Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

A couple of intriguing examples: Ali Health, part of Alibaba (the e-commerce giant), launched a free online clinic in locked-down Hubei (whose capital is Wuhan) where in five days, 100,000 patients received remote consultations. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. No, it’s not from the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

” McKinsey is talking about Medicare’s spending that could be shifted home in just two+ years, ranging from $180 to a quarter of a trillion dollars. ” Here are a few current examples of enabling pillars to support people in their self-care for chronic conditions, well-being, and acute care outside of the hospital.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 23, 2023

This ensures that patients receive the care they need, when they need it. VBC is still a relatively new approach to healthcare, but it has the potential to improve the quality of care, reduce healthcare costs, and improve the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, capitalizing on increased activity demands that leaders streamline their operations—including around patient financial engagement and payment—so they can make the investments needed to set themselves apart from the competition. But finding the right approach is key.

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Digital Health Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This increased cost burden is depleting the Medicare funding which will eventually go bankrupt. There will be difficulty in funding the tax-funded Medicare program. So there will inevitably be an imbalance in the Medicare funding inflow vs. expenses, affecting the healthcare system severely in the coming years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. This allows the staff to work directly with the right patients to obtain consent and begin the process of placement in the home. This may seem like an insignificant example.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Inflation will push Payers back into the Public Marketplace whether Statewide and Federal Health Exchanges, Medicaid and Medicare Before the pandemic, many payers left statewide health exchanges as they found more ways to become profitable outside of the public market.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. For example, the chart tells us that Walmart welcomes 37 million U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2023

For other services, such as appointments and labs, One Medical accepts health plans from most insurance carriers as well as Medicare,” the pre-reveal explained, a snippet of that site shown here. . “On-demand virtual care services, like 24/7 video chat and easy in-app messaging, are included in the membership at no extra cost.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: I recently collaborated with HealthMine on a survey looking into Medicare Advantage members’ views of health and digital technology. On the demand-patient side, and especially for older people, there’s clearly a lack of awareness of this care platform being available when it is.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

One-half of patients in the Cedar study were frustrated about health care providers’ lack of digital administrative tools to help people pay bills online and/or access insurance information, for example.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity. Arcadia has done research on disparities in GLP-1 treatment for diabetes among Medicare patients, which mirror familiar problems in other areas of health care.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Additionally, telehealth and RPM can improve the continuity of care, allowing healthcare providers to closely monitor patients’ health data and respond quickly to changes in their condition. Examples include smartwatches, fitness trackers, and activity monitors.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

But there are technology innovations that can help people deal with addiction through, for example, digital therapeutic solutions. Specifically, there is a two-year extension of Medicare telehealth services that began in the early coronavirus era in 2020. These will now be in place until the end of 2024.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

As an enabling technology, RTM has been proven effective for improving patient engagement, satisfaction, care quality and outcomes, as well as reducing costs for both patients and providers. The care team monitors progress and identifies patients needing intervention or support.

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Xealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Managing all of these programs can create challenges… and that’s why a health data aggregation platform is an essential piece of the puzzle, allowing clinicians to extend their reach by embedding actionable data directly into their workflows while also offering a better patient experience.

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David Chou

MARCH 19, 2023

Reimbursements for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services physician fee schedule have been decreasing. Another example is a healthcare clinic can charge $200 to the patient’s insurance company for a patient visit, but this doesn't necessarily mean they'll receive that full amount back in reimbursement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An example of the unusual problems Wellframe can turn up is a truck driver who wasn’t adhering to his prescriptions. Another source of fresh foods for low-income people is FarmboxRx , often available through Medicaid and Medicare Advantage programs as part of SNAP or Healthy Food Card benefits.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2019

Cleveland Clinic is a prime example of a hospital system imagining and re-shaping what a hospital will be in the future. Cosgrove recently left his CEO post at Cleveland Clinic, where he pioneered telemedicine and virtual health in and beyond the Cleveland target market to the larger healthcare ecosystem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, if a patient visit finishes 15 minutes early, he has 15 minutes at his desk to do something else productive. Additionally, the technology enables him to document while he is doing a patient visit without losing eye contact. “This feature really mimics the patient experience of being in the office.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2021

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took several new steps to help U.S. hospitals manage the crush of new patients as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. Actually, we've had randomized control trials showing that when patients get their care at home instead of in the hospital, they get readmitted less often.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

” We see green shoots of the “social de-construction” of the obstacles in the health care landscape now: Medicare Advantage supports social services for older people enrolled in these plans; Kaiser-Permanente is making a “bold move” to channel social determinants of health in collaboration with Unite US; and, Dr.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Some of the decline in service volumes has been for screenings and preventive care, which will result in underdiagnosis of, for example, cancer conditions further downstream — with more acutely, advanced cases requiring more aggressive (and potentially expensive) treatments.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Additionally, it can also increase patient satisfaction in various primary care settings, including rural and urban communities. There are also impactful benefits for patients and providers. For patients Convenience is king. For example, suppose a patient with diabetes is prescribed an antipsychotic.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2023

Value-based care makes care more affordable for patients while rewarding clinicians for improved care, and the industry recognizes the value. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded Medicare Advantage through 2023 to make the shift, and digital health tools are crucial for support.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? Bills are in Congress will make it permanent.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The digital age has brought a wave of innovation to healthcare, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) stands as a shining example. This technology empowers doctors and healthcare providers to monitor patients remotely , collecting real-time data and fostering continuous communication beyond the clinic walls. The results?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For instance, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has 50 data sets pointing to available help; states and the Department of Veterans Affairs has other data sets. SDoH in the Field Two examples of clinical institutions putting SDoH to use today are the Medical Home Network (MHN) of Chicago and One Brooklyn Health.

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Mend

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s important to note that not all services are appropriate for telemedicine, and the decision to use the GT modifier should be carefully considered based on the specific needs of the patient and the type of care being provided. HCPCS codes are used by Medicare and other payers to identify and reimburse for these various services.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

An important example of this self-care approach is the evidence-based Ornish food regimen which is reimbursed by Medicare (as a form of cardiac rehabilitation). So at #CES2019, I’ve identified examples of technologies on the show floor to address heart health in each of these can-do, patient-empowering behavior changes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2023

With focused speech therapy provided by a therapist who has specialized training and experience, the patient experiences faster results in a shorter timeframe. For example, for young children under age 4, “parent coaching” is very important.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

” It turns out that if Medicare Part D paid for the 184 most common generic medications for enrollees based on Costco’s cash-prices for the same products, the U.S. I discussed Costco’s approach to the pharmacy last month in Health Populi, asking the question, “What if Costco designed the prescription drug sales model?”

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

According to the American Psychiatric Association , the collaborative care model can effectively control costs, improve access and clinical outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction in various primary care settings, including rural and urban communities. There are also impactful benefits for patients and providers. For patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Andrew Eye, CEO of the healthcare data science company ClosedLoop , estimates that about 15% of physicians collect SDoH-related data from patients and use it to assess their needs. Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? Increases in kept appointments are just one example. Medicare created new codes to cover remote patient monitoring in January 2020, according to Anderson and Null.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

" "Coupled with seamless EHR integration and clarity on reimbursement methodology, our new telemedicine infrastructure will push Sun River to thoughtfully consider patient experience in the development of a resilient yet flexible model of care." " James Sinkoff, Sun River Health. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Healthcare staffing shortages will continue to negatively impact patient experience in 2023. With healthcare professionals working longer hours and dealing with increased workloads, patient experience has fallen to the wayside. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely.

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