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Ardent Health Services implements RPM to cut across all touchpoints

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nashville-based Ardent Health Services says it will roll out a new remote care platform from Cadence to help its providers better manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

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Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. That’s down from 34% last year. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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New codes from the AMA could mean more RPM reimbursement by 2025

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Medicare was the first to cover RPM. When developing the general remote patient monitoring codes, the AMA had to strike a balance between restricting the billing for de minimis or unreasonable monitoring programs while still allowing for innovation as new monitoring programs were created and studied.

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Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Informatics Association, virtual urgent care visits at NYU Langone Health grew by 683%, and non-urgent virtual-care visits grew by a staggering 4,345% percent between March 2 and April 14. "Over the space of four days, the world changed.

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Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Healthcare IT Today

DecisionRx Runs a Study With Specific Measures The importance of carefully choosing what you measure can be illustrated by DecisionRx. The company cites studies such as this one that followed patients over several years to assess the benefits of pharmacogenomics programs. offering in-home treatment.

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Remote therapeutic monitoring is reimbursable – here's what you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

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Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies . Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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