contact tracing.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Throughout the recent Connected Health Conference, the key theme was the need to balance technology with the human element. Pamela, a 78 year old Medicare patient has just been discharged from a Northwell Hospital for a heart failure episode. Think about a patient’s journey today.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We can expect value-based contracting in 2023 to embed health equity incentives, such as this contract struck between Independence Blue Cross and Jefferson Health to address health for residents of Philadelphia including the Accelerate Health Equity initiative. Two-thirds of people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

See that their home is a one-story design in the connected health neighborhood, a good choice for a couple seeking to age well in their home without stairs. Jonathan also uses the DreamMapper sleep app that couples to the connected CPAP mask, allowing him to track his sleep trends over time. Take George and Audrey.

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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. There are two such cases Rubin can highlight.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in their CY 2020 Physicians Fee Schedule that three new codes for opioid use disorder treatment would be covered, including telepsych components; CMS also finalized new reimbursement rules for Remote Patient Monitoring. 2019 Trends and Markets. And that’s 2019.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Within healthcare, innovation driven organizations are exploring how to empower patients with virtual health agents to access relevant care information (e.g. learn about how to prepare for a procedure, determine when to call the doctor following surgery), get tasks done (e.g. Build program awareness with patients.

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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. THE LARGER TREND. " Congress should consider Sec. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This year-end/New Year 2022 post on my Health Populi blog will weave together many of the key findings from these consumer health/care reports that are most resonating with me and the work I’m doing…. We start at a macro bird’s-eye view with Gartner’s top US consumer and cultural trends for 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

THE LARGER TREND. senators and representatives also urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services for a set period of time, extending past the public health emergency. This past week, dozens of U.S.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The proposed legislation would extend coverage at Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers. Medicare healthcare workers would also continue claiming reimbursement for remote patient monitoring and tracking through this telehealth extension. The bill has officially been referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

The tea leaves have been brewing here at THINK-Health as we prepared our 2019 forecast at the convergence of consumers, health, and technology. Stephens Day for people who celebrate Christmas, so I share this post as a holiday gift with well-wishes for you and those you love.

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