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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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

Knowing the differences between real-time and store-and-forward telehealth is a matter of clinical appropriateness and will also have an impact on patient and provider experience. Another important distinction is that the reimbursement policies from private insurers vary between real-time and store-and-forward technologies.

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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. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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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. What are a couple of the challenges of developing a national telehealth service?

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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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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

From medical emergencies to ordinary exams, telehealth is shattering healthcare barriers all over the world. In addition to reducing costs and improving outcomes, virtual health can bring advanced care to underserved patients while relieving overworked providers. Here are 8 steps to becoming a telehealth provider.

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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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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Expanding its report-card role in the health ecosystem. Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. Those who had a telehealth encounter more likely lived in the Western U.S., Power polled 1,000 consumers in June 2019.

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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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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

The future of telehealth continues to build interest due to its convenience and cost-effectiveness. Not only does it increase access to care and reduce travel time—especially for people living in rural areas—but telehealth also decreases the number of hospital stays and can improve communication between clinicians. utilize telehealth.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here’s a video featuring President Obama, who signed the ACA into law, discussing some of the key elements of that Bill of Rights — with an emphasis on assuring people could find health insurance even if they had pre-existing conditions.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. “Yet lack of reimbursement for telehealth limits its adoption.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Rock Health has gauged consumes’ digital health adoption fo a few years, showing year-on-year growth for “Googling” health information, seeking peer patients’ physician and hospital reviews, tracking activity, donning wearable tech, and engaging in live telehealth consultations with providers, as the first chart shows.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2022

CTA looked at ten categories of consumer tech for the research: mobile devices, video products, audio products, computing devices, video gaming, smart homes, wearable tech, automotive tech, health & wellness, and lifestyle tech. The poll was conducted among 2,630 U.S. adults 18 and over in April and May 2022.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 29, 2017

Editor’s Note: For payers, telehealth payer laws offer opportunities for extending networks beyond urban hubs and expanding their member enrollments. BHM offers services geared toward controlling expenses and integrating the behavioral health opportunities presented by telehealth. Telehealth Payer Laws.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Hari Eswaran thanking those involved and HRSA’s Deputy Associate Administrator, Heather Dimeris, speaking about the current telehealth landscape. Dr. Bill England began by discussing the wide range of resources available at HRSA with his presentation, “Telehealth and Research at HRSA. The opening plenary focused on funding.

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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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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Notably, 32% of families or people with complex chronic conditions, and 37% of those with one chronic condition, received health care treatment for the first time through a video telehealth visit.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 17, 2020

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) defines synchronous telemedicine as "live video-conferencing," which is a "two-way audiovisual link between a patient and a care provider." What is Synchronous Telemedicine? " The U.S. " What is Asynchronous Telemedicine?

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

The initial sectors covered included entertainment (Netflix, Hulu, Niantic, HBO Max, Apple TV, Prime Video), food (Subway, Instacart, Doordash, Blue Apron, HelloFresh, Grubhub, Burger King, Taco Bell), Housing (AvalonBay, Culdesac, Common, KB Home, Equity Residential), and transportation (Lyft, Lime, Bird, Transit). Physical activity.

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Here’s the essential telehealth terminology that will put you ahead of the curve. This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Get to know these, and you should be able to follow along with most telehealth industry conversations or lectures no problem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

"Who leveraged telehealth the most?" "Leverage your in-house translation services to provide on-demand video and audio-only translation. Integrate your third-party translators into scheduled video visits. " Andrew Buscemi, Holyoke Health Center. They will use whatever works to get to their patients.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

Many still think of virtual solutions as limited to symptoms-based video exams. While simple video calls can handle a range of issues quickly and efficiently, you don’t have to diagnose patients based only on reported symptoms. Seeing behavioral health patients who lack transportation to appointments? Know your options.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 24, 2018

Q: Per Medicare regulations, do the providers at a distant site have to be hospital-based or can they be in a private setting – for example, a group of pulmonologists who want to create a telehealth system on their own? Also, all telehealth services must meet the Medicare established set of criteria for reimbursement.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. billion in 2018.

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American Well

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Telemedicine also has the ability to add a parent to the conversation through video or audio, and reach rural communities in Arkansas. Arkansas Children’s Hospital expects to expand the telehealth program to more than 40 schools by next school year. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Telehealth Program Slashes ER Wait Times.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Communicating other information, like blood pressure, weight, or heart health) to a health care provider. One-third of older people would be interested in “a button to push to call for help” and one in five people would purchase video conferencing capability to speak with a health care provider.

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Fast-forward a few years, and I find myself on the front-line of health care innovation. The good news is that as of the time of writing this post, almost all states have favorable reimbursement policies for telemedicine, with 48 states reimbursing for live video. How to start using telemedicine for Medicaid recipients.

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Fast-forward a few years, and I find myself on the front-line of health care innovation. The good news is that as of the time of writing this post, almost all states have favorable reimbursement policies for telemedicine, with 48 states reimbursing for live video. How to start using telemedicine for Medicaid recipients.

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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. ACOs require scaling which small hospitals cannot provide.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 22, 2019

Increase Access to Mental Health Services with Telehealth Technology and Services Mental illness continues to be a major concern in the United States and across the globe. These include stigma, lack of access to mental health services, and limited public knowledge of mental health. Around half of all U.S.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

Some insurers have also said they will cover telehealth visits at parity with in-person visits. These measures are commendable, but policies need to be put in place to ensure that the expansion of telemedicine is not temporary. Some were over the phone, others were over video, often with a family member present as well.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Editor’s Note: Telehealth services extends networks beyond urban hubs and expands payers’ member enrollments. Staying current with state telehealth laws allows payers flexibility with policy updates. Private Payer Reimbursement: 36 states and DC have laws that govern private payer reimbursement of telehealth.

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