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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A group of 16 provider and industry organizations this past week launched a campaign geared toward protecting and expanding access to telehealth. Telehealth Access for America is aimed at educating members of the public about the need to enact permanent legislation around virtual care services. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Why telehealth is so critical for marginalized patient populations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%).

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Telehealth has grown by leaps at doc practices, with wide variance in usage patterns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To the surprise of no one, the new AMA Physician Practice Benchmark Survey , finds a major uptick in use of telehealth since before the pandemic: 70.3% These differing specialties are also using telehealth in different ways. Across all practices surveyed for the report: 58% said they used telehealth to diagnose or treat patients, 59.2%

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In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

"Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment" is one of lawmakers' most important responsibilities, said Rep. The hearing came on the heels of the reintroduction of the bipartisan Telehealth Modernization Act in both the House and the Senate, which would safeguard access to coverage after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Telehealth has been hailed as a panacea for unequal access to care, but the data has repeatedly suggested otherwise. In a separate Health Affairs blog, health policy experts noted that Medicaid users have had "less consistent" access to telemedicine. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Hims & Hers, ATA, and 10 others launch Telehealth Equity Coalition

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As the novel coronavirus pandemic swept the country last year, hundreds of thousands of patients turned to telehealth in order to continue accessing care while remaining as safe as possible. And when people don't have access to quality Internet, she added, "that further hampers their access to quality telehealth care."

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Telehealth resource centers nationwide aid providers at no cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In 2019, the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers received 4,039 requests, total, from providers looking for technical assistance or for more information about telehealth. This year, the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, one of the 14 U.S. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. "It's the overnight success story that was 30 years in the making," said Atrium Health Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Rasu Shrestha. How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. we need to implement telehealth effectively into primary care," Gupta added. Provide coverage for at-home monitoring devices.

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How a medical university's Telehealth Service Implementation Model can help you

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In 2021, Wellpath leveraged TSIM, the Telehealth Service Implementation Model that was developed at the Medical University of South Carolina's Center for Telehealth, an HRSA-designated National Telehealth Center of Excellence. Shawn Valenta is vice president for healthcare cloud in clinical services at Wellpath.

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Australian Health Dep't failed to manage risks in expanding telehealth: state auditor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

The Australian National Audit Office has conducted a review of the expansion of telehealth services across the country by the Department of Health and Aged Care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. FINDINGS Based on the state audit , the department fell short in governance, risk management, and evaluation of the telehealth expansion.

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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Other advancements in digital health reimbursement include those for virtual check-ins, where a provider reviews a photo or video submitted by a patient, and e-visits, in which a patient checks in to a provider via an online portal. What does RTM mean for the progress of healthcare in the digital space, and the future of telehealth?

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Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. The distant site for purposes of telehealth can be different from the administrative location. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped shed light on the longer-term structural reforms needed in the US healthcare system, which include telehealth investment and medical supply chain tracking and coordination improvements.

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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“The expansion of telehealth and the offering of new telehealth services that were not previously covered really enabled physicians to care for their patients in the midst of this crisis,” said Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy, during a recent “AMA COVID-19 Update. Provider Considerations.

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AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

Because the program currently is recruiting primary care practices, including OB/GYNs, and is slated to start in June, Healthcare IT News sat down with two of its investigators to get a deeper look. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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ATA to assess telemedicine's role in addressing U.S. healthcare disparities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association announced this week that it was launching a new initiative aimed at evaluating telehealth's potential as a tool to address and eliminate health disparities in the United States. " said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the ATA, in a statement. " WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Greenway Incorporating Health Equity Features into its EHR

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Greenway Health , a leading ambulatory EHR provider, has added new features to accommodate this non-medical information and make recommendations based on that data. Factors influencing health equity. According to the WHO , health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.

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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers will also be touching upon cross-border health policy implementation, and the challenges and facilitators that have contributed to successful collaboration between territories. For example, the telehealth market continues to mature in a post-pandemic world – particularly in more developed countries.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. This development will also drive growth in virtual care.

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TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. The Consortium’s success is due to efficient processes, a data-driven approach backed by a technology platform, and a shared sense of purpose.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

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MARCH 27, 2019

Close For Clinicians For Employers Telehealth Jobs Family Medicine General Practice Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Psychiatry / Mental Health Hospitalist Dont see your specialty? For Broad Digital Health and Telehealth News 3.

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How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. Healthcare IT can play a major role in M & A for providers.

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USDA invests $42M in telehealth infrastructure

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Rural Policy Research Institute's Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis recently issued a report that found infection and death rates in rural America due to COVID-19 are 13.4% On another governmental telehealth front, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the U.S. THE LARGER TREND. higher than in urban areas.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution.

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Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Generally speaking, what are the multistate caregiver licensing challenges health systems and telemedicine companies face?

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

’ Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare. It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. So it might be time to listen to Tadashi and shake things up. The following is their ideas.

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HHS puts $48M toward rural public health IT, workforce expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it was making almost $48 million available in American Rescue Plan funding for public health capacity in rural and tribal communities, through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

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What's next for telehealth under the Biden administration?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a flurry of changes to regulations around telehealth and virtual care – the vast majority of which expire once the public health emergency ends. But neither took decisive, sweeping action that would permanently enshrine some of the major changes to telehealth policy. versus beyond."

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HHS focuses on telehealth and tech innovations in Rural Action Plan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The latter initiative includes broader support for telehealth and funding for the development of technological solutions to chronic conditions. It also acknowledges broadband access as a continuing concern for making use of health IT. The HHS plan repeatedly invokes telehealth as a key stepping-stone for expanding rural care.

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HIMSSCast: What to expect from 2021 health tech news

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2021

In this episode, host Jonah Comstock, Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard, Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Susan Morse, and MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett engage in a roundtable discussion of trends and predictions for each of their respective coverage areas. The importance of mental health in 2021.

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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

Why telehealth is so critical for marginalized patient populations

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Telehealth has grown by leaps at doc practices, with wide variance in usage patterns

In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds

Hims & Hers, ATA, and 10 others launch Telehealth Equity Coalition

Telehealth resource centers nationwide aid providers at no cost

8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

How a medical university's Telehealth Service Implementation Model can help you

Australian Health Dep't failed to manage risks in expanding telehealth: state auditor

How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

ATA to assess telemedicine's role in addressing U.S. healthcare disparities

Greenway Incorporating Health Equity Features into its EHR

HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale

9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

USDA invests $42M in telehealth infrastructure

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

HHS puts $48M toward rural public health IT, workforce expansion

What's next for telehealth under the Biden administration?

HHS focuses on telehealth and tech innovations in Rural Action Plan

HIMSSCast: What to expect from 2021 health tech news

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