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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. Before the pandemic, Medicare's physician fee schedule covered a limited set of telehealth services in rural locations.

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

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Here’s a description of the position: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare (Remote) About Our Company Vytalize Health is a leading value-based care platform for seniors that has raised over $70 million in financing from top healthcare investors.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

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New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. Successful telehealth programs use adequate bandwidth, HIPAA-compliant software, appropriate hardware and delivery methods that meet patient needs.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. Successful telehealth programs use adequate bandwidth, HIPAA-compliant software, appropriate hardware and delivery methods that meet patient needs.

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6 Crucial Considerations for Integrating Telemedicine with your Healthcare Practice

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Today, the majority of primary care physicians fret that telemedicine is way too time-consuming and complicated for them to execute in their already busy practices. 2) HIPAA Privacy and Security. Consider how you’ll address disparate pay scales for providers participating in your telemedicine solution.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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Ellen DaSilva, Co-Founder and CEO at Summer Health 1) The portability of data to deeply understand patients has been severely restricted (mostly by HIPAA but I won’t go on the record against it), so there’s a lot of information we’ll never be able to meld. payers, health systems, etc.).

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Wright Center codevelops a telehealth-EHR combo to expand care options

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

So a patient will have to travel to a primary care or clinic setting and the on-site providers will set up a telemedicine cart within their room. " Staff had to figure out, fast, how to integrate this new model of care in a HIPAA-compliant model. In May, it was 50-50.

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