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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

Presidential elections to that point, and that the last retiring Baby Boomer enrolls in Medicare that year. Let’s take a walk with “Quincy” through each of the four worlds to see how their health care experience might play out across the key driving forces. In 2030, every Boomer will have been eligible for Medicare.

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In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. "Telehealth is a tool in our toolkit that is largely substitutive, not additive, to in-person care," she said.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

From misplaced faxes and handwritten notes to EHR systems requiring more than a dozen documentation steps, patients often fall through the cracks – or wait so many months for a specialist appointment that they forget about it. Medicaid is the largest payer for mental health services in the United States.