Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

For telehealth, that S-curve has had a very long and fairly flat front-end of the “S” followed by a hockey stick trajectory in March and April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was an exogenous shock to in-person health care delivery. health citizens. health citizens.

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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. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 213

Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of ambulatory care with rapid shifts to telehealth. Many states have directed insurers to temporarily cover COVID-19-related services via telehealth while mandating parity of reimbursement for telehealth visits with in-person visits for their Medicaid program.

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Telehealth Primary Care Medicare HIPAA 41

GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

Develop a strategy. Before leaping into a third-party Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) app or buying a telehealth solution, get clear about your goals. Seeing behavioral health patients who lack transportation to appointments? Medicare, Medicaid and commercial plans all have different reimbursement policies for telemedicine services.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy EHR 52

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With “Economy” embodied in the law’s name, a rationale for including HITECH in ARRA was, in part, to help stimulate the nation’s economy beyond the revenues of health IT companies many of whom, in the short-term, directly benefited from the law. Growing telehealth throughout the rural regions of the U.S.

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Digital Health EHR Telehealth Health Information 154

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.

Public Health 119

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare 119

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.

Public Health 110

Public Health Telehealth Connected Health Medicare 110

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital firms provide funding to startups judged to have potential to disrupt existing industries in exchange for ownership and some control over strategy and operations. Strategies For Disruption. Despite the shortage of rigorous public evidence, the strategies of startups to influence use and spending are apparent.

Digital Health 32

Digital Health Mobile Health Telemedicine Primary Care 32

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. Some telehealth flexibilities that were allowed under the PHE are also staying in effect, at least until the end of 2024.

Public Health 41

Public Health Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth 41

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Though not as high profile as Anthem’s policies, payers have been narrowing provider networks to bring down costs. This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). Providers will need to manage patients post-discharge and keep them healthy in their homes rather than in hospitals.

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Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine Patient Experience 32

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The plan lays out a four-point strategy intended to address hurdles to providing rural healthcare, including building a sustainable health model for rural communities; preventing disease and mortality; increasing rural access to care; and leveraging technology and innovation.

Telehealth 119

Telehealth Medicare Health Policy Healthcare IT 119

Henry Kotula

APRIL 14, 2023

Why it matters: As health systems push more care outside hospital walls, they’re charging extra “facility fees” for common services like blood tests, X-rays and, in some cases, even telehealth visits. Colorado lawmakers are targeting the practice, despite mounting hospital resistance, Kaiser Health News reported.

Health Policy 41

Health Policy Nursing Medical Billing Medicare 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. CVS building out an SDOH platform , collaborating with Unite US for the effort.

Public Health 314

Public Health Mental health Medicare Primary Care 314

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sustainable funding strategies for safety net hospitals will be needed. The exploding elderly population, in combination with a shrinking workforce to fund Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security, will force our health system to ration care in new ways. Mike Gentry. David Rahija.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Nursing Patient Experience Medicare 41

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Healthcare providers should develop effective strategies to grow capacity and infrastructure for outpatient services and invest in innovative mobile technologies, diagnostic tools, and telemedicine systems. Timoni advises payers and providers to monitor the consolidation landscape and develop effective merger and acquisition strategies.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience HIPAA 41

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The issue of drug and vaccine pricing for COVID-19 prevention and treatments has been under the media microscope since the start of the pandemic. Here’s one of many looks into the issue , in which I’m quoted on scenarios for Gilead’s possible pricing strategies for remdesivir.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

The macro-strategy for Optum is that, in their mission-words, “health care should be equally available to everyone, when and how they want it. In person, on the phone or online, quality health care is wherever you are,” their website informs us. Integrating with the telehealth service Care on the Optum Store.

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Pharmaceuticals Telehealth BioTech Mental health 323

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Telehealth is becoming just a normal part of medical service delivery, fast-growing for mental and behavioral health, DTC prescriptions for women’s and men’s health (looking at the trajectory of Ro, Hims and Hers ), employers’ sponsorship of telehealth visits, and niched virtual health services.

Public Health 232

Public Health Health Policy Medicare Medical Billing 232