FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2019

Though support or opposition for “Medicare for All” is dominating the 2020 primary headlines, a large group of Americans is more ambivalent about the proposal, a new survey shows.

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Medicare 94

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A majority of Medicare beneficiaries are worried about getting a surprise medical bill as Congress ponders how to handle the issue.

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Medical Billing Medicare 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2021

In January this year, it surveyed 1,122 Australian adults, categorising them by age brackets: 74% were aged 18-39, 20% were 40-64 years old, and 6% were aged 65 and above. The survey also found that across all ages, respondents prefer in-person visits to teleconsultations. THE LARGER TREND.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 9, 2023

Most Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are satisfied with their health plan, but many enrollees feel they are overbilled, have struggled navigating the prior authorization process or are confus | Despite nearly three-quarter of respondents in a new survey saying they are satisfied with their MA plan, more than half of people don't understand (..)

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Medicare 76

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2019

Better access to healthcare professionals and faster service are among the top reasons senior citizens are willing to embrace telehealth technologies, according to a survey sponsored by vendor American Well. The survey of 400 American seniors (aged 65 years or older) revealed more than half (52%) are willing to use telehealth.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Power survey on the subject attested]. As an aside, consumers really value pharmacies embedded in grocery stores, which the latest J.D.

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Medicare Digital Health Patient Experience Connected Health 156

Digital Health Global

MARCH 1, 2023

Survey Conducted by Becker’s Healthcare Underscores Benefits, Untapped Opportunities of CWA LEXINGTON, Ky.–(BUSINESS This is one of several key learnings from a recent Becker’s Healthcare benchmark survey of health systems, hospitals and transplant centers in partnership with OmniLife Health in late 2022.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved coverage for Dexcom G7, the most accurate, 1 easy-to-use CGM system that helps people with diabetes gain greater control of their health. 2-6 The approval of Medicare coverage for Dexcom G7 further solidifies Dexcom as the most covered and reimbursed CGM brand on the market.

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Medicare Digital Health 88

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

A recent survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which surveyed state Medicaid officials across 44 states in the US, including the District of Columbia, revealed an increased interest in permanently adopting pandemic-era telehealth policy expansions.

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Telehealth Mental health Medicare Health Policy 52

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The head of Medicare put accrediting organizations that inspect hospitals on notice they could expect more scrutiny over their surveys and consulting arms.

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Medicare 97

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Changes to the Medicare Part D program—including capping insulin copays and out-of-pocket spending and eliminating the 5% coinsurance requirement for the catastrophic phase—from the Inflation Reduc | A survey of health plans gave further insight into how Medicare Part D will change following the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Medicare 119

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2019

Cost is the major reason why Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries switch plans, but people who switch also tend to have lower satisfaction scores based on non-cost factors. Power’s 2019 Medicare Advantage Plan Study. Power surveyed 3,233 members of Medicare Advantage plans in January through March 2019.

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Medicare 140

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Small business owners are struggling to address rising healthcare costs and are open to a swath of ideas to mitigate these expenses—including “Medicare for All,” a new study shows.

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Medicare 102

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

The survey reports, about the 50+ gamers and 50+ tech trends , each identify an age band of the 70+, something AARP began a few years ago and kudos to them, that banding continues among some of their research reports. How many people are not reflected in today’s surveys? Questions to ponder for this future survey.

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EHR Medicare 109

Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

This week at the VIVE 2023 conference, the HLTH Foundation, collaborating with Ipsos, published a report on Techquity in 2023 , analyzing survey data collected from 212 respondents from 200 health care organizations. Once the term was explained in the survey interviews, the majority of people understood the concept.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 24, 2019

A new survey finds that 46% of adults have never heard of the varied "Medicare for All" plans, plus more health insurance news.

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Medicare 45

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). Between July 1, 2921, and January 2022, 50% of consumers in this survey had had a telehealth appointment, led by urban community dwellers and Millennials. JLL surveyed 4,060 U.S.

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Telehealth Medicare Life Science Mental health 227

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing new oversight of accrediting organizations performance and other changes in response to “several concerns” the agency said have cro | A new proposed rule released Thursday aims to address "inconsistent" survey results, conflicts of interest and other concerns around accrediting (..)

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Medicare 72

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

The Physicians Foundation surveyed 3,513 physicians in July 2020 on their perspectives on COVID-19 and how the pandemic has impacted practices and patients. 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.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Primary Care 385

FierceHealthIT

MAY 2, 2018

A substantial number of providers plan to leave their ACO program if the Medicare agency doesn't allow them to remain in non-risk-based tracks, according to a new survey. But the CMS has given confusing signs on whether it will act on the concerns.

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Medicare 84

FierceHealthIT

JULY 10, 2018

Most physicians treating Medicare patients don’t know how Medicare is evaluating and paying them, a new study concluded. The survey found that more than 60% of doctors reported little to no familiarity with MIPS.

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Medicare 66

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. The AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey, conducted from Dec.

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Medicare 40

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers will continue to spend their disposable incomes on connected consumer devices, but will be looking for more balance in their digital lives according to Deloitte’s fourth annual 2023 Connected Consumer Survey. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023. While 2 in 3 U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“Yes,” the company’s latest consumer survey found, details of which are discussed in a report published on their website. Unique to this study is the patient sample polled: Software Advice surveyed 876 patients in September 2023 to gauge their perspectives on wearable tech and health. ” Software Advice wondered.

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Health Data EHR Digital Health Health Technology 407

Mobi Health News

APRIL 17, 2019

The report, conducted by the venture capital firm Venrock, surveyed 250 industry players, including health IT startups, large employers, insurance companies, healthcare providers, academics, the government, investors and professional service providers.

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Medicare Health IT 160

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

You kn ow homeowners plan to ‘age in place’ – repeated across all surveys. Insurers offer discounts for smart home and some Medicare Advantage plans cover devices for safety and wellness. And despite smart home device adoption, consumers still struggle, those surveyed say that devices make tasks more complicated than they need to be.

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Medicare 139

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

consumers would be interested in using telehealth going forward, McKinsey’s consumer survey from May 20, 2020, found. On the provider side of the telehealth equation, telehealth visits fast-scaled between 50 to 175 times pre- and post-COVID’s emergence, McKinsey’s physician survey learned. Some 3 in 4 U.S.

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Telehealth Mental health Medicare Telemedicine 374

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

News and Surveys More than half (52%) of provider organizations use entirely manual workflows for credentialing and network management , according to a survey from Medallion. A survey from Hakkoda found 92% of healthcare organizations need to modernize their data infrastructure.

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Patient Experience RCM Healthcare IT Medicare 85

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

” The consumers surveyed in this research fall into three groups: future retirees who aren’t yet retired (and at least 50 years of age); recent retirees who retired less than ten years ago; and, folks who have been retired 10 or more years. For Medicare, two-thirds of future retirees wish they understood the health plan better.

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Medicare 291

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

KFF's survey of state Medicaid programs found them not only expanding telehealth benefits – for example, providing audio-only coverage of behavioral health services , group therapy and medication-assisted treatment – but also adding several provider types, researchers said in the issue brief. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Telehealth Medicare Healthcare IT Public Health 136

Clocktree

JANUARY 10, 2019

According to a recent survey by Reaction Data , 67% of healthcare providers surveyed weren’t aware of major changes to telehealth reimbursements laws in effect as of January 1. However, 53% of the survey participants aren’t yet using telehealth, even with the new guidelines in place.

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Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine 120

Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Some one in 4 survey respondents used telehealth in the past 3 months (about the first 90 days of the pandemic), with a vast majority of people satisfied with their virtual healthcare visit.

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Telehealth Medicare Patient Experience Mental health 398

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey. The company also released a customer survey indicating that 75% of providers believe AI will play a prevalent role in care delivery.

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RCM Medicare EHR FHIR 98

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

Gallup-West Health surveyed 3,870 U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S.

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Public Health Medicare 334

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 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. The CONNECT Act would aim to answer at least some of those questions, at least where Medicare is concerned. A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S.

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Telehealth Medicare Public Health Primary Care 214

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

physicians worked in a practice that used telehealth versus 25% who did so in 2018, based on a new survey from the AMA. Hy-Vee also introduced a Medicare Aisle into its grocery stores in August 2021. In 2020, 79% of U.S. And the grocer is expanding its pharmacy footprint , having piloted tele-pharmacy back in 2017.

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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. Medicare Advantage plans may offer additional telehealth benefits.

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Telehealth Medicare Remote care Public Health 119