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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Among the key findings, Software Advice learned that, 9 in 10 patients (again, health-engaged wearable tech-adopters) were interested in sharing data from their devices with their physicians. This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023.

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Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Finally, doctors are trusted data stewards for patients — something we’ve appreciated since the advent of HIPAA. Doing so will inspire peoples’ adoption and scaling both use of innovative devices as well as their impact on peoples’ health conditions and overall well-being.

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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. That said, rejection rates hit a trough in 2018 and have increased 16% since then.

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UnitedHealthcare Offers Health Data Support For Medicare Advantage ACO

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

UnitedHealthcare has struck a deal with national physician group Privia Health under which it will offer more and better data on patients enrolled in the payer’s Medicare Advantage plans. The agreement builds on the payer’s relationship with Privia’s ACO, which has been in place since 2017.

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Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) Announces $31 Million Funding Round to Scale Predictive Risk Platform

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“We are grateful for the continued support of our investors, who recognize the value to be unlocked by transforming huge volumes of health data into actionable insights,” said Nassib Chamoun , Founder and CEO at HDAI. It also represents one of the largest deployments of Generative AI within healthcare.

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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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CMS Releases Proposed Rule Expanding Health Data Interoperability Requirements For Payers

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2020

CMS has released a proposed rule that will require Medicaid managed care plans and other insurers offering products on the ACA Exchanges to support the sharing of patient data amongst themselves.

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When Will Self-Service Come to Health Care?

Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

Because Kohl’s is a huge retail channel for wearable tech and athletic clothing; WW is growing its role beyond “dieting” to wellness and health coaching; and Aldi is enhancing its food supply chain with healthier and more organic food items.

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CMS Administrator Seema Verma presses for remote monitoring of patients

Mobi Health News

JULY 10, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is promoting the idea of paying home health agencies for monitoring patients remotely. Remote monitoring enables the collection of patients’ health data, such as vital signs, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood oxygen levels, heart rate and electrocardiogram readings.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – December 11, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Director of Health Information Management (HIM) – TaraVista Behavioral Health Center Mobile Application Developer iOS/Android – HospiceMD Senior Medicare Compliance Analyst – Medical Mutual Director Informatics – MemorialCare Regulatory Affairs Specialist II – (..)

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With “Economy” embodied in the law’s name, a rationale for including HITECH in ARRA was, in part, to help stimulate the nation’s economy beyond the revenues of health IT companies many of whom, in the short-term, directly benefited from the law. Wegman was CEO and advocated for the statewide health information network.

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HHS Finalizes Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules, Providing Patients Better Access To Their Health Data

Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 9, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today finalized two transformative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe, secure access to their health data. Interoperability has been pursued by multiple administrations and numerous […].

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ŌURA Secures $200 Million in Series D Funding

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This year, URA expanded its retail presence globally with new retail partnerships such as Amazon and Target and grew its commercial business with expanded military partnerships, including the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), the Air Force, and the Defense Innovation Unit. Learn more about URA at ouraring.com.

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Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care. It involves a monitoring kit that will allow patients to measure their own vital parameters at home and a digital tablet where they can upload their health data online.

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Event Recap: Health Equity Through Wearables: Reducing Costs, Saving Lives

Connected Health Initiative

DECEMBER 2, 2024

6279, the Wearable Equipment Adoption and Reinforcement and Investment in Technology (WEAR IT) Act, would help the patients they work with more easily access key wearable health technology. This type of care often involves a wearable health device and allows health providers to better understand patients’ needs for their healthcare.

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People Using Health Apps and Wearable Tech Most Likely Track Exercise and Heart Rate, Sleep and Weight – But Cost Is Still A Barrier

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Among those people who do not yet use health apps or wearable tech for health, cost is the top reason they haven’t adopted digital health tools, Morning Consult found. Why do people own and use health wearables? In a distant third place is encouragement in losing or controlling weight (13%).

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Interventional Analytics in SNFs Leads to Reduced Readmissions

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For SNFs that utilized the interventional analytics, the data showed a reduction in Medicare spending per beneficiary, a decrease in hospitalizations due to infections acquired during the SNF stay, and an increase in the rate of successful transitions back to home or community settings. billion dollars. billion dollars for CMS.

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VA-Cerner numbers skyrocket

Morning eHealth

MARCH 16, 2018

Medicare, Medicaid Commissions report on telehealth — Jared and Seema forge ahead on health data

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Health/Care Everywhere – Re-Imagining Healthcare at ATA 2019

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2019

The barriers to adopting virtual, digital, telehealth modes have been regulatory, financial, and cultural — not so much technical.

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I Helped Accelerate FHIR, It’s Time to Scale

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2024

The following is a guest article by Shannon West, Chief Product Officer at Datavant Since the dawn of electronic medical records, American healthcare delivery systems have traced a winding path toward the dream of seamless and timely health data interoperability.

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Patient-Generated Health Data: Taking the Lottery Out of Love

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to do the same for the relationship between patients and doctors through the “bi-directional availability of data,” as a notice in the Federal Register puts it. Translation: Forget the traditional roles. In a comment period that closed Sept.

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HIMSS promotes key policies on telehealth expansion, maternal health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

With those flexibilities due to sunset 151 days after the federal Public Health Emergency expires, HIMSS is calling on its members to contact their senators and representatives and urge them to extend coverage of telehealth services under Medicare until at least December 31, 2024.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Andrew Eye, CEO of the healthcare data science company ClosedLoop , estimates that about 15% of physicians collect SDoH-related data from patients and use it to assess their needs. According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs.

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The Benefits of Chronic Care Management for Elderly Patients with Multiple Conditions

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Key Components of CCM Chronic Care Management (CCM) services encompass several essential components that work together to provide a comprehensive care plan for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly older adults with multiple chronic conditions.

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7 Essential Insights on Medicare Coverage for Remote Patient Monitoring Services in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 7, 2024

With Medicare’s evolving policies, understanding how these changes impact coverage is crucial for patients and providers alike. Understanding RPM and its Benefits RPM utilizes digital technologies to collect medical and health data from patients from wherever they are – their homes, on vacation, etc. –

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Data of 13 million Australians stolen in MediSecure hack and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2024

However, it cannot identify specific individuals given the "complexity of the data set" that was compromised. Individual healthcare identifiers, Medicare card numbers, and prescription medications and instructions are some types of information that were exposed in the hack, it added.

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Eligibility Criteria for Patients and Providers in RPM Medicare

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 29, 2024

Medicare, recognizing the benefits of Remote Monitoring, has established specific eligibility criteria for both patients and providers. This comprehensive guide will delve into the RPM Medicare eligibility criteria, ensuring healthcare providers can maximize their service offerings and patients can benefit from continuous health monitoring.

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Consider Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Care Management

Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

And, when patients learn to self-manage and self-monitor their chronic diseases (with guidance of a care provider and an RPM program), patients can achieve additional health results. Though there are specific restrictions, Medicare does cover remote patient monitoring.*

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Presidential elections to that point, and that the last retiring Baby Boomer enrolls in Medicare that year. Let’s take a walk with “Quincy” through each of the four worlds to see how their health care experience might play out across the key driving forces. In 2030, every Boomer will have been eligible for Medicare.

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Four Ways Data Transparency Helps Advance Shared Savings in Your Post-Acute Network

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2021

The following is a guest article by Phyllis Wojtusik, RN, Executive VP, Health System Solutions at Real Time Medical Systems.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

Hospitals are required to send ADT notifications to community providers as a Condition of Participation under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs, and it will be required under law for most California hospitals by January 31, 2024.

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Remote Patient Monitoring & Telehealth Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 25, 2019

As of January 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unbundled the 99091 CPT code making it possible for some eligible practitioners to be reimbursed “for time spent on collection and interpretation of health data that is generated by a patient … Read more.

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Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

Overall, the organization recommended taking a community-based approach to ensuring that PHI isn’t shared and used improperly while avoiding duplicative regulations or unnecessary restrictions on data sharing that’s directly tied to patient care.

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School found that Medicare Advantage has 70% fewer readmissions and 24% fewer preventable hospitalizations than fee-for-service Medicare. Sales Illinois-based NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health chose Lumeris for population health data management and value-based care support.

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How the Centers for Medicare Services Supports and Regulates Remote Patient Monitoring Services

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 11, 2024

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has emerged as a vital component of modern healthcare delivery, offering a means to monitor patients’ health remotely and proactively intervene when necessary. It enables continuous monitoring of patients’ vital signs, symptoms, and other health parameters without the need for in-person visits.

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ŌURA Appoints Ricky Bloomfield, MD as Chief Medical Officer

Digital Health Global

MARCH 20, 2025

Bloomfield was the director of Mobile Technology Strategy at Duke University Health System, where he explored the world of clinical informatics, the intersection of technology and healthcare. There, he discovered a problem worth solving: health data interoperability.

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Medicare Opens the Door to Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring

Digital Health Today

APRIL 25, 2019

When CMS unveiled the first standalone reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring (“RPM”) by “unbundling” CPT Code 99091 in the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule , it opened the door to the widespread use of RPM services for patients and promised there was more to come. Meet our Premier Partners. Want to Partner with Us? Find Out How!

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Mastering Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement: A Guide to Medicare Billing Success

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Disclaimer: This blog article, “Mastering Remote Patient Monitoring Reimbursement: A Guide to Medicare Billing Success,” offers general information and is not a substitute for professional advice. Medicare, as a crucial player in healthcare reimbursement, plays a pivotal role in facilitating the adoption of RPM.

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How one provider is transitioning from WebEx and Skype to a full telehealth platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this year temporarily lifted restrictions on the technology that could be used during the pandemic. ” The second solution underway is a combination of health data exchange technologies from Carequality, including CareConnect. So there were many options to choose from.

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CMS To Run Pilot Giving Providers Access To Medicare Claims Data

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2019

In another step in fleshing out its interoperability efforts, CMS has announced plans to launch a pilot program giving clinicians access to claims data. During the pilot, which is called “Data at the Point of Care” or DPC, clinicians will be able to access the claims data from CMS’s Blue Button 2.0 functionality.

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Rucker points out that the current data exchange standard in health care, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) , is “anchored on 1990s document exchange” and is useful for slow-moving bureaucratic decisions, not providing continuous access to data for improved health care.

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A Few #HealthPolicyValentines

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HealthPolicyValentines pic.twitter.com/nZx2DcTCGI — MA Health Policy Commission (@Mass_HPC) February 13, 2024 Medicare could never negotiate your cost because you are priceless. Less fragmented health data. We hope you’ll enjoy a nice break this Valentine’s day. What does that mean for patients?

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Rochester RHIO Advances Interoperability Using Best-in-Class Direct Secure Messaging

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) requires a secure and reliable Health Information Service Provider (HISP) infrastructure to provide HIPAA-compliant delivery of healthcare information. As the industry standard, Direct Secure Messaging continues to expand nationally.

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PointClickCare Advances the Transition Toward Value-Based Care with Acquisition of Patient Pattern

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2023

The marriage of an integrated care management platform with population health data will prove to be a major differentiator for us.” health plan across the U.S, Patient Pattern services Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, ACO REACH participants, and PACE programs.

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

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CMS Administrator Seema Verma presses for remote monitoring of patients

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – December 11, 2024

How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

HHS Finalizes Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules, Providing Patients Better Access To Their Health Data

ŌURA Secures $200 Million in Series D Funding

Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Event Recap: Health Equity Through Wearables: Reducing Costs, Saving Lives

People Using Health Apps and Wearable Tech Most Likely Track Exercise and Heart Rate, Sleep and Weight – But Cost Is Still A Barrier

Interventional Analytics in SNFs Leads to Reduced Readmissions

VA-Cerner numbers skyrocket

Health/Care Everywhere – Re-Imagining Healthcare at ATA 2019

I Helped Accelerate FHIR, It’s Time to Scale

Patient-Generated Health Data: Taking the Lottery Out of Love

HIMSS promotes key policies on telehealth expansion, maternal health

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

The Benefits of Chronic Care Management for Elderly Patients with Multiple Conditions

7 Essential Insights on Medicare Coverage for Remote Patient Monitoring Services in 2024

Data of 13 million Australians stolen in MediSecure hack and more briefs

Eligibility Criteria for Patients and Providers in RPM Medicare

Consider Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Care Management

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

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Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

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PointClickCare Advances the Transition Toward Value-Based Care with Acquisition of Patient Pattern

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