Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Wautaga Medical Center in rural Boone, North Carolina, already was busy before COVID-19 hit, and leadership knew their current hospitalist staff could not handle the onslaught of patients coming through during the pandemic. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. " RESULTS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

"The placement of FCC equipment in medical clinics specializing in seniors and other Medicare recipients will allow that clinic to offer depression screening for Medicare patients to prevent suicide." MEETING THE CHALLENGE. FCC assets help Bridge provide depression screening for Medicare clients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

As for telehealth, AMA points physicians to the fact that the government has also waived many telehealth requirements for new patients during the emergency, and is allowing for enhanced use of telehealth under Medicare for federally qualified health centers. Harris in a statement. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Another source of fresh foods for low-income people is FarmboxRx , often available through Medicaid and Medicare Advantage programs as part of SNAP or Healthy Food Card benefits. The contents of FarmboxRx boxes can vary to meet the needs of different ethnic cuisines. They buy from local growers when possible.

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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many health systems and community hospitals are turning to telepsychiatry to help meet the enormous behavioral health needs of their backed-up clinics and swamped Emergency Departments (EDs). Other hospitals have dabbled in telemedicine by providing telestroke or teleradiology services.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Leadership. 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010 Significant progress in saving $4.59B in estimated improper payments for the Medicare Fee-For-Service program.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

healthcare system lacks products and resources to meet this population’s unique cultural needs. We are relentlessly committed to meeting the Latino community’s needs with urgency and care. Erik is a healthcare tech strategist with more than 20 years of leadership experience. million people. Despite this growth, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Personalized healthcare meets people where they are as an individual with unique behaviors, medical histories and life circumstances. When friends meet for dinner, there’s no confusion about which dining hall they’re going to; no fragmentation. This expectation is expanding into healthcare. million in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Contributors include overwhelming workload, administrative burdens, lack of leadership support, limited workplace flexibility and autonomy, and of course, lack of human-centered technology. Hospitalizations, for example, do not always require the patient to be within a medical facility.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. And while it’s not clear when the first QHINs will be fully certified, it’s not too soon for potential participants to consider their options. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

MEETING THE CHALLENGE As a health system, Geisinger is incentivized to provide the right care that will hopefully change its patients’ health trajectories, reduce resource utilization and decrease costly procedures for patients. Click here to read the special report. " The U.S. and cases are only rising.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Before joining Geisinger, she served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, where she developed an innovative payment and delivery model for rural hospitals. Isaiah Nathaniel. Philadelphia. Linda Reed.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The latest policy update from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adds key provisions to the December 2022 proposed rule requiring adoption of a new NCPDP SCRIPT standard version. Getting ready to meet compliance standards is a survival tactic; important for today, but not a strategy for success in the long run.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The key to meeting these challenges is to ground expectations in real-world problems – focusing, for example, on circumstances where providers could genuinely use added insight to inform decision-making around a particular course of treatment.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services`. Leadership. We’ve worked carefully to design important protections to ensure that participating states exempt individuals who may not be capable of meeting the requirements. CMS Approves Innovative Wisconsin Plan to Improve Health and Lift Individuals from Poverty.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

To meet the future, Scott Melville, CEO of CHPA, described the organization’s 2020 project which is determining the categories the Association should represent. Payors have begun to recognize the value of nudging consumers toward over-the-counter products under Medicare Advantage plans.

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care innovations

MAY 30, 2018

And when it comes to delivering truly value-based care, telehealth services have yielded real results, the mounting evidence of which is leading to greater reimbursement allowances by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). How Telehealth Helps Meets the Unique Challenges of Employee Health Coverage.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Justice should step up enforcement of the False Claims Act against medical providers who accept Medicare and Medicaid payments but fail to implement a reasonable level of cybersecurity. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Leadership. Medicare and other payers are rapidly moving toward a healthcare system that rewards high quality care while spending more wisely. Kate Goodrich, M.D., Director, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality and CMS Chief Medical Officer. Initiatives. End-Stage Renal Disease. Nursing facilities. Physicians.

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American Well

MAY 29, 2014

I expect many boards to tailor the guidelines to meet their own perspectives and cultures moving forward, but as a whole, healthcare will take these new rules as sign of the time and modernize to embrace telehealth. Reimbursement by Medicare and Medicaid is essentially nonexistent, mostly because of the unknown impact on future costs.

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American Well

MAY 29, 2014

I expect many boards to tailor the guidelines to meet their own perspectives and cultures moving forward, but as a whole, healthcare will take these new rules as sign of the time and modernize to embrace telehealth. Reimbursement by Medicare and Medicaid is essentially nonexistent, mostly because of the unknown impact on future costs.

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Digital Health Today

APRIL 17, 2019

I recently had the pleasure of attending two events in Washington, DC: West Health’s Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit and URAC’s Telemed Leadership Forum. This recognition was clearly shared by participants in the Telemed Leadership Forum days later. Meet our Premier Partners. ” ~ Carrie Nixon. healthcare system.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 14, 2019

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Leadership. It’s not surprising that many of these same people are now working double time to pull us into the big government abyss of Medicare for All. We support states having the ability to pursue different approaches to meet similar goals or administer common policies.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The CHIO role will enhance my leadership team, working across CMS, with federal partners including the U.S. CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Mohanraj.Balas…. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Seema Verma.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. I believe the common denominator in successful programs is courageous leadership,” he writes. “I

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Chronic care and preventive care are important work, and they are something that the senior leadership needs to identify as a priority. Fortunately, it has become easier in recent years, with Medicare now offering reimbursements for CCM services. We will talk about the CPT codes in the next sections. What is Chronic Care Management?

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 billion to treat patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Current staffing levels are barriers to accessing care at a time when the industry is focusing important thought leadership on health equity. The 2023 final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) eased supervisory requirements for care delivered by a licensed professional counselor or licensed marriage and family therapist.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3 billion to treat patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 2017, the health system – which has 100 continuing care locations, including home care, hospice, PACE programs and senior living facilities – was in a bind, facing double-digit hospital readmissions of 16% across its high-risk Medicare population. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM.

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CMS.gov

MAY 31, 2018

Leadership. Meeting the Challenges Ahead. percent of initial referrals for additional support from the Quality Payment Program Service Center and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Offices within 1-business day. Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal. keya.joy-bush@…. Seema Verma.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Without action from Congress, most of the telehealth flexibilities will cease, cutting off telehealth access to a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. They ushered in an unprecedented wave of connected health technologies, particularly for Medicare beneficiaries. Senate leadership urging them to take up the legislation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Without action from Congress, most of the telehealth flexibilities will cease, cutting off telehealth access to a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. They ushered in an unprecedented wave of connected health technologies, particularly for Medicare beneficiaries. Senate leadership urging them to take up the legislation.

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