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Massachusetts governor signs law safeguarding telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Charlie Baker signed into law a wide-ranging bill that includes expanding access to telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency abates. At the beginning of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Baker enacted an emergency order requiring insurers to cover telehealth in order to help ensure provider and patient safety.

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DrChrono acquired by software-as-a-service platform EverCommerce

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DrChrono says its integrated EHR, practice management, revenue cycle management, payment acceptance, telehealth and medical billing services are currently in use at 4,600 independent practices and 13,000 providers across medical specialties. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Practices Switch to Telehealth In Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare IT Today

A new survey of independent medical practices and billing companies has found that they are leaning heavily on telehealth to keep generating income. The survey, which was conducted by Kareo, connected with more than 600 medical practices and 140 medical billing companies. It found that one of […].

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Weekly Roundup – April 27, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. They also touch on the role of AI and telehealth in the organization. NextGen’s Investments in Mobile, Cybersecurity, and Interoperability.

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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

After the pandemic quickly mainstreamed telehealth and prescheduling technologies, patient wait times were significantly reduced. Healthcare IT News interviewed Berg to gain some of his telehealth and mobile health expertise. These people are afraid that without ongoing care they will get really sick or have huge medical bills.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

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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Weekly Roundup – November 19, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. eClinicalWorks, the Cloud, and Medical Practice Expansion. Read more… Talking Trends on the Healthcare IT Today Podcast.

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