Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

Julian Flannery is founder and CEO of telehealth technology and services company Summus Global, which focuses on specialty care. Flannery also describes an actual example of specialty care his company has delivered via an employer, and the outcomes. What is the state of specialty care in the United States today? population.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2024

Prior authorization is a hot topic for health systems, providers, and legislators. It’s here where AI can have an immediate impact, be trained on a health system’s own data, and be course-corrected to ensure highly accurate outcomes. It’s costly, inefficient, and responsible for patient care delays.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2019

Magellan Health, a healthcare payer organization in Scottsdale, Arizona, needed to address adherence to oral medication therapy. Caroline Carney, chief medical officer at Magellan Health Rx management. “For me, the greatest driving factor here is providing support to ensure the best health outcome. THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Whereas providers were previously incentivized to focus on volume and offer a wide range of services, VBC changed the focus to reimburse providers based on improved patient health, decreased risk for chronic disease, and an increased likelihood of living a normal, healthy life.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. At UVA, she said, "we saw a greater than 9,000% increase in the use of telehealth. Tina Smith, D-Minn.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nate Maslak, Founder & CEO at Ribbon Health. Patients who receive a personalized experience may have multiple specialists treating each of their needs individually, such as an endocrinologist for hormone therapy or a sports medicine doctor for a knee injury. Personalized Healthcare in Action .

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

Christopher Crow is cofounder and CEO of Catalyst Health Group, a primary care network that works for physicians and patients. America spends half of what other developed countries spend on primary care, despite it being the single area of healthcare that has proven to deliver actual cost savings with better population health results.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Amazon Pharmacy partners with health plans for discount drugs. Health Policy Brief: Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And Health Equity. HHS putting $35 million toward mental health support for children, young adults. How the PE Nursing Home Crackdown Could Affect the Home Health Industry.

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Hall Render

JULY 26, 2024

How hospitals can mitigate the damage.

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Hall Render

JULY 26, 2024

How hospitals can mitigate the damage.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CVS Health, Walgreens each to settle all opioid cases for $5B. Cullman Regional to build north Alabama’s 1st freestanding emergency department. USDA funds 11 rural Alabama health care projects with $7.3 Rural Alabamians getting improvements in health care with federal grant. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. House approves sweeping climate, tax, health care package. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities. CALIFORNIA.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2023

An expanding array of use cases In my mind, there are three general use cases for how AI can be best used in health care. In administrative use cases, AI can help reduce the burden on staff by managing patient data, scheduling patients, billing, and similar tasks. billion in 2023 to a staggering $102.7

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

NATIONAL AHA, CHA respond to Human Rights Watch report on nonprofit hospitals AMA urges end of noncompete clauses in physician contracts Amazon launches $100M generative AI center, targeting healthcare As urged by AHA, Supreme Court rules government can dismiss FCA case over relator’s objection Biden announces leader of the CDC Bill would give Biden (..)

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Hall Render

APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2024

Now the nursery needs your help. hospital, university working to fight ambulance staff shortage Purchase of Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Ark., hospital, university working to fight ambulance staff shortage Purchase of Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Ark.,

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Hall Render

AUGUST 23, 2024

Now the nursery needs your help. hospital, university working to fight ambulance staff shortage Purchase of Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Ark., hospital, university working to fight ambulance staff shortage Purchase of Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope, Ark.,

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Vincent Morrilton Baptist Health pioneers new AI technology for MRI scans in Arkansas Lynn and Don Parker Family donates additional $2 million toward Arkansas Children’s Hospital expansion Mercy Opens Three Clinics Inside Walmart Supercenters St. Angie Longing Named President of CHI St. Angie Longing Named President of CHI St.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Rachel Levine expressed her support for telemedicine, emphasized the importance of addressing young people's mental health needs and described her strategy for combating the ongoing opioid crisis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Department of Health and Human Services this past month. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the legislation every 90 days. But by definition, an "emergency" can't last forever. What's at stake.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert. CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert.

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dunleavy proposes extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers ARIZONA Banner Health pays $1.25M penalty over HIPAA failures from 2016 breach Arizona nursing school at risk of losing accreditation St. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

Vincent and Morehouse School of Medicine of Atlanta to launch partnership Fayetteville nonprofit to offer state’s first-ever medical respite program for the unhoused Mercy Arkansas Hospitals receive designation Sage Health to Open Third Central Arkansas Location UAMS snags $11.5M after cyberattack CHI St. after cyberattack CHI St.

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Hall Render

MAY 5, 2023

acquisition of Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint Did Hospitals Violate EMTALA by Failing to Provide Abortion Care? acquisition of Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint Did Hospitals Violate EMTALA by Failing to Provide Abortion Care?

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

1 California Health and Human Services chief Dr.

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Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

NATIONAL 3 things to expect from the pharmaceutical supply chain in 2024 Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses American Academy of Dermatology votes to keep its diversity policies after anti-DEI proposal Are digital health partnerships replacing M&A? From -6.8%

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Here’s why.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

NATIONAL 9 health systems working with Amazon, Microsoft, Apple 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure AHA chair-elect participates in CEO roundtable on rural health care crisis AHA report demonstrates benefits of 340B program AHA Urges OCR to Suspend or Amend Online Tracking Guidance AMA and others launch collective call for health equity in Rise (..)

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NATIONAL Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 Can a drugstore be your only doctor?

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