care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule. per month reimbursement rate.

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Medicare Remote care Telemedicine Meaningful Use 40

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance."

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eCare Remote care HIPAA Medicare 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Remote care clinicians have also broadened the treatments they offer, to include COVID-19 and other acute and chronic conditions, according to officials at the Salt Lake City-based health system. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come. THE LARGER TREND.

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Nursing Remote care Medicare Healthcare IT 165

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

More than 60% of the 1,700 doctors, nurses, and therapists surveyed by telehealth infrastructure firm SteadyMD are interested in full-time telehealth work. Another 85% of clinicians said they were open to practicing on weekends using telehealth , especially therapists, and 64% were interested in working night shifts.

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HIE Nursing Healthcare IT Telehealth 98

GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Telehealth expands access to care. It’s practically a mantra at this point – the very real ability of remote communication technology to connect underserved populations to top-notch medical care. But what happens when certain populations can’t even get access to virtual care?

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Telemedicine Mental health Telehealth Digital Health 111

care innovations

APRIL 25, 2018

million in telehealth claims per year “did not meet Medicare requirements,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has thrust new light upon America’s byzantine telemedicine reimbursement policies and the limitations they place on the expansion of value-based care.

Telemedicine 49

Telemedicine Medicare Telehealth Health Policy 49

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000. CNA staffing is at the heart of care in senior living settings like AL and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF).

Nursing 75

Nursing Medicare Remote care Interoperability 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth is suddenly as critical as it always should have been. Smart home and ability to enable participation in remote interactions) matters more than it ever has. TElehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking. Remote care technologies – what have they been, what will they be?

Nursing 62

Nursing Telehealth mHealth Medicare 62

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Mercy Virtual is arguably the world’s most advanced example of something gaining momentum in the health care world: A virtual hospital, where specialists remotely care for patients at a distance. They have critical care-trained nurses and doctors looking at this stuff all the time. The patients are elsewhere.

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Nursing EHR Telemedicine Remote care 32

care innovations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the recent past, such initiatives have included: The expansion of reimbursement for remote care services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Proposals by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to boost funding for the expansion of telehealth into rural areas. New policies from the U.S.

Telehealth 40

Telehealth Telemedicine Remote care Connected Care 40

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Over the last almost two years, healthcare has seen organizations rely on technology and the cloud to get accurate, trusted information to patients and direct them to the appropriate resources and care at scale. But what does all of this mean for the future of patient care? Access to quality care in underserved communities.

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Telehealth FHIR Interoperability Telemedicine 213