Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For healthcare providers, telehealth presents an opportunity to address patient care needs, improve the customer experience and reduce costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began to allow for reimbursement for videoconferencing between healthcare provider and patient.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

UHC has followed suit with Cigna and Medicare and rolled out significant permanent telehealth changes. Clarified that non-HIPAA complaint technology can still be used during the PHE, such as FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, etc. Telehealth is now permanently allowable from the patient’s home with no telepresenter present.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. THE PROBLEM. But then his EHR vendor, athenahealth, recently launched athenaTelehealth.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JANUARY 12, 2021

Cigna and Medicare have both rolled out significant permanent telehealth changes, with Cigna implementing a new Virtual Care Policy and Medicare implementing several additional permanent flexibilities. HIPAA compliant platform is now required. Medicare: No Changes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

At present, though telehealth has been a lifeline for many, Smith said, "we have already seen that telehealth is not the great equalizer." Rheuban spoke to the potential barriers presented by uneven coverage from the private insurance sector. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Sanjeev Arora, founder and director of Project ECHO.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"However, building capacity to accommodate a substantial increase in telemedicine visits originating from non-clinical locations presented a significant challenge to Sun River's legacy operational model," Sinkoff explained. As a standalone, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform, Doxy.me

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

With 35 of the top 100 hospital delivery networks in the US, and 7 of the top 10 hospital networks/IDNs now using Avizia, the company is revolutionizing the telemedicine industry by providing the first fully integrated telehealth platform – combining video devices with clinical workflow management and HIPAA compliant communication software.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

According to the Medicare Telemedicine Snapshot , the process of managing telehealth emergencies is still a troubling area where problems can routinely occur. Get up to date on inter-jurisdictional practice, privacy, HIPAA, referrals, risk management, duty to warn, the duty to report, termination, and much more! Read More.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

For Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded access to telehealth beyond designated rural areas, loosened HIPAA requirements around telehealth platforms, and instituted parity in reimbursement with in-person visits. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

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HIStalk Weekender

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The impending arrival of Hurricane Florence in the Southeast motivates HIEs to connect their systems, hospitals to offer free virtual visits, and HHS to temporarily waive several HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements. KLAS is the example I use of the worst possible false “research” presentations. Best Reader Comments. MLtrainedMD ).

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Medicare/Medicaid Management One other play that is harder to decipher starts with Amazon’s announcement in March to cut its prime membership for Medicaid recipients by over 50% and CNBC’s announcement that it’s been talking potential collaborations with AARP since 2015. How does it make you feel? Source : [link]

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Disconnected, non-standardized structured data in the healthcare industry presents a multifaceted problem that significantly impacts consumers and providers. Compliance and Privacy Regulations : The healthcare industry is subject to strict regulations such as HIPAA in the US, and GDPR in Europe.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

“Among the many challenges presented by COVID-19, ensuring our residents had timely access to their healthcare providers was our main priority,” said Mark Plunkett, director of information technology at Maple Knoll Communities. First and foremost, it gives us a HIPAA-compliant, secure platform that we can use for virtual visits.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

trillion to broaden Medicare telehealth coverage. . At this point, many states have reduced requirements for remote prescriptions and increased coverage of Medicare or Medicaid for telehealth. EBG also encourages a continued focus on compliance, including prescribing, HIPAA compliance , and patient consent.

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Mend

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It’s important to remember that a telemedicine practice also has to comply with several regulatory barriers, such as those from regulatory bodies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), etc. 2) HIPAA Privacy and Security. 4) Technology Requirements and Integration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 4, 2021

"We presented them with a solution that was about 80% complete and did the primary functions they expected," he said. "As well, many vendors would not sign or even consider our boilerplate BAA, which is stronger and addresses California state HIPAA requirements," he noted.

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American Well

DECEMBER 6, 2015

A bipartisan group of senators are “very close” to finishing a bill aimed at increasing Medicare payment for telemedicine services. The bill would also mandate Medicare pay for remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions for up to 90 days, provided certain conditions are met. Senate Telemedicine Bill Getting ‘Close’.

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TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

CCHPCA State Laws and Reimbursement Policies and their State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies PDF (April 2017) – This resource also you to stay up to date on all Telehealth laws, policies, regulations, and Medicare/Medicaid programs state by state. Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer. Software Requirements.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

TOTO’s CES 2021 presentation talked about a “new normal way of life,” with the so-called “wellness toilet” able to scan the body and record various health metrics (mental and physical) about the user. During the pandemic, inpatient hospital beds have been in short supply in various communities across the U.S.,

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TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

CCHPCA State Laws and Reimbursement Policies and their State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies PDF (April 2017) – This resource also you to stay up to date on all Telehealth laws, policies, regulations, and Medicare/Medicaid programs state by state. Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer. Software Requirements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

"In the past, insurance companies would only reimburse for telemedicine services if the patient was physically present at a medical facility – also known as an "originating site" – and the physician was remote," he said. So why wasn't the healthcare organization doing this in the past? In May, it was 50-50.

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HIStalk Interviews

JUNE 12, 2019

I started my career in revenue cycle, moved on to analytics and population health, and now we’re in the throes of value-based care and providing an understanding around the risk-based models that payers and CMS are presenting. When the patient presents to the ED, they want to see those discharge notes. It was beautiful.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

To Fred, one key goal of his work, a goal his work enables, is the elimination of large healthcare costs in the future, and replacing them with smaller costs in the present. He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

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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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

Patients presenting with psychiatric or substance use disorders often needed to be transferred. As the virus began to spread across the United States, Verizon expanded the LiveHealth Online benefit to its associate (union) employees and pre-Medicare retirees. Indiana University Health. Children’s Health in Dallas.

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