Henry Kotula

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Shore Up Primary Care Compared to the United States, the world’s most-effective and highest-performing healthcare systems deliver better quality of care at significantly lower costs. One important difference between us and them: primary care. This will help attract the best medical students to the specialty.

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Primary Care Telemedicine Medicare Mental health 41

Iris Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Integrated mental health services acknowledge that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and make high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. Additionally, it can also increase patient satisfaction in various primary care settings, including rural and urban communities.

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Primary Care Mental health Psychiatry Telehealth 95

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. We must ensure we’re fully optimizing technology to guarantee the best outcomes, safest environments, and strong ROI. That’s a priority to me.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2023

Value-based care makes care more affordable for patients while rewarding clinicians for improved care, and the industry recognizes the value. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded Medicare Advantage through 2023 to make the shift, and digital health tools are crucial for support.

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Primary Care Medicare Digital Health Pharmaceuticals 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Employees using Galileo avoid more expensive visits to in-person specialty, urgent or ER care 80% of the time. More than 85% of patients report improved health after receiving care from Galileo. From there, we established partnerships with both regional and national health plans to offer virtual-first care to their members.

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Telemedicine Primary Care Medicare Telehealth 150

Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As detailed in earlier TBHI articles about future opportunities in telehealth, Medicare offers unparalleled practice development and specialization opportunities. For instance, in behavioral care, Medicare has approved telephone and video teletherapy reimbursement. Why Consider Medicare’s Telehealth Usage?

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Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine Primary Care 52

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. While telehealth doesn’t replace face-to-face visits, it can supplement care and help build doctor/patient relationships. Provides services through a trained health care team.

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Telehealth Medicare Primary Care Health Policy 115

Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Integrated care acknowledges that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and makes high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. The integrated care model also saves providers time and money. The integrated care model takes things a step further, circles back and asks, “How did that go?”

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Primary Care Mental health Psychiatry Telehealth 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We were forced to teach and train our partners from a distance. "Delivering the equipment often involved meeting in the facilities' parking lots, then waiting while the site contact brought the equipment inside so we could conduct the training," he recalled. Pre-COVID-19 programs focused on specialty care access.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On July 21, 2022, Amazon entered a merger agreement with One Medical, offering to buy a significant share in the primary care market. In addition, One Medical’s Iora Health expands the healthcare offering to include a growing market of Medicare patients 65 and over. Overview of Amazon Care. Amazon & One Medical.

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Telehealth Primary Care Nursing Medicare 98

BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

From partnering with primary care providers to innovative digital tools, leaders are stepping up with these effective and creative solutions. Psychiatrist shortage by the numbers: The current workforce of about 45,580 psychiatrists must increase by 2,800 to meet today’s demands for psychiatric care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare (Remote) About Our Company Vytalize Health is a leading value-based care platform for seniors that has raised over $70 million in financing from top healthcare investors.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The argument makes sense in the abstract or hypothetical use of large swaths of healthcare data for ML training and insight. telemedicine, primary care, diagnostics, etc.). Parting thoughts With 2024 well underway, the only surprise so far has been that no one has acquired a major Medicare Advantage payer.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

The aptly named Integration Framework covers how to integrate state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) with clinical systems such as EHRs, HIEs, and pharmacy systems in hospital, primary care, and outpatient settings. BronxCare Health System selected Force Therapeutics for digital care management for orthopedics patients.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

Of those using telehealth, the majority (68 percent) used it to provide mental health services; fewer used it for primary care (30 percent) or management of chronic conditions (21 percent), suggesting that most CHCs with telehealth capabilities prior to COVID-19 were not using it for the most frequent types of services provided at CHCs.

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Telehealth Primary Care Medicare HIPAA 41

GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like many patients in her situation, she is covered by Medicaid and Medicare. Amy receives care at a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), built to provide whole person care for patients like herself. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs. Related Topics.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 22, 2024

For Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) serving as the bedrock of primary care in underserved communities, HCPCS code G0511 is an essential tool for effective chronic disease management. But navigating the complexities of chronic care billing and maximizing its potential can be challenging.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the organization will also develop training courses for healthcare providers that help them identify and treat chronic diseases. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, as Medicare now covers a broad range of virtual care models,” Rehuban continued.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

New legislation at state and federal levels is making it possible for telehealth services to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance carriers. While telehealth doesn’t replace face-to-face visits, it can supplement care and help build doctor/patient relationships. Provides services through a trained health care team.

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Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine Primary Care 57

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Within that training, staff members found that they needed to give their patients peace of mind as well as comfort. "As for staff education, training the staff in multi-departmental transitions was necessary for our patient-centered medical home status," said Jared M. Williams, CFO and senior vice president at AccessHealth.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 3, 2022

Our training prepares us well to diagnose problems, respond to those in need, order testing and treatments, prescribe medications and other therapeutics. Oak Street Health launched in Chicago and focused on value-based person-centered primary care for Medicare Members. And this is a symptom of our problem.

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Primary Care Health Policy Medicare 52

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. The implications of these changes extend to reimbursement strategies, service delivery methods, and overall patient care quality.

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GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

In fact, 64 percent of primary care providers (PCPs) and 80 percent of specialists didn’t bother to ask the patient why they came in – and when they did, most of them interrupted the patient after a median of 11 seconds. Virtual health can also improve continuity of care. But how personal is the quality of a traditional visit?

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Telemedicine Primary Care Telehealth EHR 87

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

" The group plans to lobby policymakers to broaden coverage for care services in the home – including extension and expansion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Without Walls provisions – advocate for bundled-payment models, home-based care and more. " But it's not enough.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

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. On the provider side, we offer training and technical assistance to eliminate barriers at both ends of the virtual care interaction.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income. There is an increased reimbursement for remote care services offered by the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

It also provides training and support for providers, patients and caregivers." "AstuteDoc's complete care management solutions include chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, transition-to-care management, annual wellness, ACO quality metrics, incident-to-visit, and principal care management.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

The complex chronic disease service currently offers five virtual care programs: heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, lipid management and atrial fibrillation. At CareMore, Dr. Jain launched hospital-at-home and home-based primary care programs and implemented novel clinical interventions to address loneliness and social isolation.

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Digital Health Leadership Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2019

And then the third one is really interesting, which is that there is an opportunity here to take individuals who might have had their jobs affected in other economies in other parts of the economy, and with a little bit of training and a smart device convert them into a frontline healthcare worker.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

More importantly, at the ground level, where care actually happens, we saw physicians and patients use telehealth to care for pretty much everything — cancer, behavioral health, post-surgical recovery, substance abuse, at-home dialysis and more. The list goes on; the train has left the station.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The specialist may be the right person in the right role, but at a given time they may not be the ideal primary care provider. The reason for this lies in the current structure of care in the United States, a structure I see as the healthcare pyramid. The result: a fragmented healthcare experience for the patient.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Medicare 48

American Well

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The specialist may be the right person in the right role, but at a given time they may not be the ideal primary care provider. The reason for this lies in the current structure of care in the United States, a structure I see as the healthcare pyramid. The result: a fragmented healthcare experience for the patient.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing 48

Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Prolog from Dr. Sands: I trained in clinical informatics because of my belief that we needed to better empower healthcare professionals with information technology so they could take better care of patients, and spent many years creating and implementing these tools.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

More importantly, at the ground level, where care actually happens, we saw physicians and patients use telehealth to care for pretty much everything — cancer, behavioral health, post-surgical recovery, substance abuse, at-home dialysis and more. The list goes on; the train has left the station.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing 48

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2024

How can this technology and a hybrid care-at-home model help overcome social determinants of health barriers? Vivio's mobility and simplicity help overcome SDOH barriers to diagnosis, like transportation limitations by enabling trained clinicians to test for elevated LVEDP in the home or the clinic. healthcare expenditures by 2030.

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Medicare Primary Care Patient Experience Healthcare IT 142