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Reimbursement Repercussions for April 2023 End of Public Health Emergency

Telebehavioral Health Institute

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024. Reimbursement is only one of many areas to be impacted by the end of the PHE.

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HIPAA Enforcement Discretion for HIPAA Business Associates to Share Health Data with Public Health Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Roger Severino, OCR Director, announced that OCR will exercise it’s enforcement discretion and not impose penalties for violations of certain HIPAA provisions. OCR (Office for Civil Rights) inside of HHS which is in charge of HIPAA enforcement has issued another notice of enforcement discretion.

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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. Telehealth, too, is embraced by 3 in 5 people for both physical and mental health services.

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How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Health Populi

It is ironic, and Brandwatch calls this out in the report, that the screens providing relief in the pandemic (say for work, social connection, and entertainment) were also a contributing factor to collective mental health erosion during the public health crisis.

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

During the pandemic, health care providers needed to deal with the security of devices rapidly procured and deployed within institutions and also outside the walls of providers, such as in field hospitals meeting the surge of coronavirus patients. By 2022, CTA projects that connected exercise equipment will reach sales of 2.5

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Steps Count: More Steps Are Self-Care Goodness in the COVID-19 Lifestyle

Health Populi

The second chart dives into the data for heart disease and cancer, showing that more steps — again, the 10,000 goal — reduces death rates for both cardiac health and for deaths from cancers. This is a useful proof-point for recommending exercise-as-medicine.

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Australia’s Medical Board to disallow 'tick and flick’ online prescribing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" "Prescribing medication is not a tick-and-flick exercise. "A doctor who has not consulted directly with the patient and does not have access to their medical records is unable to exercise good, safe clinical judgement," Dr Tonkin claimed. ON THE RECORD "Telehealth is here to stay.