Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients learned quickly that care at home, delivered via telemedicine (phone, video, email) could efficiently and effectively address many of their clinical needs. Improved level of care can be achieved by using both telemedicine and virtual care. So many good insights here!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

The continuing desire to age at home , Medicare rate cuts combined with staffing shortages , affordability of home care reaching smaller percentage of the people who need it , shortage of available workers – all seem like the perfect storm. Even hospital systems see the importance of moving treatments into the home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

" 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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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

But as systems begin to develop product offerings (telemedicine or home-based services, for example) for target populations, those advertising-based segments need to be supplemented with a more advanced understanding of care consumption patterns over time.

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In Hand Health

APRIL 11, 2019

We expect this number to continue climbing, and clinics that choose to not adopt a more modern way to communicate with their patients will almost certainly fall behind, especially as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes its policy allowing Medicaid Advantage plans to include telehealth benefits. Continuing care.

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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 this discussion, I’ll pick six exhibits from the Report’s roughly 140 exhibits — starting with the big picture of the unsustainable nature of U.S.

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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? The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. The change took place in almost a twinkling of an eye.

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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. The PT can send the patient exercises or resources that can help him after the virtual visit concludes. Telemedicine is one the biggest drivers transforming the U.S.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Throughout 2018, we witnessed across-the-board advances in the world of telemedicine. In 2018, more states introduced telemedicine parity reimbursement laws. Predicting how change will evolve, and where and when it will emerge, is a fascinating but also error-prone exercise. Hindsight is easy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

" 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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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

Payment arrangements and rates, from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance, shared-savings models, and other new-fangled reimbursement regimes, and, Social determinants of health of patient populations, dealing with health equity and barriers to care.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

So too have calls for increased exercise and proper nutrition, including restrictions on sugary sodas and fast foods. Now, under provisions of the new Inflation Reduction Act , the government will be able to negotiate the prices of 10 widely prescribed medications based on how much Medicare’s Part D program spends.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

To promote the use of telehealth in response to Coronavirus, the federal government took several significant steps this week: Medicare dramatically expanded the telehealth services for which it will pay. By Kim Stanger. Federal Action. For example, Idaho statutes and regulations impose specific requirements for telehealth services. (

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

To promote the use of telehealth in response to Coronavirus, the federal government took several significant steps this week: Medicare dramatically expanded the telehealth services for which it will pay. By Kim Stanger. Federal Action. For example, Idaho statutes and regulations impose specific requirements for telehealth services. (

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Most things we “should do” don’t give us immediate gratification (eating right, exercising, taking medications, going to the doctor). Notably, our payer clients have measured drastic savings to medical costs by preventing hospitalizations and ED visits, and we’ve helped Medicare Advantage plans achieve higher Star ratings.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Throughout 2018, we witnessed across-the-board advances in the world of telemedicine. In 2018, more states introduced telemedicine parity reimbursement laws. Predicting how change will evolve, and where and when it will emerge, is a fascinating but also error-prone exercise. Hindsight is easy.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 15, 2018

For years, many insurance carriers offered limited coverage options for such telehealth consultations conducted via phone/VoIP or video conference, for several reasons, including: Lack of a clear definition of what services qualified as telemedicine. Restrictive telehealth payment rules under programs like Medicare.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2019

Private equity and venture capital firms are in love with a legion of companies and startups touting the benefits of virtual doctors’ visits and telemedicine to revolutionize health care, investing almost $10 billion in 2018, a record for the sector. Livongo, for instance, has raised a total of $235 million in funding over six rounds.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. The pandemic has bolstered fitness at home with gyms largely closed and people making room at home for exercise.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. Payers could use insight into how members may shift between commercial insurance, Medicaid and Medicare, and when to expect significant changes in utilization and projected impacts to medical loss ratios, it added.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The updated ACO Reach payment model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sets forth a value-based model of capitated payments to physicians who meet quality and spending targets – combined with a plan to deal with health equity.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Health system employees have access to a wellness program with subsidized fitness center locations and exercise classes. This new company culture builds on its current employee benefit offerings, including a child care center, stress-reduction and exercise classes, and a health sciences library. UW Health (Madison, Wis.).

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