Digital Health Global

JULY 20, 2023

healow Pay : healow Pay has increased Encore Health Group transactions by 300% since January 2023. The online billing solution allows patients to pay their medical bills via text message, email or online. This allows providers to focus their time on patients instead of administrative tasks.

Pain management 88

Pain management Chronic pain management EHR Medical Billing 88

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe. consumers rate medical billing as challenging to understand , according to a recent survey from HealthLock. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care EMR Healthcare IT EHR 96

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

In the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), both covered entities and business associates play crucial roles in protecting the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI). However, there are important distinctions between the two.

HIPAA 40

HIPAA Health Information Health Data Medical Billing 40

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s reported that somewhere around 80% of medical bills contain errors, which hurts the patient and the provider. If incorrect patient health information is shared between providers, consequences could be dire.

RCM 109

RCM Medical Billing Healthcare IT Health Information 109

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 3, 2023

In the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), both covered entities and business associates play crucial roles in protecting the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI). However, there are important distinctions between the two.

HIPAA 40

HIPAA Health Information Health Data Medical Billing 40

Mend

JULY 12, 2022

They can also access their health information online, schedule appointments, and manage bills. When it comes to digital payment options, a recent Instamed study showed that 91% of consumers prefer an electronic payment method for their medical bills. This frictionless payment option is also a win for providers.

Medical Billing 97

Medical Billing Digital Health Telehealth Telemedicine 97

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

Bring health plans into a shared platform to s treamline health benefits management. U se additional data from insurers’ medical bills to identify treatment gaps, manage costs, and meet quality performance targets.

Nursing 84

Nursing Patient Experience EMR Medical Billing 84

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s underneath that macro “healthcare” index number of 67 is a precipitous decline in the past year for Americans’ trust in hospitals, compared with biotech, pharma, consumer healthcare, and even health insurance — all of which grew in trust between 2018 and 2019, but not so with the hospital segment of U.S.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medical Billing HIPAA Health Information 160

GlobalMed

OCTOBER 7, 2019

at least, we now expect that extensive medical treatment – whether that’s chemotherapy, ongoing dialysis visits or surgery to repair a broken femur – may involve significant medical bills. Hospital stays, outpatient visits, tests and medications can all add up, even when patients have health insurance. In the U.S.

Medical Billing 40

Medical Billing Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 40

Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 8, 2022

Solo practices may receive support from standalone applications because they seem to outsource their electronic medical record (EMR) storage and medical billing. TherapyNotes includes electronic health records (EHR), features like medical billing and patient scheduling, as well as patient portals.

Mental health 52

Mental health HIPAA EHR Medical Billing 52

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The latest read from ONC, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, tells a story about patients’ growing use of online portals, medical records, and smartphone apps to access personal health information. So what are patients most keen to access online in their medical records or portal?

Medical Billing 250

Medical Billing Health Information EHR Health IT 250

iSALUS Healthcare

AUGUST 21, 2018

Patients log into their patient portal to complete a telehealth visit with their providers, review their personal health information, message their provider, and pay their bills. This simplified billing helps make sure patients understand their medical bills and pay them on time.

Telehealth 40

Telehealth EHR Medical Billing Health Information 40

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

“Healthcare providers must follow suit to meet value expectations and deliver more consumer-friendly services or may risk losing market share to innovative new healthcare arrangements, such as direct primary care, which offer convenient and quality care with simplified medical billing,” Dexter says.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience HIPAA 41

Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumers to Health Citizens , I conclude with a call-to-action and my own question: “What if…people in America were Health Citizens, where the government ensured health care as a social and civil right, health informed public policy, and people owned and controlled their heatlh data?

Medical Billing 182

Medical Billing Public Health Medicare Health Information 182

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From a financial perspective, this initiative can help prevent healthcare fraud due to identity theft, stop improper use of someone else’s health insurance, and prevent marketing scams where people’s identities are stolen through fake medical billing or enrollment in fake medical benefit plans.

Healthcare IT 126

Healthcare IT Interoperability HIPAA Nursing 126

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The bill also would give the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT $62 million for necessary expenses, "including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology."

Medical Billing 156

Medical Billing Telehealth Medicare Public Health 156

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

agency responsible for monitoring claims and the use of personal data out-of-health-context. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.

Digital Health 256

Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256

Health Populi

MAY 7, 2024

Thus, the survey looked across 26 factors of worry well beyond cost — including social determinants and drivers of health like obesity, alcohol use, poverty, and social isolation, along with health system factors such as unequal access to health care, inaccurate or misleading health information, and ageism and age discrimination.

Medicare 309

Medicare Health Information Medical Billing Pharmaceuticals 309