Connected Health Initiative

JULY 14, 2021

Evidence clearly shows that digital health technologies helped expand access to healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and can address the massive toll chronic illnesses take on Americans and our healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Some studies have suggested, for example, that Black and Latino patients in New York City were less likely to use telehealth during the pandemic, while others have said Black people were more likely to use virtual care. " THE LARGER TREND. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., But it will take coverage parity too, she added.

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

These include innovations in spaces such as behavioral, wellness, health equity, and social determinants of health. Q1: Discuss the power of digital health technology reimbursement. For example, Medicare Advantage is a really good place to start because they are more flexible than ever before. .

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. CHI tracked the many policy changes affecting connected health technology since the start of the pandemic.

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

These include innovations in spaces such as behavioral, wellness, health equity, and social determinants of health. Q1: Discuss the power of digital health technology reimbursement. Medicare only reimburses for diabetes and stage three renal care. The big caveat is that we can’t go near Medicare.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made significant changes to its CPT codes to incentivize more providers and clinics to deploy remote patient monitoring (RPM). For an RPM program, this refers to billing clients for remotely monitoring their health while providing healthcare. Check with your payers. Glucose meter.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We can expect value-based contracting in 2023 to embed health equity incentives, such as this contract struck between Independence Blue Cross and Jefferson Health to address health for residents of Philadelphia including the Accelerate Health Equity initiative. Reported in MIT Technology Review on December 19, 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For example, through the use of an LLM, a Greek-speaking patient could seamlessly work with an English-speaking doctor in real-time, at a near-zero marginal cost. Concerns about compliance and audit flags will emerge from some public examples.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Some examples include: Implementing strong and unique passwords for all systems and devices. Examples of effective healthcare cybersecurity solutions include: EHR encryption and access controls to protect electronic health records. How Can Healthcare Organizations Protect Themselves?

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

These include innovations in spaces such as behavioral, wellness, health equity, and social determinants of health. Q1: Discuss the power of digital health technology reimbursement. For example, in Michigan we partnered with Rite Aid. Read on for practical workarounds, tips and tricks.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 21, 2023

For example, companies in the telehealth sector typically command higher valuation multiples than companies in the medical device sector. Regulatory changes, such as the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorisation Act (MACRA), which have made it more difficult for healthcare providers to make money.

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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. Examples are found in the implantable pacemaker and defibrillator and orthopedic device industries or long-term risk of certain medications (ex.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In one example, Washington’s Medicaid program reported spending $3 million a year to transport rural enrollees to urban treatment centers. It’s worth noting that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently increased reimbursement for substance abuse treatment. Bringing Virtual Care to Isolated Addicts. Contact Us.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

They need to translate that priority into clear goals, which should be reflected in the health center’s policies, procedures, business plans, and financial planning. By coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, providers can help improve patient outcomes and reduce health disparities.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Examples are Treatment Diaries, patientslikeme , and WEGOHEALTH. To be sure there exist professional and regulatory guidelines for the use of social media for providers, vendors and other healthcare stakeholders. Social media open platforms in healthcare have proven successful for patients, caregivers and others.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

This will, for example, enable the interflow and exchange of patients’ clinical lab results between clinical workforce and medical staff. Overcoming staffing shortages will be top of mind for health care operators in 2023. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely.

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LinkousThink

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

But it does address many areas directly related to the use of telecommunications technology and health and opens the door for more specific provisions that might get added later. Language beginning on page 97 of the document addresses recommendations made by the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) about readmissions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Without action from Congress, most of the telehealth flexibilities will cease, cutting off telehealth access to a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. They ushered in an unprecedented wave of connected health technologies, particularly for Medicare beneficiaries. We cannot afford to let that happen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Without action from Congress, most of the telehealth flexibilities will cease, cutting off telehealth access to a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. They ushered in an unprecedented wave of connected health technologies, particularly for Medicare beneficiaries. We cannot afford to let that happen.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By leveraging the latest in digital health technologies, RPM empowers patients to manage their health conditions in the comfort of their own homes, while providing healthcare professionals with real-time data to make informed decisions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Using Unite Us technology, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Brillman discusses the technology trends that will drive healthcare innovation in the new year.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, athletes’ recovery times from ACL/UCL reconstructions basically halved in time from what they used to be. Growth of digital health: Digital health technologies, such as wearable devices and health apps, will become more widely used to monitor and manage health.

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GlobalMed

MAY 12, 2020

A Kaiser Health News study found that overall, 18 million people live in ?counties In Nebraska, for example, 81 counties don’t have a single ICU bed and sending even a few nurses or doctors into quarantine could quickly leave hospitals and clinics with no medical professionals at all. It seems that the future is here.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

An obvious example of how such limited thinking comprises your ability to see the opportunity is demonstrated by how Dr Sim has presented the concept that mHealth is somehow limited by adoption of smartphones. That said, integration with the electronic health record (EHR) is currently extremely challenging and costly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

What examples have you seen of telehealth, remote patient monitoring and chatbots in the cloud, and what has been the impact on patients? During the pandemic, a health technology company provided IoT devices to people's homes that monitored COVID-19 symptoms, along with a platform for data collection. For example, the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As a result, some consumers may face delays in accessing GLP-1 drugs in 2024 as health insurance plans, keen to rationalize costs of this explosive new category of prescription drug spending, implement restrictions on just who should receive the product and be reimbursed for its use.

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