Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients. To make further strides though, we have to understand where we’ve come from, where we are now, and how it is making an impact.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Medicare program, the federally administered health insurance program catering to individuals 65 and above, not only recognizes this holistic approach but extends its coverage to encompass mental health services alongside the modern innovation of remote patient monitoring (RPM).

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A surprise to many stakeholders, Amazon Health announced its plan to close Amazon Care at year’s end. In addition, One Medical’s Iora Health expands the healthcare offering to include a growing market of Medicare patients 65 and over. According to a statement made on August 25, 2022, the Amazon telehealth service.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When Congress enacted the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015, it sought to transition traditional Medicare’s fee-for-service payment system to one that facilitates innovation and care coordination while also improving patients’ health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid.

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ACA Times

MAY 6, 2021

4 minute read: How exactly do employers prove to the IRS that the healthcare plans they are offering to their workforce are affordable under the Affordable Care Act ? Best practices suggest performing this safe harbor test for each full-time employee, every month. Rate of Pay Safe Harbor.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today. US hospitals regularly lose $100B annually on Medicaid and Medicare patients but continue to chase higher-margin commercial patients to drive toward profitability.

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TheraNest

MARCH 3, 2020

At the start of the insurance plan year, deductibles reset so many people are responsible for out-of-pocket payments to healthcare providers. Most plans operate on a calendar year, so the “deductible season” generally starts on January 1st. For example, an insurance plan may have a $15 mental health visit copay.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, as outpatient services such as infusions outpace projections , and as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services open the door to more outpatient procedures by moving 11 procedures off its “inpatient only” list, ambulatory providers must have the financial strength to make the investments needed to support growth.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Together, Amazon and One Medical will help more people get better care, when and how they need it. If you fast forward 10 years from now, people are not going to believe how primary care was administered. For a limited time, One Medical membership is available to new U.S.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Editor’s Note: Health Insurance Plan Ratings compare the quality and services. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps payers succeed. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is releasing its 2018 Health Insurance Plan Ratings. Top Ten States with the Highest-Rated Health Plans (receiving a 4.5 Rhode Island.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Why don’t we do what we’re “supposed to do” when it comes to our health? Written by Matt Loper, Co-Founder and CEO at Wellth and originally posted on Wellth’s website. I’ve seen so much unnecessary pain caused simply because we often don’t do the things we know we “should”.

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TheraNest

APRIL 15, 2020

But many are unsure how to set up their home offices in a way that’s compliant and conducive to work. Let’s explore best practices for working remotely as a therapist. Modern telehealth options have made it easy for therapists to offer services on a remote basis. Having therapists working remotely now is a necessity. Reduces Expenses.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Telemedicine enables health plans to deliver convenient, affordable, high-quality care to members. But to maximize its impact, health plans need to take full advantage of telehealth’s capabilities. Many members may not know what telehealth is, which means the first thing health plans should do is build awareness.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Telemedicine enables health plans to deliver convenient, affordable, high-quality care to members. But to maximize its impact, health plans need to take full advantage of telehealth’s capabilities. Many members may not know what telehealth is, which means the first thing health plans should do is build awareness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made significant changes to its CPT codes to incentivize more providers and clinics to deploy remote patient monitoring (RPM). The primary Medicare CPT codes for RPM are: 99091, 99453, 99454, 99457, and 99458. We’ll explain what each of these are below. CPT Code 99453.

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In Hand Health

APRIL 11, 2019

We expect this number to continue climbing, and clinics that choose to not adopt a more modern way to communicate with their patients will almost certainly fall behind, especially as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes its policy allowing Medicaid Advantage plans to include telehealth benefits.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

If a grocery store, car dealer, hardware store, eBay, Amazon charges $100 for something, how much does it get paid? If a healthcare provider (doctor, physical therapist, clinic, hospital) charges $100, how much does it get paid? Type of insurance might be Medicare, Medicaid, private, none. What does healthcare cost mean?

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 22, 2020

Specific statutes can shape telemedicine growth as well, such as encouraging specialty consults but not remote patient monitoring – depending on which service is best compensated. Two months ago, The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final CY 2020 Physicians Fee Schedule. So what can we expect for 2020 ?

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 6, 2023

In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide to home wound management, including tips on how to care for an open wound, and the benefits of using remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology. Choose a dressing that will fit comfortably around the wound and avoid activities that could cause harm to the area.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We’ll also cover some best practice suggestions and expected return on investment (ROI) on your RPM technology solution. In regards to your patients, the following questions should be addressed in your planning: . How Remote Patient Monitoring Improves Patient Outcomes. Will the program support a healthier patient population?

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

million employees, industry watchers have waited patiently for more details about what the healthcare hydra has planned. million employees, industry watchers have waited patiently for more details about what the healthcare hydra has planned. For the most part, we’re still waiting. The health care problem is the No.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 7, 2019

CVS announces plans to reconfigure 20% of each drugstore’s space into HealthHubs that will offer health and wellness services as well as kiosks and digital health tools. Best Reader Comments. I’d be interested to see how many places are using Home Health from Epic. Weekly News Recap. Poor Judy got cheated. billion X 0.8 = $11.6

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Payers have ratcheted down hospital payments by creating policies with an eye toward providing care at less-costly locations, designing health plans that put more healthcare utilization costs on members and by replacing fee-for-service payments with value-based contracts. Those payer efforts are working. Hospital spending increased by only 0.8%

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

It made DSRIP look and feel like a competition where PPS overlapped, and diminished the opportunities for whole communities to come together and solve fundamental challenges in how the needs of Medicaid members and the uninsured could be met. I’ll likely author formal comments and will submit them to NY and/or CMS. What did DSRIP 1.0

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 4, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. early last year, life slowed down, even ground to a halt in many circumstances. But for health IT, things sped up. When new technologies were needed to solve fast-moving healthcare challenges, hospitals and health systems could not afford to wait the time it normally took to stand up IT.

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care innovations

JANUARY 23, 2019

There are a number of good reasons why experts are predicting that 2019 will be a “tipping point” for telehealth — in other words, the year to see virtual and remote care services gain even more widespread acceptance in health plan networks, practices and facilities throughout the United States.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Telehealth is being adopted by major health systems, health plans and employers in order to deliver more immediate access to care that can also reduce overall costs to the organization and the people or patients they serve. 1: How does it work? 1: How does it work? 2: Is it legal? .

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Those challenges can be broken down into two general categories: How do we get it to everyone? – Production and distribution of the vaccine at a massive, international scale How do we ensure everyone has it? The vaccine is coming. I don’t think we need to spill any more ink on that topic, but I, for one, am pumped.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Telehealth is being adopted by major health systems, health plans and employers in order to deliver more immediate access to care that can also reduce overall costs to the organization and the people or patients they serve. 1: How does it work? 1: How does it work? 2: Is it legal? .

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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

How is it going to improve the bottom line, top line, patient care, whatever it is? We wanted to keep it open ended, asking the C-suite where they saw it being used without giving them a list to choose from. We wanted to keep it open ended, asking the C-suite where they saw it being used without giving them a list to choose from.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

For two consecutive years, the health system was named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois. The health system offers free financial planning services and a free wellness initiative that includes online health assessments, screenings, meal discounts and incentives up to $600 as well as cash raffles up to $5,000.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 24, 2018

Best Reader Comments. Payments models are complex and in flux; Medicare and Medicaid future uncertain, human factors play a huge role in these processes. I wonder if all this has contained the rate of Medicare spending? With this I have started to teach them how to upload their pictures, edit them and publish them.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

CMS releases a draft rule that would overhaul the Medicare Share Savings Program. Best Reader Comments. I worked in an organization that had policy of renaming all vendor systems to a name of the organization’s choosing. Northwestern Medicine (IL) lays off 60 IT employees after completing its Epic go-live. Vaporware? ).

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

Outside consultants, no matter how competent, have vicarious experience that creates a different perspective. At this point in my career, I have the luxury of promoting what I believe is in the best interests of patients — prevention and quality outcomes. From 2015 to 2020, our health system team added 0.6

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Sadly, that’s how health care works every day. Just yesterday, we proposed requiring each Part D plan to adopt a real-time prescription benefit tool of its choosing by January 1, 2020. You Have the Right to Know the Price. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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