Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” ” Sixty-eight percent of provider executives surveyed by HRI said they plan to use more care navigators and coordinators in 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, healthcare industry leaders are looking ahead to 2021 with excitement and anticipation. The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

CMS official says Medicaid must cover Aduhelm as industry awaits national coverage decision. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 10:54.

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Medicaid Medicaid 145

Bill of Health

APRIL 13, 2022

When the PHE ultimately expires, this will also trigger the end of the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement, under which states must provide continuous Medicaid coverage for enrollees through the end of the last month of the PHE in order to receive enhanced federal funding. Continuity of Coverage.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Aetna misrepresented network to secure Pennsylvania Medicaid contract, lawsuit claims. Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:33.

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Medicaid Medicaid 126

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Brooks-LaSure: ACA marketplace key to Medicaid redeterminations after COVID-19 PHE ends. Fri, 09/24/2021 - 09:57.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission and The CARIN Alliance have partnered to bring both the CARIN Code of Conduct and EHNAC’s criteria review process to health plans, health systems, EHR vendors and others for reporting to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on their data practices and privacy protections.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 21, 2021

CMS: Medicaid, CHIP enrollment increases by 433K in June and 17% since start of pandemic. Tue, 12/21/2021 - 12:36.

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Medicaid Medicaid 131

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Survey: Majority of Medicaid managed care plans offered health equity benefits in 2020. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 14:40.

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Medicaid Medicaid 122

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

OIG: Most states not doing enough to monitor Medicaid telehealth fraud for behavioral health services. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 16:26.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2024

Ophelia has been part of Highmark Health’s network in Pennsylvania since 2021, serving 2.9 It is now in-network for Wholecare Medicaid and dual-eligible members. Ophelia works with 13 Medicaid plans overall. Ophelia, a virtual provider of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, is now in-network for Highmark Wholecare members.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Study: Medicaid expansion not a 'panacea' for solving critical access hospitals' financial woes. Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:11.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Study: 15M people could lose Medicaid coverage after COVID-19 emergency ends. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:06.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 4, 2023

On November 5, 2021, AHCV determined that the email accounts of two of its employees had been accessed by unauthorized individuals after the employees responded to phishing emails. On December 21, 2021, AHCV determined that one of the email accounts did contain patient information, which may have been accessed in the attack.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

5 to continue Medicare, Medicaid participation. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:51. CMS: Healthcare workers must receive their first COVID vaccine by Dec.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Startup Brave Health picks up $10M to expand access to behavioral health care for Medicaid patients. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 07:03.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 16, 2022

According to the April 29, 2022, notification on the healthcare provider’s website, “We recently discovered unauthorized access to our network occurred between May 31, 2021, and June 1, 2021.” The post Refuah Health Center Alerts 260K Patients About May 2021 Cyberattack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Health Insurance Ransomware HIPAA Licensing 117

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Urban Institute: Benefits of closing Medicaid coverage gap outweigh proposed DSH cuts. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:01.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Centene to pay more than $71M to settle Medicaid overpayment cases in Illinois, Arkansas. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 16:43.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 19, 2022

2021 Dec 8. 2021 Dec;110(6):1512-1525. 2021 Dec 13. 2021 Dec 13:1–8. 2021 Dec 7;326(21):2201-2203. 2021 Dec 3;374(6572):1205-1207. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2138793. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2138793. Raising Medicaid Rebates For Drugs With Accelerated Approval. 2021 Dec;40(12):1935-1942.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

HIMSS this week has unveiled the list of the first recipients of its 2021 HIMSS Changemaker Awards. Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. President, Emirates Nursing Association. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Isaiah Nathaniel.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Drug price reforms, Medicaid coverage gap in balance after Manchin opposition to Build Back Better Act. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 15:20.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What You Should Know: – Brave Health , a Miami-based virtual behavioral health provider for Medicaid, today announced it has closed a $10M Series B round ($20.75M in total) led by City Light Capital, Union Square Ventures and Able Partners, bringing its total funding to $20.75M. Recent Traction/Milestones. ”

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 31, 2021

Uber Health to expand nonemergency medical transportation to Texas Medicaid recipients. Tue, 08/31/2021 - 12:38.

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Medicaid Medicaid 94

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 11, 2023

Access to care for Medicaid fee-for-service beneficiaries with substance use disorder has improved from 2014 until 2021, but much more can be done to improve it further, researchers say. Nonetheless, there’s room for yet more improvement.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Senate bill aims to make it easier for Americans to qualify for coverage such as Medicaid, ACA subsidies. Tue, 10/19/2021 - 16:35.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

million being defrauded from Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance programs. According to the FBI, more than $43 billion was lost to these scams between June 2016 and December 2021, and in 2021 alone, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received reports of losses of $2,395,953,296 to BEC scams. million, and $6.4

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2021

Furthermore, the flow of medical debt was greater among health citizens living in states that did not expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, compared with patients who reside in Medicaid expansion states, according to an original research essay, Medical Debt in the US, 2009-2020 published in JAMA on 20 July 2021.

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Kaiser Permanente

JANUARY 1, 2022

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have served as critical supports to children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities – covering 80 million individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since February 2020, Medicaid enrollment has grown sharply to cover an additional 9.9

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Associations Between Copays, Coverage Limits for Naloxone, and Prescribing in Medicaid. Dose modification rules and availability of growth factor support: A cross-sectional study of head-to-head cancer trials used for US FDA approval from 2009 to 2021. Subst Abuse. 2022 Sep 29;16:11782218221126972. Olivier T, Haslam A, Prasad V.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 19, 2022

intake appointments, group meetings) to telehealth in March 2020 and rolled out a pilot of its proprietary mobile app in April 2021. But consider this – 70% of our members are on Medicaid today. ” Groups also found that in 2021, nearly 90% accessed their group therapy sessions via a smartphone. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. THE LARGER TREND. Despite bipartisan support such legislation has failed to gather significant momentum.

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Health Law RX

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated for COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 9, 2021. The Interim Final Rule will apply to any healthcare facility receiving Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Before HLTH 2021 kicks off in Boston on October 17th, here are 15 predictions from digital health executives to watch: Siva Namasivayam, co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health. In 2021, health systems will shift their focus from facilitating basic two-way video visits to implementing strategic enterprise-wide virtual care delivery solutions.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Unfortunately, Medicaid does not provide reimbursement for RPM services. "With more than half of our patients on Medicaid and another quarter uninsured, we had no way to fund the initial startup costs or the ongoing service costs," said Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

Further, safety net programs, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), have stringent rules that prevent people with disabilities from working while simultaneously forcing them to live in poverty. However, expanding safety net programs , such as SSI and Medicaid, would be important as an interim measure.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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