Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2024

I helped build the reference products like Blue Button and Data at the Point of Care at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that became part of these regulations. Existing regulations are built upon years of work across administrations, with input from all sides of the industry.

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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. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these changes, which are crucial for healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Justice should step up enforcement of the False Claims Act against medical providers who accept Medicare and Medicaid payments but fail to implement a reasonable level of cybersecurity. Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc. Healthcare firms have long been targets for cyber criminals.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

David Asch of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, and fellow researchers, recognize the fact that industries outside of health care that have lowered their cost structures have enabled consumers to DIY some of their consumption or service access.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With recent legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, it’s likely that the movement will grow , given the high and constantly rising costs of pharmaceuticals, especially gene therapies and other innovative or personalized drugs. EHR interoperability will also help empower patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare staffing shortages have reshaped the industry landscape. Introduced to Congress on April 3 the “Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act,” is intended to help Medicare payments keep pace with economic challenges like inflation.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But just like comparing different types of aircraft, the options for EHR solutions are widely separated in terms of complexity. The right cloud-based EHR solution is ideal for underserved and isolated providers. The right solution can also offer a roughly 50% reduction in time and cost management of EHR infrastructure.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Presidential elections to that point, and that the last retiring Baby Boomer enrolls in Medicare that year. Their home is the site for most of their health care, with sensors in the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and in the car all informing Quincy’s digital phenotype that further populates data into their EHR which they control and audit.

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Xealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Today, patients expect more from their healthcare experience, akin to what they receive as consumers in other industries. As consumer-type patients (choose your own name) become increasingly prevalent, the healthcare industry must adapt and embrace digital health strategies that cater to their needs and expectations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

In addition to broad, high-level critiques of the current health care industries, they delve into details such as the three stages of API in prior authorization. Watch the video for more details about pressures on Medicare Advantage plans, rules about prior authorization, FHIR APIs, and more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The industry faces severe provider shortages – exacerbated by a terrible burnout problem. "Once the ER or Convenient Care provider enters an order in the Epic EHR for the virtual provider, the patient’s visit is then scheduled," Kapa said. Access to providers is a challenge across healthcare. This is not news.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Providers not using certified EHR may face downward payment adjustments to their Medicare reimbursements in the affected payment year. Non-compliance with predictive DSI requirements may result in penalties or loss of certification. Nitin is the practice lead for NTT’s healthcare technology consulting practice.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Medicare and a supplemental plan) to receive care from multiple providers (e.g., Interoperability is essential in healthcare because it allows providers to access and use relevant patient information from different sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs), lab results, psychological testing, and radiology images.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Stephen Sofoul, SVP, Data & Decision Science Services at MultiPlan A critical challenge lies in the shortage of experienced financial analysts or data analysts capable of effectively analyzing the wealth of information that the healthcare industry holds. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

This can integrate with Epic's EHR. With the new version, Vivify's remote care platform is significantly more interoperable with EHRs, medical devices and other systems, the company said. Enable providers to schedule video visits. Since RPM is not considered a telehealth service, it did not face those restrictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. For those who don't know, please describe the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one of the organizations that sets the standard of care in the U.S. The healthcare industry is experiencing a revolution in vital sign measurement devices, with many companies innovating on ways to collect vital signs. When dealing with AI, life begins at one billion data points.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Medicare Advantage programs are vaunting their support for “wellness,” and you see wellness campaigns at pharmacies, employers, and elsewhere. Process indicators are the basis of the Medicare’s Star ratings , probably the most important measures clinicians pay attention to. Do these programs give us what we seek?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As we look back on 2019, it's worth remembering how far the industry has traveled to get here. -- Mike Miliard, Editor. Congress, government agencies, presidential candidates, consumers and the industry itself talk about the need to lower healthcare costs, but what does this entail? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

which will partner with 20+ health system partners to guide their transition to value-based care and potentially acquire a health system “where we can demonstrate the blueprint of this transformation for the rest of the industry.” Elation Health released an integrated EHR and billing suite for primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If unaddressed, this could lead to significant data breaches, undermining the integrity of AI systems in healthcare, like those used in modern EHRs and medical coding. Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Major players in the healthcare industry from governments to organizations will invest in training and integrating community health workers to help transition to more patient-centered healthcare services. I foresee a pressing need for the healthcare industry to reevaluate its measurement practices and ensure they evolve.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Blockchain lets the healthcare industry exchange data in a standard format, automate complex processes and apply AI against large silos of medical data. The VA was an early adopter of electronic health records or EHRs.) "It's the variety of EHR systems and interfaces, data sources, and uniformity in workflows," he said. "It's

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Technology has played an increasingly larger role in the healthcare industry over the past couple decades and continues to offer a myriad of benefits to physicians and other healthcare professionals. One is a healthcare industry focus on value-based care provided by a decreasing number of physicians. times greater chance of burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2023

In particular, electronic health record (EHR) hacking is on the rise and the reasons for these are manifold. Setting a Higher Bar While the industry has historically been protected by government oversight, Health Gorilla and several other organizations are looking to deepen public-private collaboration by applying to be QHINs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

From leadership roles to clinical trial participants, women are underrepresented across the board in the industry – and this is bad for both patient and corporate outcomes , according to Dr. Erica Barnell at Geneoscopy. Read more… Healthcare Needs More Gender Diversity in Leadership. million in seed funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We combine a Medicare ACO, virtual and in-home doctors’ office, and a digital health platform to equip our network of physicians with everything they need to be successful in caring for their patients and staying ahead in a rapidly changing healthcare system.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

Those virtual care stories were based on interviews with a range of providers and industry representatives, shown in the graphic labelled “collaborators.” Experience for patients, families and caregivers (such as net promoter scores patients give providers, patient activation measure (PAM) index, or HCAHPS). throughput rates).

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

This prediction hinges on whether EHR vendors will step up and support United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)/FHIR data standards for the creation, storage, and transport of more robust social determinant data. Medicare saved $1.6 He is skilled in opportunity recognition, idea creation and implementation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. NextGen announced that clients using NextGen Population Health achieved an average of $9 million in savings in 2021 in the Medicare Shared Savings Program MSSP. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

"Medicare announced its coverage at noon, and we saw our first [Medicare] patient at 5 that day." Testa said EHR vendor Epic was instrumental in fully integrating telehealth tools into NYU Langone's existing workflows. " "The payers see the value proposition in what we've done," he said.

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