Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

There’s been a flurry of research into this question since the hockey-stick growth of telemedicine visits were evident in March 2020, just days after the World Health Organization uttered the “P-word:” pandemic. Three recent reports (among many others!) 24% of all office visits and outpatient encounters, plus.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

FINANCIAL DISPARITIES Even if physician numbers were at replacement levels, the cost of education and massive student loan debts encourage new doctors to pursue higher-salaried positions, which are more typical at hospitals that serve wealthier communities. Incentivizing Medicaid capture. So what can be done? Education reform.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Kim Webb, VP of Health Strategy at Siftwell Analytics Recent advancements in healthcare, such as telemedicine , automation, and clinical studies, have propelled the industry forward, unleashing new possibilities for fostering better patient outcomes. Adequate representation is also a crucial piece of the puzzle.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

I’ll also weave in the latest insights from the ATA 2019 State of the States report updating legislative/regulatory telemedicine activity at the U.S. consumers view telehealth is the same or higher cost; one-half sees telehealth as being lower cost than a traditional doctor’s office visit, shown in the second chart.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Doctors have no access to data about the social determinants of health, hampering their ability to tailor care to patients. It’s not a stretch to say that your phone knows more about many of these key factors than your doctor. Telemedicine connects underprivileged populations with remote, real-time care.

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Icanotes

MARCH 15, 2021

Beyond providing high-quality patient care, behavioral health clinicians need to navigate challenges in mental health services, such as changing regulations and an increasing shift to telemedicine. Of all the healthcare specialties, behavioral health might be best suited for telemedicine. Table of Contents. Shifting to Telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Telemedicine is, in fact, the top area where health care organizations are investing to improve the patient care experience: 75% of providers are investing in telemedicine to improve patient care in 2021 compared with 42% in 2019.

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Etactics

APRIL 5, 2024

Telemedicine, also known as telehealth, is remote medical care. Telemedicine uses telecommunications technology to provide services. This is much different than a traditional in-person doctor’s visit. Telemedicine opens the door to treating patients from the comfort of their own homes and beyond.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To solve this problem, Ophelia has created a digitally native clinical model, called the Ophelia Care Model, which adapts the widely successful Massachusetts Collaborative Care Model to telemedicine. Ophelia treated its first patient in early 2020 and has since seen rapid adoption by both patients and clinicians.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

34% “thought twice” before asking their doctor for a prescription when they felt sick. People with complex chronic conditions also adjusted these personal medical work-flows: 35% skipped annual physicals and well visits. 23% skipped recommended lab tests or screenings. 21% skipped elective procedures.

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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. Say you have a virtual checkup, and your doctor orders a blood test. Larry English, President & cofounder of Centric Consulting.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It doesn’t even take you to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. Add to this the fact that patients with multiple chronic illnesses see multiple doctors – all creating care plans and prescribing medications to address their specialized areas. Try Googling the word “caregiving.”

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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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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Herman spoke to the moves that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been making, as well as the uncertain outlook for Medicaid. It will be interesting to see what they choose to tackle in the health care sector, particularly regarding issues like block grants for Medicaid.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

These include self-rationing prescription drug fills or refills due to cost, putting off a doctor’s visit, relying more on credit cards than cash, and postponing paying bills, among many other choices between paying for meds or daily living expenses. The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And often, Seniors have trouble seeing their primary doctor on a regular basis, with many of these care gaps exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I The Heal platform, for example, remains a “trimodal” combination of in-person visits, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, Vertrees said. “We’re

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Icanotes

MARCH 9, 2022

Mental health parity provides a sense of equality for those seeking medical treatment in the form of telemedicine. If a patient has an insurance plan with parity that would grant them unlimited medical visits in person, they have the right to equal treatment and care for their condition through telemedicine and telehealth.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

.” The implementation of electronic health records, spurred on by the HITECH Act which was embedded in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the Stimulus Bill) resulted in lots of EHRs deployed in hospitals and doctor’s offices, with huge gaps in interoperability and data liquidity. of the U.S.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company uses its AI-enabled telemedicine platform to train medical assistants and offer streamlined diagnostic reports. A Medicaid member, for example, doesn’t have to worry about having a ride to the doctor’s office, getting their eyes dilated and needing a ride back home.”.

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Etactics

JANUARY 24, 2023

He practiced as a doctor of osteopathic medicine. As the director, the doctor gave “standing orders,” which authorized staff in sober homes to perform testing. In total, this Florida doctor charged healthcare benefit programs and insurance companies approximately $764 million from 2011 to 2020. He took $127 million for himself.

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s a method to artificially inflate the number of patients a doctor sees and the practice’s bottom line. Fraud Magazine ) This type occurs when a doctor tries to obtain insurance payments by disguising the treatment they provide as a different, medically necessary covered treatment. Similarly, there’s another term called unbundling.

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Lexis Nexis

MARCH 1, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , digital health covers a lot of ground and is defined as: The broad scope of digital health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine.

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Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If finalized, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes will require payers to participate in electronic payer-to-payer data exchange and implement automated prior authorization processes. Particularly in the era following the landmark U.S.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Disadvantaged populations face many barriers to care, including low referral rates, lack of Medicaid acceptance and transportation difficulties. Patients who cannot afford copays for doctor or outpatient PT appointments. ? Patients in rural communities who live far away from brick-and-mortar care facilities. ?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What I have been most excited about is the acceleration in the concrete steps that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states and accreditation organizations are taking to inspire action in the space of health equity. At the same time, we are seeing state Medicaid programs taking novel approaches to tackling issues of health equity.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

political/election outcomes that could result in a significantly different payor mix: the major aspect of which will be whether Medicaid will grow as part of a bolstered ACA under a Biden administration, or whether a repealed ACA would diminish the role of Medicaid and underpin a bigger self-pay market.

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NASHP

MARCH 4, 2022

He also directed the Health and Human Services Director to study the state’s behavioral health system as 60 percent of South Carolina children are enrolled in Medicaid. Parson requested a “$34 million dollar investment in rural communities to increase access to telehealth and telemedicine services.”. In Washington, Gov. Missouri Gov.

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p3care

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.

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p3care

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The justification behind this is the point at which a medical care association looks for reimbursement from private insurance payers, or a Government administration program, for example, Medicare or Medicaid on administrations given by a rejected nurse attendant, doctor, pharmacist, or another supplier, the payer can deny repayment.

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Health Dialog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Data has been normalized across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial populations. Medicaid accounted for almost one third of callers (32%) while Medicare patients use the service the least (21%). Medicaid accounted for almost one third of callers (32%) while Medicare patients use the service the least (21%).

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via virtual care technology. You describe your telemedicine program as mature if not advanced.

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Bill Of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Lindsey Goehring refrains from arguing all licenses fall within the purview of the federal domain, but maintains that telemedicine would qualify as interstate commerce. By Timothy Bonis.

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Vie Healthcare

JANUARY 28, 2022

Overcoming patient challenges with telemedicine, and the role of health coaches. There was a doctor named Dr. Joseph Brudny, he was a neurologist and a physiatrist, and there was an engineer from Rockefeller University called Dr. Gordon Silverman. Offering a new revenue stream and opportunities to enhance hospital margins.

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Vie Healthcare

JANUARY 28, 2022

Overcoming patient challenges with telemedicine, and the role of health coaches. There was a doctor named Dr. Joseph Brudny, he was a neurologist and a physiatrist, and there was an engineer from Rockefeller University called Dr. Gordon Silverman. Offering a new revenue stream and opportunities to enhance hospital margins.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

There is also the matter that open enrollment begins on November 1, and without the relaxed enrollment provisions for Medicaid that the PHE provides, the national uninsured rate along with health premium costs would certainly rise. "And so patients are continuing to get their mental healthcare largely through telemedicine."

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Here you have the latest data from The Commonwealth Fund detailing cost-related problems for people who were under-insured or lacked continuous coverage resulting in not filling prescriptions, skipping recommended tests or treatments, avoiding seeing a doctor when sick, or not getting specialty care when needed.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The expansion allows for people to start the cycle of primary care treatment and follow up on other treatment options that their doctor or primary provider has recommended for them, without having to worry about high costs, deductibles or transportation issues.

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