Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity. Other advocates want weight handled as a lifestyle issue that each person themselves should choose how to handle. Researchers have found ties between high body weight and an oversized list of unhealthy conditions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with healthcare data analysis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2021

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took several new steps to help U.S. hospitals manage the crush of new patients as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. Actually, we've had randomized control trials showing that when patients get their care at home instead of in the hospital, they get readmitted less often.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2020

We wrote previously about HIPAA enforcement being suspended for telehealth during COVID-19 and more details on how to implement it. Plus, we shared the expansion of Medicare coverage and payment for telehealth. However, there were still many questions.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

The clinicians then have to learn how to hold the dialog with sensitivity. Another article recommended by Rose points out that medication adherence for some of the most important and effective medicines (statins, hypertension, diabetes) directly determine about 9% of the Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage health plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Reimbursement is also closely linked to quality because of the use of outcome measures by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine a hospital’s overall quality, including: Mortality. Patient experience. SDoH Factors Impacting Patients and Revenue. Safety of care. Readmission rate. Excess stay.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For instance, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has 50 data sets pointing to available help; states and the Department of Veterans Affairs has other data sets. The company looks at each site’s workflows and teaches the practices how to embed the portal into these workflows, aiming not to disrupt existing staff behavior.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Andrew Eye, CEO of the healthcare data science company ClosedLoop , estimates that about 15% of physicians collect SDoH-related data from patients and use it to assess their needs. Such data has to be combined with clinical data to determine the patient’s risks and how to avert them.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 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 what most healthcare professionals don’t realize is that AI can do so much more than respond to patient messages.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2023

Literacy – How well we read and write. Social communication – How well we follow rules, like taking turns, how to talk to different people, or how close to stand to someone when talking. Voice – How our voices sound. This is also called pragmatics. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite innovations, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health finds the nation is losing ground on access to healthcare, with more barriers now than 20 years ago. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.

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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. To support these efforts, we expect healthcare IT leaders to adopt new approaches to network management, including AI-enhanced monitoring (AIOps) and observability.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. In what ways does your company put your patients, users, or consumers first? "We Read more here.

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