Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The past year has been an eventful one for payers, from the tumultuous Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange markets to potential mega-mergers. Those payer efforts are working. Providers have also teamed up with insurers in partnerships that look to offer better outcomes. Payers will continue to ramp up ways to cut costs.

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American Well

JUNE 8, 2015

Legitimate questions about technology, security and usability largely drove these concerns. Coupled with payment reform and the evolution of next-generation telehealth technologies, these top-level concerns and barriers have largely been erased. However, we’re not naïve enough to think there are no more hesitations.

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American Well

JUNE 8, 2015

Legitimate questions about technology, security and usability largely drove these concerns. Coupled with payment reform and the evolution of next-generation telehealth technologies, these top-level concerns and barriers have largely been erased. However, we’re not naïve enough to think there are no more hesitations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

And for all the chatter about meeting CMS’ 2030 VBC deadline, real progress toward meaningfully shifting care models has been difficult to find. And for all the chatter about meeting CMS’ 2030 VBC deadline, real progress toward meaningfully shifting care models has been difficult to find.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Hearing about these pain points from stakeholders is why I’d “repackage HIPAA” if I were a regulator for a day. It would include overall transparency and robust patient/individual rights to opt in or out, to understand how data is handled, and to have the ability to provide consent for any marketing/sales to take place.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now more than ever before, patients are interested in being active participants in their care, selecting the right health partner, and connecting with their providers. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Dan Brillman, CEO of Unite Us, and Melissa Sherry, vice president of social care integration at Unite Us, offer Healthcare IT News readers insights into how these and other challenges are likely to be handled in 2023. Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

Revenue provides stability and flexibility to healthcare organizations. Derek Shaw, President at Invicta Health Solutions , a company that combines technology and people power to help healthcare providers improve operational and financial performance. It’s always about cash,” stated Stover. Cash is Queen. “It’s

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TheraNest

MARCH 26, 2021

For providers that accept insurance, understanding how to use and apply insurance codes is the fastest way to full and timely reimbursements. Each set of codes is meant to create a common language for mental and healthcare providers when communicating treatments, diseases, procedures, evaluations, and more. Coding Correctly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

They provide health measures of patients and transmit them back to providers – or in some cases are reported back to providers – to facilitate healthcare decisions from afar. Connected health devices run the gamut from wearable heart monitors, to Bluetooth-enabled scales, to Fitbits. Bardy Diagnostics.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Price Transparency: In 2022, we saw CMS’s Transparency in Coverage rule go into effect, requiring health plans and providers to publish their rates for care to the public. 4) Data Personalization: In 2023, we’ll see a greater shift toward prioritizing consumer needs and preferences when providing care options and provider information.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

An obvious example of how such limited thinking comprises your ability to see the opportunity is demonstrated by how Dr Sim has presented the concept that mHealth is somehow limited by adoption of smartphones. Mobile Devices and Health was published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Authored by Ida Sim, M.D.,

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

appear to have a “YOLO” attitude about spending – that is, in the profligate spending style of “You Only Live Once.” This attribute covers about 1 in 4 U.S. At the end of each year since I launched the Health Populi blog, I have put my best forecasting hat on to focus on the next year in health and health care.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

that is hitting both Main Street and Wall Street during our pandemic era: this is modeled and analyzed in Quantifying the Economic Burden of Drug Utilization Management On Payers, Manufacturers, Physicians, And Patients. adults favor increased government funding allocated to lowering the out-of-pocket costs for patients.

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