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Australia to restore video telehealth subsidy for rural mental health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Australian government is restoring its subsidy for bulk-billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations through a A$47.7 Starting this November, people living in rural and regional areas and other eligible patients can once again access free video consultations for mental health. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Twitter: @kjercich.

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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.

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HHS study shows fewer video visits for older patients, people of color

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But video visits were a different story. Rates of video-enabled telehealth services were lower among historically underserved populations, including those with lower incomes; adults without a high school degree; Black, Latinx and Asian respondents; and those without health insurance, the report found. ON THE RECORD.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. It’s not just web analytics and ads that are an issue but even things like maps and videos hosted on a website. The following is what they had to say.

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Healthcare IT Today

Don Rucker, MD, chief strategy officer at 1upHealth , shows us in this video how current regulations and FHIR standards will actually make that happen. In a fast-paced exchanged with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, Rucker covers regulations and evolving data exchange standards that foster interoperability and data analytics.

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When Patients Know Things the Doctor Does Not

Healthcare IT Today

These problems, along with suggestions for positive uses of data, are described in this video with Christine Von Raesfeld, founder of People with Empathy. Learn more about People with Empathy: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.