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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They can also reminisce by uploading and viewing personal photographs and videos to trigger their memories, and there is lifestyle content on eating well, exercising and getting enough sleep. More and more health systems are developing and launching remote care and hospital-at home programs , some tailored to specific clinical use cases.

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OCR will ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19

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" Covered entities seeking to use audio or video communication tech to reach patients where they live "can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients," said the agency. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

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A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity. It comes from a convergence of several trends, according to leading public health and medical investigators. Payers have invested enormous amounts of money in decreasing individuals’ body weights.

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Geisinger is seeing big ROI with virtual cardiac rehab

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" Alex Zimmerman, DNP, RN, Heart & Vascular Institute at Geisinger PROPOSAL The core tenets of cardiac rehab involve a personalized program supervised by a care team, which supports education, exercise, nutrition, medication management and counseling for patients recovering from heart conditions. " The U.S.

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How health systems should be preparing now for the future of hospital at home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The group plans to lobby policymakers to broaden coverage for care services in the home – including extension and expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Without Walls provisions – advocate for bundled-payment models, home-based care and more. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? Medicare created new codes to cover remote patient monitoring in January 2020, according to Anderson and Null. The change took place in almost a twinkling of an eye.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

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“Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency. "Early on, CMS relaxed several administrative requirements; that resulted in physician relief, at least for the duration of the public health emergency." ” Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.