Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

To get a better idea on what policies and regulations you need to be aware of and just how to get access to innovation funding, we reached out to our ever so talented Healthcare IT Today community for their insights and knowledge. Here is what they had to say. Since the U.S.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 30, 2017

For those not up on the lingo, “meaningful use” is the standard healthcare providers must meet to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments for use of health information technology and/or avoid penalties for not being “meaningful” users of electronic health records.

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Meaningful Use Medicare Health Information Health IT 28

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The latest policy update from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adds key provisions to the December 2022 proposed rule requiring adoption of a new NCPDP SCRIPT standard version. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series.

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EHR Interoperability Medicare Health Information 84

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms. How do healthcare provider organizations go about this education? Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Remote care Nursing Medicare Health Information 138

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” "In the year ahead, the industry will work to determine which virtual visits make the most sense, and where and how they should take place." " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care. ” The FDA is hinting that some of these changes could be here to stay.

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Life Science Pharmaceuticals Mental health Telehealth 207

care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement.

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Remote care Telehealth Leadership Medicare 40

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Healthcare IT News interviewed physical therapist Bronwyn Spira, founder and CEO of Force Therapeutics, to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding this area of virtual care. Orthopedic specialists are 13% less likely to accept new Medicaid patients than they are Medicare patients or those with commercial insurance plans.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Medicare Healthcare IT 190

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit.

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Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT 105