Clocktree

MAY 28, 2020

A bi-partisan coalition of 32 US House members are asking in a May 21 letter to Congressional leadership that ongoing emergency efforts to relax telehealth regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic be continued for an additional period of time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2019 and 2020, its partners earned $300 million in Medicare savings, more than $120 million in shared savings, and quality scores exceeding 97%, the company reported.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

“At the time we began telehealth services, our principal concern was assuring that the telemedicine technology solution would be simple to use, but equally important was HIPAA compliance,” said David Robeck, president and CEO of Bridge Counseling Associates. FCC assets help Bridge provide depression screening for Medicare clients.

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Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Despite the best efforts of industry leadership and management, the gap between the numbers of patients and families seeking assistance and the availability of workers to provide that care is accelerating at an unsustainable pace. Even hospital systems see the importance of moving treatments into the home.

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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. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Meanwhile, AMA has also updated its Quick Guide to Telemedicine in Practice in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. It offers technology implementation tips, as well as a reference to CPT codes for reporting telemedicine and remote care services. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2020

Even as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moved to make telehealth more accessible – such as by reimbursing providers for services and allowing care between states – Smith said virtual care is still not available to everyone who needs it.

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LinkousThink

MAY 23, 2012

Telemedicine initiatives were a significant feature of the first round of projects announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The leadership of the Center has been eager to include telemedicine as a priority since its inception.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Increased utilization of physical therapy for Medicare patients with knee and hip pain reduces healthcare costs by up to $4,000 annually , according to the latest research from Luna. Imaging software maker Intelerad made three executive leadership appointments. Clinical trial accelerator Lindus Health named Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2020

We’ve all been watching the explosion of telehealth thanks to COVID-19 and a number of the reimbursement changes that have come as part of the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2020

One of the biggest health IT related news items to come out was the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence that HHS was issuing a regulation to permit doctors to practice across state lines. State Medical Licensure is something that has baffled many of us that have worked in healthcare. I’m sure there’s some historical […].

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GlobalMed

JUNE 9, 2020

Organizations like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Department modified their policies to increase access and reimbursement. We need positive change, and part of that change is the technology that is telemedicine. WHY DID IT TAKE A PANDEMIC TO TELL PATIENTS ABOUT TELEMEDICINE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

With its new strategic syndicate, Monogram’s investor base now serves over 30% of Medicare Advantage members nationwide and supports upwards of 40% of the U.S. I’m proud to work alongside Monogram’s focused leadership team to continue to propel the company as the sustainable clinical leader for patients across the United States.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example telehealth utilization increased 63x (in Medicare alone!) Additionally, an Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation report found that Medicare visits conducted through telehealth skyrocketed from approximately 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

A study of Medicare beneficiaries published in JAMA Psychiatry and co-authored by CDC, CMS, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that emergency-authorized telehealth services for treating opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with improved medication retention and lower odds of medically treated overdose.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "It was critical to bring along our regulatory, legal, contracting, revenue, IT and clinical leadership to take this initiative forward. " The U.S. "Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.,

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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Other hospitals have dabbled in telemedicine by providing telestroke or teleradiology services. Research the leadership structure of potential vendors and the company’s ownership (companies run by physicians will likely have more experience providing quality care). Ask for quotes from potential telepsychiatry vendors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2020

Plus, we shared the expansion of Medicare coverage and payment for telehealth. We wrote previously about HIPAA enforcement being suspended for telehealth during COVID-19 and more details on how to implement it. However, there were still many questions.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Although many, including the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, define telehealth simply to encompass virtual visits, we now have a mandate to explore numerous uses for networking and remote monitoring that can improve health, creating what some observers have called a “hospital without walls” or “virtual […].

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Leadership. Approximately 60 million people live in rural areas – including millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Advance telehealth and telemedicine. On National Rural Health Day, We Recommit to Improving Rural Health. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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American Well

MAY 29, 2014

The Federation of State medical Boards (FSMB) adopted new policy guidelines for the safe practice of telemedicine. The unanimous ratification is probably the strongest message the house of delegates (of the FSMB) could have sent; decisive leadership such as this is very impressive and very rare these days.

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American Well

MAY 29, 2014

The Federation of State medical Boards (FSMB) adopted new policy guidelines for the safe practice of telemedicine. The unanimous ratification is probably the strongest message the house of delegates (of the FSMB) could have sent; decisive leadership such as this is very impressive and very rare these days.

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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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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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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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LinkousThink

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Once we have recovered from the year-end legislative blitz, and sampling too many holiday cookies, ATA will be developing a detailed analysis of the provisions in the House and Senate versions of the legislation (a combined total of over 3,000 pages) for how they affect the use of telemedicine. But the real work is just starting.

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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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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. Leadership Alignment.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

This forced hospitals and health systems to dramatically reduce elective surgeries, lay off thousands and significantly change care delivery with the adoption of new practices and services like telemedicine. Telemedicine typifies this phenomenon. unsustainability for years with ever-building momentum. amount varies by program design.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2020

New research appearing in a high-profile medical journal suggests that millions of U.S. seniors aren’t ready to participate fully – or in some cases, at all – in telehealth visits due to a lack of technical knowledge or health-related issues. The study, which was published in JAMA Internal Medicine, looked the degree to which U.S. […].

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

If you consider its leadership team (led by surgeon and best-selling writer Atul Gawande) and Amazon’s yearslong gesturing toward healthcare and previous comments by Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett, some clues come into focus. KPMG’s Shehata views Haven’s leadership hirings as proof that it’s taking data concerns seriously.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brad Kittredge, Co-Founder and CEO at Brightside Health Digital mental health will be ingrained in Medicaid and Medicare. and one in four Medicare beneficiaries are living with mental illness, yet only 40-50% receive treatment. Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association issued a letter to U.S. "Without action from Congress, Medicare beneficiaries will abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth when the COVID-19 PHE ends," wrote Mond Johnson in her letter to Becerra. ON THE RECORD.

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