Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

CCHP: CCHP stands for the Center for Connected Health Policy and is a non-profit that has been designated the national telehealth policy resource center. The organization researches telehealth policy issues and keeps updated information on state telehealth laws and reimbursement.

Telemedicine 60

Telemedicine mHealth HIPAA Telehealth 60

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

For health care in 2030, I’ve thought about each driving force and then gotten more granular in the second column focusing a bit deeper on the factor and how it might play out in 2030.

Primary Care 220

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience Public Health 220

Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

For Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded access to telehealth beyond designated rural areas, loosened HIPAA requirements around telehealth platforms, and instituted parity in reimbursement with in-person visits. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

Telehealth 41

Telehealth Primary Care Medicare HIPAA 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Key to the plan’s success (crossing fingers) is that the participants must submit an equity plan that requires collecting data as well as developing measures to track success in meeting the goals for addressing social determinants of health. Getting to health equity is a team sport and requires collaboration.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

However, some early small-scale randomized controlled studies have suggested potential health benefits (for example, improved glycemic and blood pressure control) of mobile health applications and wearable biosensors. Evidence may grow as startup products are brought closer to market.

Digital Health 32

Digital Health Mobile Health Telemedicine Primary Care 32

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

One can probably find examples of and exceptions to that at your local gas station. There could be a similar discussion around how the players in the health care system are evolving. Sure, there are exceptions to that, but there are exceptions to that at EVERY organization. Not really.

Pharmaceuticals 216

Pharmaceuticals HIPAA BioTech Patient Experience 216

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

At last year’s 2020 CES, I wrote here in Health Populi that evidence and innovation was beginning to bridge health consumers keen to take on self-care for their hearts, and their physicians. Water weight retention connects to heart health, for example, and can also be an indicator for other acute conditions.

Digital Health 182

Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 182

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection, will become effective in 2020, for example. Payers and providers can embrace increased data privacy by focusing on existing compliance efforts, which will require taking time to better understanding HIPAA.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience HIPAA 41

Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2021

For example, 57% of consumers share or forward news items they find interesting, but only 29% of these folks have good information hygiene (specifically, vetting the source and veracity of the shared story). Based on this index, only one in four people around the world have “good” information hygiene.

Public Health 191

Public Health Life Science Digital Health Medical Technology 191

Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2021

Concerns about health care cost insecurity crosses peoples’ political party identification, the third table illustrates — for some aspects of health reform. For example, the vast majority of all U.S.

Medicare 193

Medicare Pharmaceuticals Digital Health Public Health 193