Continue Education Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2021

These public programs include Medicare, the ACA, federal employee insurance, VA insurance, and more. He also proposes that quality metrics should be based on electronic medical records (EMRs), not separate records that come from clinical staff. With the majority of payers in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing. They also look to flag “items and services that have high national error rates and are a financial risk to Medicare.” Meanwhile, Medicare also has a Fee for Service Recovery Audit Program. Tricare and Medicare).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate & MIPS Consulting. Just as the Meaningful Use (MU) EHR Incentive program brought potential audits to providers, so it will be with the MIPS program. Both programs were enacted by Federal legislation, and while there are differences, they are also similarities.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Watch the video for more details about pressures on Medicare Advantage plans, rules about prior authorization, FHIR APIs, and more. Learn more about 1upHealth: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The health system said that patients on Medicare will pay fees ranging from $3 to $10, while consumers with Medicare Advantage or private insurance might face co-pays similar to those paid for video visits or in-person consultations. Private pay consults for patients without insurance will cost $35.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie. Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health selected Arcadia data analytics to supports its Medicare Shared Savings Program. Pair Team expanded into seven more California counties ; the company provides virtual primary care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Bonus Features for July 23, 2023: Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, while CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule. based EMR, RCM, and practice management assets to N. Concierge care platform Gradia Health secured $4.2 million in seed funding. CloudMD sold its U.S.-based

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2019

In another step in fleshing out its interoperability efforts, CMS has announced plans to launch a pilot program giving clinicians access to claims data. During the pilot, which is called “Data at the Point of Care” or DPC, clinicians will be able to access the claims data from CMS’s Blue Button 2.0 functionality. The idea […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Preparation ahead of the mandatory deadline is crucial for success and ACOs with multiple EMRs will face unique challenges. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare. 2474 – dubbed the “Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act.”

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Another article recommended by Rose points out that medication adherence for some of the most important and effective medicines (statins, hypertension, diabetes) directly determine about 9% of the Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage health plans.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to February 1, 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2019

Health plans are eager to grow their Medicare business but may not be able to meet their goals unless they build out their tech and administrative infrastructure further, according to results from a survey backed by health plan technology vendor HealthEdge.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. EMRs: Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) contain the standard medical and clinical data gathered by a patient’s provider, and allows that provider to track data over time.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. EMRs: Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) contain the standard medical and clinical data gathered by a patient’s provider, and allows that provider to track data over time.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, ggplot).

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Digital Health Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Depending on the program that’s being developed, we can provide unique content for education, or a direct connection to nursing staff for video visits, but all of it is integrated with the EMR so that care teams can also have a seamless experience and access to the data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cookeville has all the worries and pressures of rural practices: lots of Medicare and Medicaid patients, reimbursements that don’t keep up with inflation, and the looming threat of competition from high-tech companies and big insurers. Cookeville Medical Clinic , a provider with four clinics in central Tennessee, proves this.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

CMS ( here and here ), Humana (in its Medicare Advantage business) and Deloitte strongly advise that VBHE is coming. Remote patient monitoring can bring data previously unavailable to the EMR. And participation itself goes a long way to optimize quality, SDoH, cost and delivery. Oh, you say, but I doubt the VBHE will come to pass.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2019

Earlier this year, ONC and CMS issued new draft guidelines requiring that all insurers and providers serving the Medicare population make their data available electronically by 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

In the comments that we will submit to ONC on HTI-1, we’ll also be encouraging ONC and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to work more closely together to address the misalignments that frequently occur between when ONC tells software developers to deploy new certified versions and when CMS requires providers to be using them.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

At-home and wearable devices connected to the patient’s EMR reduce the number of physician visits and allow for medication adjustments as needed, resulting in better disease control at lower costs. Conditions like COPD, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease can be effectively managed via telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This list would include major healthcare payers like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Tricare, public health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Education, which coordinates supportive health services for some student populations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options.

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HIStalk Interviews

MAY 15, 2019

I spent 10 years working on data interoperability in healthcare and God bless everyone who is trying to push all that stuff forward, but I think we have skipped over the fact that a number of these types of things will never happen through an EMR. People don’t talk through EMRs. DINA is our digital nursing assistant.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

Cone Health insurance subsidiary HealthTeam Advantage chose Bamboo Health to provide real-time ADT notifications for its PPO and HMO Medicare Advantage plans. BronxCare Health System selected Force Therapeutics for digital care management for orthopedics patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

More than 80% of all claims denials are associated with Medicare , according to the latest annual benchmark report from RCM and auditing software maker MDaudit. In addition, half of patients with Type 2 diabetes reported mental health concerns, 45% faced financial concerns due to the cost of care, and 32% said they didn’t trust the U.S.

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The Digital Health Corner

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has been used since 2015 as a metric to determine negative Medicare payment adjustments to providers who do not meet quality standards. I will discuss below some of the most useful applications of such exemplary registries. Provide real-world data for regulators.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JUNE 30, 2022

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are becoming increasingly important for patients to access their records via patient portals. In fact, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new requirements sometime in April and July 2021, requiring that patients must be able to download and view their own EMRs electronically.

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HIStalk Weekender

MAY 18, 2018

My first inclination is to at least publish the Medicare price. The Big Winner here is Leidos which holds the contracts for the DoD in place systems (CHCS the current EMR, which Leidos/SAIC says it claims proprietary IP rights and won’t let any other company touch) and other third-party applications. Associate CIO ).

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HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 10, 2019

The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side. With some of the Medicare Advantage plans, people who are taking on risk can manage and direct patients to places if it’s their own population. I’m having the time of my life running this small company.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2020

CMS has released a proposed rule that will require Medicaid managed care plans and other insurers offering products on the ACA Exchanges to support the sharing of patient data amongst themselves.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2022

Ambulatory EMR and care coordination vendor Canvas Medical raised $24 million in Series B funding and announced ONC certification, which makes its customers eligible for value-based Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

With COVID-19 transmission risks remaining high, many medical practices have been forced to change their business model from one built on face-to-face appointments to delivering patient care via telehealth visits virtually overnight.

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HIStalk Interviews

JUNE 12, 2019

You have one view of the world through your EMR, whether it’s Epic or Cerner or any type of hospital-based system. But when you get out into the community, you see more of a diversity of EMRs. One is the clinical focus, the EMR perspective of workflow and patient-centered focused around clinical things that have to occur.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2019

In retrospect, we probably should have predicted that once Meaningful Use was put into place, some physicians would be better situated than others to take advantage of the program. Now, research has emerged to suggest that not only did MU create HIT winners and losers, it might also have helped to foster long-term differences between […].

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