Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Over the past six months, as hospitals and health systems have pursued telemedicine and remote patient monitoring programs in earnest – whether launching new one or expanding existing ones – they've all had some learning curves and growing pains to manage. How to navigate a new policy landscape.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

Here’s one thing I hope will come out of the crisis: an increased reliance on telemedicine, something that should have happened long ago. On the verge of bankruptcy, the hospital was unable to attract many specialists to join its ranks, and in desperation, had turned to telemedicine to cover many services.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

For 50 years, the group has been seeing families like Kelli Rutledge’s. The group’s four doctors and two nurse practitioners quickly adapted to the coronavirus pandemic, sharply cutting back clinic hours and switching to virtual visits to keep patients and staff safe. Autumn Road in Little Rock, Ark.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in the Post-Covid Healthcare Landscape , delivered by Fitch Solutions’ Jamie Davies and Beau Noafshar, leaders in the Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Devices groups. spends on NASA.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 1, 2020

New report finds the growth of telemedicine visits has plateaued and accounts for a relatively small percentage of rebounding ambulatory care. On Monday, 340 organizations signed a letter urging Congress to make telehealth flexibilities created during the COVID-19 pandemic, permanent. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities. By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally.

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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

JUNE 14, 2020

In reviewing state telehealth policies during COVID-19 , all states have implemented temporary executive orders or released guidance on telehealth access—although with significant variations. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

After his legs began to swell, and he felt “very, very lethargic,” he contacted his doctor at Catalyst Health Network, a Texas group of primary care doctors, to ask about less expensive alternatives. She and her doctor have relied on telemedicine appointments to reduce the risk of infection.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. And Optum, one of the largest conglomerates that is a subsidiary of United Health Group, increased its net revenue growth by 25% to $54.1

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

The public health crisis, combined with Medicare Advantage and other payors’ regimes, supported an economic model for the hospital-to-home movement. Sharing personal data is a form of data altruism, and a sign of one’s being a good health citizen, loving they fellow patient through sharing one’s data.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

JANUARY 4, 2018

On one level, these anecdotes tell the story of telemedicine: The ability of patients, and often their local clinicians, to have consultations over distances with other clinical experts who can bring their insights to bear on patient care. The bill from the telemedicine provider is then simply an “extra” added to the overall tab.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 1, 2020

Accountable care organizations also scored a major win in the Thursday rule drop, with CMS pledging they wouldn’t be dinged financially for lower-than-expected health outcomes in their patient populations from COVID-19.?. Other major changes are related to COVID-19 testing for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (Seattle) and Division President, Pacific Northwest of CommonSpirit Health (Chicago): This is a transformative time in the healthcare industry, as hospitals and healthcare systems are evolving and innovating to meet the growing and changing needs of the communities we serve. David Rahija.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A growing volume of outpatient care will be provided in ambulatory surgery centers, primary care clinics, retail clinics, urgent care centers, nurse managed health centers, imaging facilities, emergency departments, retail clinics, and patients’ homes. Consolidation will continue industry wide.

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