Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services Premier made the case that some two-dozen federal regulatory waivers – enacted early in the coronavirus pandemic to enable rapid response to COVID-19 – should be made permanent once the public health emergency has ended. WHY IT MATTERS. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Read more… Public Health Transparency Improves Outcomes in San Bernardino County. Earlier this month, we highlighted Colin Hung’s conversation with San Bernardino County Department of Public Health about embracing GIS technology. Read more… Healthcare Needs More Gender Diversity in Leadership.

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MAY 20, 2021

health citizens’ memories will last into 2022 with respect to cross-party desire for the U.S. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies]. Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020. Hospitals’ fall from 70% to 63% between 2018 and 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery. Overall, it's a great fit – and one that soared during the pandemic and beyond.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to February 1, 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications. According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Loneliness is increasingly recognized as an impactful influence on positive health outcomes, having found that social isolation can increase the risk of premature death by 50%. It will take the village, across industry silo in our local communities and in State leadership — along with a national/Federal commitment to each other.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. Among the resources, AMA has published a guide designed to help keep practices solvent.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

"It was critical to bring along our regulatory, legal, contracting, revenue, IT and clinical leadership to take this initiative forward. "But the reimbursement for virtual cardiac rehab is uncertain, as these programs largely gained traction with waivers allowed during the public health emergency," he continued.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 9, 2020

Chan School of Public Health noted that the pandemic highlighted longstanding health inequities in the United States. In Europe, the coronavirus caught an inefficient public health system off guard and countries worldwide are worried about their systems collapsing. The Harvard T.H.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Before joining Geisinger, she served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, where she developed an innovative payment and delivery model for rural hospitals. Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It also examines the lack of digital readiness in hospitals, research facilities, public health agencies and payers. Senior leadership at a research think tank or a chain of skilled nursing facilities may not understand virtual care’s value. Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers can pay the same service differently.

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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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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

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

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra this week urging the agency to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency through at least the end of 2022. The American Telemedicine Association issued a letter to U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, the Chronic Care Model offers approaches that could help us address this critical public health crisis. The Chronic Care Model is a framework that identifies the essential elements of a health system that promotes high-quality chronic illness care. What Are the 6 Key Elements of the Chronic Care Model?

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here!

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

Arguably, the nation’s public health defenses should anticipate global pandemics and apply resources. Instead, COVID-19 hit the public healthcare infrastructure suddenly and hard. Accountable Care Organizations have only managed at best to save a “few percent of Medicare spending , [but] the. It has excess.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

At a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty for our healthcare system and our nation as a whole, the health plans and health systems recognized in the four categories below have shown exceptional vision and leadership in scaling virtual care and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

Solutions directed at teens are likely to be more tech-enabled, and I hope with this will come some examination of the role that technology and social media may be playing in mental health and illness, and a shift from reactive care to preventative care. Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

IEHP is a health plan that covers two counties in Southern California – Riverside and San Bernardino County. They are a Medicare and Medicaid health plan insuring over 1.5 That is what is happening with GIS technology at IEHP. GIS at IEHP. million members. IEHP uses GIS technology from Esri for: Network adequacy.

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Connected Health Initiative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Arlington, VA, September 30, 2020 – Today, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® and the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) are launching a new effort to address longstanding health disparities in the U.S., Recent Medicare data shows Blacks were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a rate nearly four times higher than Whites.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. Large organizations, including non-profit health systems, may strategically divest unprofitable assets to bolster margins. payers, health systems, etc.).

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

The organizations featured on this list offer benefits and opportunities for employees to build successful careers above and beyond the average healthcare provider or company; they encourage professional development and promote leadership from within. Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati). Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

More than 330 healthcare and industry organizations asked Congress this week to facilitate a pathway to comprehensive, permanent telehealth reform after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. healthcare system. THE LARGER TREND. This past week, dozens of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On the federal level Medicare policy broadened the acceptance of virtual care. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a resolution formally ending the coronavirus national emergency that began in March 2020, with the COVID Public Health Emergency formally ending on May 11, 2023.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Harris spoke with Healthcare IT News about how the federal government and other stakeholders can support innovation, the best ways to ensure digital health tools don't exacerbate disparities, and how eMed hopes to play a role in filling the COVID-19 at-home testing gap. HHS and CMS have the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Meghan Schaeffer, National Public Health Advisor & Epidemiologist at SAS Forecasting and modeling are rapidly becoming the cornerstone of public health work, but government needs help. With Medicare Advantage set to exceed a 50% share of Medicare coverage markets, generative AI will play a crucial role for payers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association on Wednesday issued a response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule regarding a permanent expansion to some Medicare telehealth services. Nearly 60 other services will be temporarily extended until the end of the calendar year in which the public health emergency expires.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2018

A new poll jointly conducted by Politico and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health bolsters my read on the latter issue – prescription drug pricing, which has become a mass popular culture union. There’s growing evidence that a majority of U.S. This is how it’s done in other nations. But this is simply sanctioning U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to health politics in America as of March 2019, according to The Public and High U.S. Health Care Costs , a poll conducted by POLITICO and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As for leveraging Medicare to cover more Americans as a cost-lowering strategy, health citizens are at-odds.

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