Medicare 101 for Digital Health Part 1: What is Medicare and how did it get this way?
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
An Intro to Medicare - and how Digital Health companies can impact the nation’s biggest payer.
CMS puts forward meager offering for digital health in final Medicare physician fee schedule rule
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished version of the final calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule final rule | Digital therapeutics, telehealth, rural heath clinics and opioid treatment programs all got updates in the final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule, (..)
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Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health
Health Populi
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Most consumers using digital health devices felt more trust in the technology when coupled with doctors’ office reviews — another lens on the importance of trust-equity between patients and physicians. adults in October 2024 to gauge peoples’ views on digital health tools, buying trends, and trust.
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Medicare 101 for Digital Health Part 2: How digital health companies can gain traction in Medicare
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Flare Capital Partners' Gwendolyn Lee & Dr. Dan Gebremedhin highlight digital health startups taking advantage of Medicare and key opportunities within Parts A-D for others to make their mark.
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CMS proposes new payments for digital health in 2025 PFS draft rule
Mobi Health News
JULY 12, 2024
The proposed 2025 physician fee schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes payment and coding for digital health tools for behavioral health.
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Closing the Chasm Between Patients and Clinicians With Digital Health Tools – Some Health Consumer Context for #HLTHUSA
Health Populi
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Research from Circana, who would not be a typical HLTH exhibitor but who provide us with great research into consumers and retail behavior, looked at The Digital Health Consumer in a September 2024 report. consumers), managing weight (among 59%), fine-tuning lifestyle habits for health (57%), and to boost energy (for 39% of consumers).
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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2018
It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. At this moment in U.S.
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Health Insurance in Aisle 3: Why a Grocery Chain is Working on Medicare
Health Populi
AUGUST 3, 2021
“You can trust us to help you find the right Medicare coverage for you and your lifestyle,” the tagline reads. It is, specifically, Midwest Heritage, Hy-Vee’s banking, insurance and investments subsidiary, that will implement the Medicare Aisle program.
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Virtual specialty care company Summus raises $19.5M and more digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Medicare-focused virtual exercise platform Bold secured $17 million.
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Cue Health to develop Omicron genotyping COVID-19 test and other digital health briefs
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 6, 2022
Also: Medicare Advantage insurer Zing Health partners with Papa. Verily and biopharma-company Sosei Heptares announce a research collaboration. Pharma-focused accelerator PharmStars’ next cohort will focus on neurological diseases.
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Alma raises $130M for mental health practice software and more digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 25, 2022
Insurance navigator Fair Square Medicare raises $15 million, AI-enabled prostate cancer care startup Avenda Health scores $10 million, and oncology clinical trial startup Trial Library emerges from stealth with $5 million.
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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”
Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019.
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Fitness app Ultrahuman lands $18M; Medicare navigation company Connie Health takes home $13M; and other digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 4, 2021
Also: Sleep startup Revery lands $2 million and Clinify snags $3.1 million in seed funding.
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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2022
Thanks to the team at Rock Health, we know more about these gaps explained in their report, Startup innovation for underserved groups: 2021 digital health consumer adoption insights, published this week. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine. Digital health tracking.
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Seeing Health/Care Everywhere at CES 2025: My Preview for #CES2025
Health Populi
DECEMBER 30, 2024
As someone who has tracked and worked with the digital health industry since the inception of the Internet in health care, my portfolio of advisory work has tracked with the S-curve of adoption of, broadly speaking, computers and connectivity in health care. And you’ll hear more updates from me live from #CES2025.
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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians
Health Populi
JULY 20, 2018
Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte.
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Out-of-Pocket and Prescription Drug Costs – Connecting Digital Health Dots at CES 2020
Health Populi
JANUARY 9, 2020
For overall healthcare reform, the plurality of Americans prefer improving the current system (that is, building on the Affordable Care Act) versus repealing and replacing the ACA or adopting a Medicare for All plan. This is the Triple Aim for Consumer Health — improve “my” health, enchant and engage “my” experience, and lower “my” costs.
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HIMSSCast: The advocacy plans of the newly combined ATA Action and DTA
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 4, 2025
Together they represent a significant force in helping shape the future of telehealth and digital health. Andy Molnar is head of digital health at ATA Action and senior vice president of industry affairs at the ATA. Kyle Zebley is executive director of ATA Action and senior vice president, public policy, at the ATA.
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Chapter scores $42M for Medicare navigation platform; Quris rakes in $28M and other digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 12, 2022
Also: Diana Health raises $11 million for its maternity care tool.
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Tech leaders say digital health can help build trust, address health equity among Medicare patients
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Tech leaders say digital health can help build trust, address health equity among Medicare patients. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 13:33.
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DocGo reports increased revenue, raises 2023 revenue guidance and more digital health earnings
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 9, 2023
Medicare Advantage insurtech company Clover Health and virtual care company Hims & Hers Health also reported earnings.
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Think Quintuple Aim This Week at #HIMSS25
Health Populi
MARCH 3, 2025
As HIMSS 2025, the largest annual conference on health information and innovation meets up in Las Vegas this week, we can peek into what’s on the organization’s CEO’s mind leading up to the meeting in this conversation between Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS, and Gil Bashe, Managing Director of FINN Partners. health care.
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CMS proposes new payments for digital health under CY2025 PFS draft rule
FierceHealthIT
JULY 11, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') proposed calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule rule, out Wednesday, proposed an assortment of new payments and coverage for digital heal | CMS' proposed changes to digital health payment for physicians includes new codes for mental health-related digital therapeutics, an assortment (..)
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Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care
Health Populi
DECEMBER 9, 2019
That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. Power survey on the subject attested].
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Wearables Are Good For Older People, Too — The Latest From Laurie Orlov
Health Populi
JUNE 1, 2021
For older people who are digital immigrants, they will remember their initial Zoom get-together’s with much-missed family, ordering groceries online in the first ecommerce purchase, and using telemedicine for the first time as a digital health front-door.
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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 19, 2022
It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. THE PROBLEM. USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.
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Bonus Features – December 22, 2024 – 83% of providers want virtual care to be a permanent part of their practice, Medicare home visits have dropped 17% since 2017, plus 24 more stories
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Overall rejection rates for pharmacy claims are roughly the same as they were 8 years ago, at about 16% of all claims, according to Komodo Health data. DUOS updated its digital health platform for seniors to enable end-to-end applications for federal and state assistance programs such as SNAP and Medicaid.
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Waltz Health makes push into Medicare Advantage, inks partnership with SCAN
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Just a few short months after making a push into the payer space, digital health company Waltz Health is stepping into the Medicare market. Just a few short months after making a push into the payer space, digital health company Waltz Health is stepping into the Medicare market.
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Consumers Continue to Spend on Technology, Seeking “A Happy, Healthy Connected Life”
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Now let’s focus on the health-consumer aspect of digitally connected people. To give you a sense of their topline for digital health, Deloitte titled that section of its report, “Virtual health and fitness find their rhythm.” ” The bar chart updates our understanding of U.S.
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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 2 of 5 – Amazon and One Medical
Health Populi
JULY 26, 2022
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley put the deal together , with Morgan having led ONEM’s acquisition of Iora Health last year. Iora Health has focused on the Medicare-enrolled population, distinct from ONEM’s target patient market of younger, employed consumers. bn and MGM Studios for $8.5
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Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI to Deny Care
Digital Health Wire
MARCH 15, 2023
It’s a tough week to be working PR at Medicare Advantage plans after STAT put out an in-depth investigation revealing that payors are using “unregulated predictive algorithms under the guise of scientific rigor” to cut off care for seniors. Elevance, Cigna, and CVS Health have all made acquisitions in the space.
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Mynd Immersive, Select Rehabilitation, HTC VIVE, and AT&T Expand Next Generation of Immersive Therapeutics to More Than 150 U.S. Senior Living Communities
Digital Health Global
APRIL 1, 2025
Beginning Phase will bring access to MyndXR to more than 45,000 residents ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mynd Immersive, the industry leader in immersive healthcare solutions for older adults, successfully concluded Q1 by expanding its digital health footprint with the addition of 150 senior living communities across the United States.
Dr. Oz Sheds Light on Potential Priorities at CMS
Digital Health Wire
MARCH 19, 2025
The nearly three hour testimony wandered through a range of topics with a direct impact on digital health, giving us a first look at what might change – or get axed – in the years ahead. ” Medicare Advantage was another big focal point. Prior auth topped the hit list.
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CMS's 2019 proposal makes broad strides in telehealth, interoperability, documentation
Mobi Health News
JULY 12, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its new proposed Physician Fee Schedule and Qualified Payment Program updates for 2019, and the announcement includes some big strides forward in promoting digital health technology, including widened telemedicine coverage, an overhaul of documentation requirements, and a new focus on interoperability. (..)
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Connected Health Initiative asks Senate to pass Telehealth Modernization Act
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
The initiative, a coalition of industry stakeholders including providers, payers and vendors, applauded efforts to make permanent changes to Medicare's statutory restrictions on telehealth coverage in its letter. Department of Health and Human Services to expand telehealth in Medicare. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.
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Nearly half of beneficiaries don't know the difference between Medicare and MA: survey
FierceHealthIT
JULY 30, 2024
healthcare system remains complex and inaccessible, leaving many seniors feeling uninformed, according to a new survey from digital health company DUOS. Seniors are growing more comfortable with technology, but many still don't understand key differences between major health programs.
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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.
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Hinge Files for Long-Awaited IPO
Digital Health Wire
MARCH 13, 2025
When the digital health market needed a hero, Hinge Health answered the call. Great stats all around, but a nice soundbite from the S-1 was that current contracted lives only represent 5% of our total addressable market,” and Hinge is now on the hunt for more growth through commercial plans and Medicare Advantage.
Pear Suite Partners with Health Net and Six Other Health Plans to Launch the Pear Cares Provider Network with 1,000+ Community Health Workers
Digital Health Global
MARCH 11, 2025
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pear Suite , a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) and administrator of the largest network of community health workers in the nation, announces the launch of the Pear Cares Provider Network.
Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO
Health Populi
MARCH 12, 2020
For example, only health care providers that have an existing relationship with a Medicare patient would be eligible per the requirements in the legislation. Because, ultimately, we must work to bake digital health services into our emergency preparedness and response infrastructure. No, it’s not from the U.S.
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Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Already worth $350 billion in 2019, the industry is expected to continue increasing given our rapidly aging population and that national healthcare spend is almost 20% of the GDP , as well as the surge in new digital tools, devices, and therapeutics that can drive better patient outcomes.
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Waltz Health Takes on Medicare Market to Help Part D Members Lower Their Prescription Drug Costs
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Waltz Health to offer customizable versions of its Marketplace Search technology to health plans supporting Medicare beneficiaries with the company signing its first Medicare health plan client.
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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The pandemic accelerated many seniors’ use of technology — from adopting video-conferencing to socialize with family and friends to using virtual care and digital health at home when faced with risk-managing exposure to the coronavirus.
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Humana prioritizes veterans through Louisiana digital health partnership
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2024
Digital health company DUOS has developed a new program with Humana to care for Louisiana veterans with chronic conditions. | A new collaboration between Humana and digital health company DUOS will match Louisiana-based Medicare Advantage members to resources that treat chronic conditions.
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