Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2020

The challenge now, says Dr. Joe Kvedar, president-elect of the American Telemedicine Association, will be integrating in-person care back into these reshaped clinical workflows. " The ATA is pushing for lasting policy initiatives, he said, such as Medicare payouts for non-rural patients and strengthening interstate licensure options.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 85% of the patients served by Temple are covered by government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly half of the Medicare inpatient base. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2020

This past week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said she "can't imagine going back" to making beneficiaries return to in-person visits after the agency's relaxation of telehealth regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes. “Fortunately, HIPAA-compliant Zoom proved to be very simple to operate from both ends,” Robeck remarked. " David Robeck, Bridge Counseling Associates. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

" This past week, a bipartisan group of House representatives introduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act , which would eliminate most geographic and originating site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Budget leaders have asked, "How do you really know what the impact on the Medicare population and the Medicare Trust Fund will be? We now have three years of data on the impact to the Medicare Trust Fund," he said. Part 2 – with HIPAA. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

As a result of recent HHS guidance with adapted HIPAA guidelines, the integration enables providers to initiate a video call with a patient from directly within the app. There are a great many telemedicine technology and services vendors on the health IT market. For a comprehensive listing compiled by Healthcare IT News , click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits. Mostly, Sun River Health's telemedicine services met the needs of the HIV, Medically Assisted Treatment patients. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

"What we see is a real acceleration of adoption on both sides, where physicians are very willing to engage in these mediums, and consumers" see the appeal, said Flannery in an interview with Healthcare IT News. He also pointed to the easing of HIPAA restrictions by the U.S. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. There are many vendors of telemedicine technologies and services on the market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a detailed listing of numerous telemedicine vendors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

advocated for two particular policy changes to be made permanent: the originating site rule, allowing physicians to be reimbursed for telehealth appointments wherever a patient is located, including a patient's home, and the expansion of Medicare- and Medicaid-reimbursable telehealth services. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Mike Braun, R-Ind.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured. The Doximity platform met the organization's requirements, was available at no cost and was HIPAA-compliant. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, healthcare provider organizations across the country began implementing telehealth technologies and services en masse. Telemedicine finally made it to the mainstream. From that point forward, all health systems will need to have a HIPAA-compliant solution at the ready.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health , an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health, an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare. Listen and read the full text here!

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Under current federal guidelines for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, U.S. healthcare providers are rewarded for meeting performance goals, "while the most important influencers of care (i.e., patients and their families) are largely left out of the data equation," IDC said. Groves Medical Group will be the first.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 20, 2015

The transition to ICD-10 will be mandatory for any organization covered by HIPAA. The Affordable Care Act has brought a lot of changes to the healthcare industry and one of those changes is a shift from fee-for-service methods of payment to bundled payments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

” However, leveraging technology and providing telemedicine can allow residents to receive the care they need while also reducing the risk of contracting COVID-19, he added. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this year temporarily lifted restrictions on the technology that could be used during the pandemic.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Google (more accurately, its umbrella enterprise, Alphabet) Investments and IP No other company in the Silicon Valley is investing so heavily in healthcare-related companies as Alphabet’s venture arm does. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. platform – a very interesting story in its own right.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

Oftentimes when people think about telemedicine, they envision a patient in a clinic with a technological setup they address, with physicians on the other end at another clinic far away doing the same. It's not true telemedicine." So why wasn't the healthcare organization doing this in the past?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

The company also offers intuitive technology customized for healthcare companies and their patients. Their API-driven platform can be aligned to meet brand needs and securely houses patient PII with its built in HIPAA compliance software.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. But in our work treating patients with opioid use disorder, we’ve seen first-hand that telemedicine can help people find long-term recovery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2020

The new product is billed as EHR-agnostic, secure and HIPAA-compliant and can be set up by downloading an app. Telemedicine is taking center stage during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, where healthcare at a distance is profoundly needed. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2020

Acute care telemedicine technology and services vendor SOC Telemed and clinical practice management company SCP Health have announced a partnership to deliver scalable, flexible emergency and hospital medicine services via telemedicine. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

Hopdoc, a telemedicine technology and services startup backed by software developer DevDigital, is giving away a telemedicine platform to doctors for free to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopdoc’s secure telemedicine system is accessible on any device with a browser: phone, tablet or computer. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

The application gives clinicians multiple options to consult over a secure, HIPAA-compliant connection to patients or other clinicians. The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has created a red-alert need for healthcare at a distance, including telemedicine services and applications like the one developed at Caregility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

As healthcare professionals look to telehealth solutions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Braidio announced the release of the telemedicine platform MyHealth Concierge, which runs over the network and cloud infrastructure of AT&T. Nathan Eddy is a healthcare and technology freelancer based in Berlin. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By eliminating barriers and providing greater visibility into a patient's medical history and then providing bespoke recommendations or materials to support their care, interoperability and tech stand to provide a better patient experience anywhere as well as empower patients to take greater control over their healthcare journey, he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

To help fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced that during the coronavirus pandemic it would use discretion when enforcing HIPAA compliance for telehealth communications tools. Healthcare IT News has compiled a listing of telemedicine vendors in the age of COVID-19, a resource for health IT leaders.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, introduced a bill yesterday that would mandate a study on the effects of telehealth changes on Medicare and Medicaid during the COVID-19 crisis.

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