Health Populi

JULY 10, 2023

“On-demand virtual care services, like 24/7 video chat and easy in-app messaging, are included in the membership at no extra cost. That offer covered access to the One Medical on-demand and asynchronous virtual care (telehealth) services via the One Medical app enabling 24/7/365 on-demand video chats with licensed clinicians.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This latest award is a $2 million grant that will allow our applied researchers to establish a patient safety learning laboratory over a four-year funding period, applying a cross-disciplinary, human factors and systems engineering approach to connected care enhancements. Since health systems across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid. They can receive care from their homes rather than traveling to a health care facility.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

One Medical has set the bar for what a quality, convenient, and affordable primary care experience should be like. If you fast forward 10 years from now, people are not going to believe how primary care was administered.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 1, 2020

The team noted that the asynchronous capability provided by the Zipnosis platform proved crucial "due to very high patient volumes during which it would have been impossible to accommodate through video or chat functions." Some departments such as psychiatry and primary care were exceeding their pre-pandemic clinical volumes."

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

One-half of doctors plan to increase their use of telemedicine in the next 12 months, the survey learned, across both primary care and specialty practices. They estimate that the number of physicians now seeing patients through telemedicine is 15 times greater than the number two years ago. consumers, conducted in August 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

Some, such as Stanford Health Care Chief of Staff Dr. Megan Mahoney, noted that the transition to telehealth amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic enabled more than 225,000 of the system's patients to complete their first video visit. In many ways, said Mahoney, telehealth has strengths of its own as a modality.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JULY 1, 2020

“In March, the mission-driven insurer began covering telephone and video visits with in-network providers. The change initially included primary care providers, specialists and behavioral health providers and was later expanded to include occupational, physical and speech therapy as well as ABA therapy services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Doximity’s second report on telemedicine explores both physicians’ and patients’ views on virtual care, finding most doctors and health consumers on the same page of virtual care adoption. For the physicians’ profile, Doximity examined 180,000 doctors’ who billed Medicare for telemedicine claims between January 2020 and June 2021.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

Athenahealth had created an integration between it and Apple’s Facetime, a video chat app for iOS devices many are familiar with, and this was a very timely solution to address the issues Riad’s practice was facing. ” For example, Riad connected with an acute care patient via FaceTime who was complaining of neck pain.

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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. Caravan Health is a privately held company formed to create sustainable methodologies for health systems to excel in value-based care. However, CMS can't do it alone.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

It scaled training through its CE-accredited portal Telehealth Village, though webinars with providers, tip sheets and training videos, and hosted Project ECHO programs across multiple disciplines with community partners. Pre-COVID-19 programs focused on specialty care access. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 18, 2020

See BCBS statement below: “In March, the mission-driven insurer began covering telephone and video visits with in-network providers. The Mississippi Hospital Association and Mississippi State Medical Association created Prepare to Care, a campaign to inform their residents about safe treatment options… including telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

According to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Informatics Association, virtual urgent care visits at NYU Langone Health grew by 683%, and non-urgent virtual-care visits grew by a staggering 4,345% percent between March 2 and April 14. " Testa also noted that telehealth goes beyond ambulatory care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In fact, in April, 43% of primary care visits for Medicare patients were through telehealth. Through July, CMS noted that 10 million Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth visits. The total of 34.5 million services including children represented a 2,632% increase over the prior period.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. Before the pandemic, Medicare's physician fee schedule covered a limited set of telehealth services in rural locations.

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Xealth

JULY 20, 2023

Engaging Patients with Depression Between Appointments Organization: Novant Health Business Goal: Help primary care providers (PCPs) remotely track patients’ mental health between appointments Project: Novant wanted to bring NeuroFlow into Xealth to help enroll patients who have been diagnosed with depression and have qualifying assessment scores.

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Mental health Medicare Primary Care EHR 40

GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Technical literacy, such as knowing how to use devices and interact with electronic health record (EHR) portals and video interfaces. Now studies show they also correlate to someone’s likelihood of being able to participate in video visits or electronically request appointments or prescription refills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Patients experienced a lack of resources in the areas of having data coverage for video transmission and living in rural areas where there was not a significant signal, which affected how e-consents would be signed. Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

As healthcare further shifts from a fee-for-service to a value-based care approach, care delivery is shifting from an in-clinic, episodic, reactive model of care to one that is continuous and proactive, and a blend of in-clinic and remote. A video session with a patient is an important option for healthcare providers.

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MeMD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Virtual Primary Care Can Combat Widespread Provider Shortages as Businesses Step up the Offering. Primary care is another area threatened by provider shortages. The shortage is highly problematic, as primary care is key to good health. Medicare, too, expanded telehealth benefits.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Nearly all (98%) patients with chronic digestive conditions reported improvements after receiving video or phone counseling from registered dieticians, according to a Vivante Health study. KeyCare is partnering with Remission Medical to provide virtual rheumatology care. Intermountain Health chose ClearSense for data archiving.

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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. We expect this number to grow as we continue to scale our virtual care program in the coming years.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Medicare 101

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

Results found that 79% of consumers are dialling in via phone call, while less than 20% used a medical video conference app or an app that was provided by their doctor or insurance provider. How are consumers engaging with telemedicine currently?

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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. Targets quality of care and quality of life. In addition to self-pay patients, reimbursement can be sought through Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/private payers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"The health center predominantly used video-based telemedicine technology to support site-to-site visits within the Sun River network, or to provide access to contracted specialty services such as dermatology." allowed two-way video visits to be scheduled quickly and without undue demands on patients." "Doxy.me

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Telemedicine Telehealth EHR Primary Care 172

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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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 News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. A patient with COPD would receive a video explaining lung functioning.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Like other health systems around the country, CMH turned to telehealth in order to care for patients remotely. "We very quickly stood up the ability to do phone visits, and then partnered with Innovaccer to do our video platform, so we could transfer to audio-visual and provide that more intimate connection," said Martel.

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Mend

JANUARY 4, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides clarity on changes to Medicare reimbursement that were included in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The claims will be processed in July when the Medicare claims processing system is updated with the new payment rate.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Notably, 32% of families or people with complex chronic conditions, and 37% of those with one chronic condition, received health care treatment for the first time through a video telehealth visit.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 182

Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

billion telemedicine Medicare fraud scheme between a handful of US telemedicine companies, dozens of durable medical equipment companies, and a few licensed medical professionals could limit patient’s trust in telemedicine and increase insurance concerns over malpractice. Learn more about the program on Best Buy >

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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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