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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. " If the U.S.

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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. At the same time, both PCPs and the patients who need them face many challenges – and now both are finding that telemedicine may be the answer. Like most physicians, PCPs spend considerable time on administrative documentation and managing capacity.

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. "I know their baseline and when they call, I send the [mobile telemedicine technicians] there."

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Specialist telemedicine platform saves Vista Community Clinic $1.8 million

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2019

As a federally qualified health center, Vista Community Clinic is a safety net for its neighborhood, managing an uninsured or underinsured patient population – in this case, 58 percent Medicaid, 2 percent Medicare and 32 percent uninsured. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. " Dr. Kevin Ronan, Vista Community Clinic.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. "Then we had to ensure the correct coding and documentation was satisfactory for insurance billing purposes." THE PROBLEM. Decisions were not made yet on the level of payment.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). " Duane Schielke, Alliance for Integrated Care of New York. THE PROBLEM. ” PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits: Which is Higher Quality?

GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

But inevitably they’ll worry that the quality of the virtual visit just isn’t as good as an in-person visit – that telemedicine is “impersonal.”. Because that isn’t much time to devise a care plan and complete documentation, many providers want their patients to quickly get to the point of the visit. Beyond 11 Seconds.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Telehealth reimbursement may be changing. How should providers prepare?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Virtual care may be popular among patients, but if providers can't get paid for their services, it's unlikely they'll be able to continue to provide them. " "If Medicare says you have to cover something – that's gonna be harder" for private payers not to cover it, Selesnick said.

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CMS’ Rural Health Strategy Could Expand Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement

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MAY 16, 2018

Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have generated hope among health plans, insurers, providers and patients that Medicare telehealth reimbursement is set to expand significantly in the year ahead. The Rural Health Strategy & Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement.

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

News and Studies The American Telemedicine Association released three tools aimed at addressing disparity and inequity in care : Digital Infrastructure Disparities Score and Map, Economic and Social Value-Added Calculator, and a toolkit including all previously released resources.

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In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

Mahoney said the restrictions inadvertently create a "donut hole" for Medicare Fee for Service patients, allowing the health system to offer care to everyone but them. " He also advocated against payment parity for telemedicine and against long-term coverage for audio-only visits.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Most offer the same reasons: Medicaid reimbursement rates are typically lower than other insurers and the documentation requirements can be burdensome. Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. Almost a third of physicians don’t accept Medicaid patients.

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Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

She documented all of our symptoms,” Ms. Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. Rutledge said. They were swabbed from their car.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances.

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Crystal Ball Chronicles: Reflecting on Out of Pocket Health’s 2024 Predictions

Redox

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Increasingly, machines are much less discriminating between a finely structured FHIR document and a poorly scanned PDF—and the latter may be richer than the former. telemedicine, primary care, diagnostics, etc.). We’re bound to see exciting but safe innovations stemming from Generative AI.

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For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured.

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Bowing to physician pressure, CMS delays visit code changes

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Yesterday the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS ), announcing they will delay implementation of changes to physician evaluation and management (E&M) codes until 2021. Along with the two-year delay, CMS also raised base rates, and created an additional code for complex visits.

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What the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Means for Healthcare Providers

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. The implications of these changes extend to reimbursement strategies, service delivery methods, and overall patient care quality.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. “Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Sixty-nine percent of consumers said it was important to have a recommendation from their primary care doctor before using an alternative care setting such as virtual visits.

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Wright Center codevelops a telehealth-EHR combo to expand care options

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

Oftentimes when people think about telemedicine, they envision a patient in a clinic with a technological setup they address, with physicians on the other end at another clinic far away doing the same. So that model does not work, because that is really just remote patient care. It's not true telemedicine."

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Specialist telemedicine platform saves Vista Community Clinic $1.8 million

AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits: Which is Higher Quality?

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Telehealth reimbursement may be changing. How should providers prepare?

CMS’ Rural Health Strategy Could Expand Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement

FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Crystal Ball Chronicles: Reflecting on Out of Pocket Health’s 2024 Predictions

For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Bowing to physician pressure, CMS delays visit code changes

What the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Means for Healthcare Providers

Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Wright Center codevelops a telehealth-EHR combo to expand care options

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