Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

Jumping on a virtual visit was perceived as a benefit for mental health and chronic conditions, as well as a "disparity buster" by some PCP leaders overseeing practices serving Medicaid and Medicare populations. The study revealed mixed opinions on how telehealth affected physician burnout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2019

" When it comes to ways states can be incentivized to adopt pro-telehealth policies, in the Medicaid world, they'll see more proof points from their peers that telehealth provides value – access at lower cost – to their beneficiaries. "The progress at the Federal level helps drive state action."

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2024

– In accordance with the AMA semi-annual early release schedule, the new codes will be effective January 1st, 2025 and published in the 2025 CPT Code book. CPT Codes: CPT codes are essential for healthcare reimbursement, used by government payers such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as commercial insurance companies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than 50 specialties offering more than 20,00 appointments each week, patients without health insurance can book doctors' visits for a set price with no referrals required.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Doctors FDA Health Insurance 176

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2024

The platform is designed to deliver quality insights and guidance necessary to support efforts to optimize the quality of medication management for Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial populations. Innovaccer has helped its customers unify health records for more than 54 million people and generate over $1.5 billion in cumulative cost savings.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

McKinsey’s report models outpatient and office visits that can be virtually enabled for patients covered by both commercial and public sector health plans (Medicare and Medicaid). This graphic comes out of my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. 24% of all office visits and outpatient encounters, plus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

The good news for telehealth is that the reimbursement environment has improved, with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services bringing telehealth and eVisits on par with in-person visits for the duration of the pandemic, along with a relaxing of rules for virtual consults across state lines.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 31, 2025

Last year was truly one for the books, with 13 breaches affecting more than one million patients. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services In May 2023, the Clop group exploited a zero-day vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the networks of 2,500 companies. Not so shocking? The damage? 3,998,163 patients PHI exposed.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The challenge is that access to quality care isn’t always easy to come by, with appointments often booked out for months. This API-first approach will be driven by health plans needing to perform with Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid. Government-funded capitation has to ensure care is adequate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Called PfizerForAll, the DTP space allows patients to use their existing health insurance and pharmacy programs to talk to a doctor at UpScript or book an appointment on Zocdoc and get support on prior authorizations for medications. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,

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Doctors Health Analytics FDA Health Insurance 147

HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2023

Clinicians can manage appointments, write prescriptions, chart notes and handle booking and payments all in one place. Their API-driven platform can be aligned to meet brand needs and securely houses patient PII with its built-in HIPAA compliance software.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

A recently released book that explores Flegal’s impact, as well as many other psychological, historical, and sociological themes, is Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by philosopher and social activist Kate Manne. Analysis of other populations, such as Medicaid recipients, would likely reveal even greater disparities.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2020

Home is indeed the hub of health, as I concluded in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen : “Technology won’t be the barrier to bringing out health home. And so the modern house call enables more social care, the CareMore model shows us.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Clinicians can manage appointments, write prescriptions, chart notes and handle booking and payments all in one place. Their API-driven platform can be aligned to meet brand needs and securely houses patient PII with its built in HIPAA compliance software.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Improving Medicaid. modernizing the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, modifying Medicare Part D drug benefits to cap out-of-pocket spending, and other items), and to improve Medicaid. With the goal of “fixing the current system,” BPC’s recommendations focus on: Lowering consumer health care costs. patients? .”

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

Respondents were both uninsured and insured through individual coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, and dual enrollees. In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I discuss “Zip Codes, Genetic Codes, Food and Health” in Chapter 7. McKinsey conducted the survey among over 12,500 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Think Uber’s ride-sharing data ecosystem, which connects customers seeking to book an on-demand ride with thousands of drivers as partners, or Airbnb’s data ecosystem, which enables hosts with extra rooms or space to connect with guests seeking a place to stay. Data-sharing is common in some industries but less so in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Among the patients surveyed, 93% are interested in digital self-service options for pre-appointment tasks, 61% research new providers online (with 80% of those patients consulting multiple information sources), and 40% prefer to book appointments online instead of calling. Both vendors are subsidiaries of Windham Brannon.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. Larry English, President & cofounder of Centric Consulting. – Finally, estimates say U.S. The insurance side is jumping on board, too.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors. The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 24, 2022

For example, while Medicare only accounts for approximately 20% of the country’s population, data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) detailing utilization for this small segment of Americans have not only served as the foundation for regulatory decisions but has also become the industry proxy for other population segments. .

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

Hospitals report the data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which uses that data to create the Overall Hospital Quality Star rating for each hospital. We’ve compiled the essential book for supporting integrated care, through published and validated research: 1.

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2019

Amazon has made inroads in its Pantry and food group, and has offered discounted Prime membership to people enrolled in Medicaid or SNAP (State food benefit) programs. And, the food chain’s retail provider, The Little Clinic, gained Joint Commission accreditation last July.

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Doctors Governance FDA Medicaid 73

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Although the surgeon falsely claimed in his application that he had privileges at nearby hospitals, the hospital’s urgency to book cases and its failure to verify credentialing led to accepting responsibility for the majority of damages. Mistake No. 4: Not updating and verifying information. 8: Failing to take peer review activity seriously.

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Malpractice Licensing Due Diligence Hospitals 96

Provider Trust

JANUARY 18, 2023

In October 2022, the South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested a 37-year-old South Carolina woman named Alyssa Beth Steele for working as a registered nurse despite not having a license. Pursuant to federal regulations, the SCMFCU is authorized to investigate and prosecute any acts of Medicaid provider fraud.

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Health Care Law Brief

JANUARY 20, 2023

The full State of the State book can be found here. Many of these proposals will be included in the Governor’s proposed budget, which is expected to be released around February 1, with final budget passage after Legislative review and negotiation around April 1.

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Dossier

APRIL 25, 2023

Figure 1: Key Findings The study did have some limitations, such as a low population of Medicaid and uninsured patients and study sites limited to one geographic area, which could limit its applicability to other hospitals. Book a 15-min Demo References Bates DW, Levine DM, Salmasian H, et al. The safety of inpatient healthcare.

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Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid 52

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

Partnerships Castle Connolly Top Doctors has integrated ZocDoc ‘s appointment booking features into select doctors’ profiles. Mobile care management company MedArrive is partnering with Ouma Health , a maternity telehealth service, to expand access to care to expectant mothers covered by Medicaid.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These strategies aim to alleviate industry-wide bed shortages and adapt to Medicaid reforms. Additionally, 88% of respondents preferred in-person care over virtual visits, which is up from 82% the year before, and 79% of patients also reported booking appointments within 20 miles of their home.

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Medisys Compliance

JANUARY 29, 2024

Utilize coding manuals and reference books: Comprehensive references like the Medicare Claims Processing Manual and CPT Assistant offer detailed guidance on specific procedures. Subscribe to coding updates: The American Medical Association regularly updates CPT codes. Stay informed through their website or professional organizations.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As it now stands, more than 22 states have transparency laws on the books, and each of these states requires a complicated and diverse set of reporting information, which was not the case five years ago. States are also missing the significant sums that are spent to get on various formulary lists for in-patient settings.

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Medisys Compliance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Resources and Support Coding Manuals: CPT and HCPCS code books provide guidance on specific codes and modifiers. Package Deals: Consider offering discounted packages for group therapy participants to incentivize commitment and continuity.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In early December, FarmBoxRx was the first online grocer to be approved to channel food to SNAP/EBT recipients as payment from Medicare and Medicaid. enabling enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid to order fresh produce online. I reported out this trend in my 2019 book, Health Citizenship , which looked at U.S.

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Verisys

JULY 20, 2023

In one of the earliest negligent credentialing cases , a Wisconsin hospital was eager to book surgical cases and failed to properly verify a surgeon’s credentials. Mistake No.

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Verisys

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Although the surgeon falsely claimed in his application that he had privileges at nearby hospitals, the hospital’s urgency to book cases and its failure to verify credentialing led to accepting responsibility for the majority of damages. Mistake No. 4: Not updating and verifying information. 8: Failing to take peer review activity seriously.

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Malpractice Licensing Due Diligence Hospitals 52

Verisys

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Although the surgeon falsely claimed in his application that he had privileges at nearby hospitals, the hospital’s urgency to book cases and its failure to verify credentialing led to accepting responsibility for the majority of damages. Mistake No. 4: Not updating and verifying information. Other adjudicated actions or decisions.

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