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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare It News

Virtual visits were selected five times more often for anxiety and depression complaints than in-person – and this was for pre-pandemic encounters between 2015 and 2017. Fortunately, government, investors and startups are working together to close some of these care gaps. billion that year to $5.1

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Centene Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Divest Apixio to New Mountain Capital

Healthcare IT Today

“Apixio has been a trusted business partner since our relationship began in 2015,” said Sarah M. Centene focuses on long-term growth and value creation as well as the development of its people, systems, and capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers, local communities, and government partners.

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Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Kids: Collaboration and Technology Are Key

Healthcare IT Today

Beyond the fact that DotCom Therapy has been successfully delivering services since 2015, a review of two dozen studies in 2019 found that phone and video therapies were equally effective at treating conditions like anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder as in-person therapy.

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Telehealth: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Kids

HIT Consultant

Beyond the fact that DotCom Therapy has been successfully delivering services since 2015, a review of two dozen studies in 2019 found that phone and video therapies were equally effective at treating conditions like anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder as in-person therapy.

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Safeguarding Against Medical Identity Theft Training

American Medical Compliance

When someone uses your personal information, such as your name, Social Security number, or Medicare number, to make false claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your consent, it is known as medical identity theft. trillion in 2015. This wastes taxpayer money and interferes with your medical care.

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Does Alzheimer’s Cure Matter if We Don’t Fix the Economic Infrastructure of the Disease?

HIT Consultant

With an anticipated dramatic rise of Americans diagnosed with AD approaching, broad changes to Medicare are needed. While Medicare and other sources of financial assistance may cover some of these costs, they won’t cover it all, leaving individuals with AD or other dementias and their families with high out-of-pocket costs.

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False Claims Lawsuit Filed Against Alabama Psychiatrist  for Improper Prescribing of Nuedexta to Nursing Home Resident

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The complaint alleges that an Alabama psychiatrist caused the submission to Medicare and Medicaid of false and fraudulent claims for the prescription drug Nuedexta. From 2015 through 2019, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Nuedexta paid the Alabama psychiatrist more than $400,000 to make speeches about Nuedexta.