Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Kane, AMA's director of economic and health policy research. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. "Research conducted over the past year illustrated telehealth's role in allowing patients to retain access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic," wrote Carol K. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine Dr. Ateev Mehrota proposed a more measured approach. Although the need for telehealth is unmistakable, said Mehrota, policies should encourage "higher-value" applications for care and discourage "lower-value" ones. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind.

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Health Populi

MARCH 20, 2025

Health Populis Hot Points: As a health economist, a major concern for me in looking at a very uncertain payment/reimbursement and health policy future is sustainability of health systems, providers and clinicians, and patients ability to cover the costs of their medical care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In June, Healthcare IT News and the other HIMSS Media brands, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, launched a new series of editorial webinars at the HIMSS Learning Center. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. Naturally, the first focus was on exploring the new normal of telehealth and virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

"The COVID pandemic has clearly demonstrated the need for more robust healthcare preparedness and some fundamental changes in US health policy," the report concluded.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Other advancements in digital health reimbursement include those for virtual check-ins, where a provider reviews a photo or video submitted by a patient, and e-visits, in which a patient checks in to a provider via an online portal. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. All these elements combine to offer full control of healthcare administrative ops. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Other times patients and sections of healthcare can be overlooked or forgotten, which can result in outdated or missing policies. So today we are going to take the time to dive into this topic of policy changes! What other policies need to be implemented?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Healthcare IT News interviewed Valenta to offer readers a sneak peek at his educational session. The Center for Connected Health Policy is a great resource for organizations interested in following the evolving landscape of telehealth policy. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. HIMSS22 Coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

Because the program currently is recruiting primary care practices, including OB/GYNs, and is slated to start in June, Healthcare IT News sat down with two of its investigators to get a deeper look. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2025

Tell us a little bit about yourself and Bamboo Health. My name is Vatsala Kapur, and I’m the Vice President of External Affairs at Bamboo Health. At Bamboo Health, were committed to transforming physical and behavioral health through innovative technology solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

"In recent years, we have seen rapidly growing evidence that telehealth services can and should play a central role in strategies to address health disparities in the U.S.," The advisory group is chaired by Kristi Henderson, CEO for MedExpress at Optum; Yasmine Winkler, independent director at GEHA Health; and Dr.

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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. healthpolicyvalentines — John Lynn (@techguy) January 31, 2024 I love health policy enough to #healthpolicyvalentines on my honeymoon.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The challenges and opportunities of integrating social determinants of health into care delivery. Health Policy: The impact of healthcare policy on patient outcomes and access to care. The future of healthcare financing and payment models.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Greenway Health , a leading ambulatory EHR provider, has added new features to accommodate this non-medical information and make recommendations based on that data. Factors influencing health equity. According to the WHO , health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%). Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS ANAO conducted the audit to provide "assurance" over the rapid implementation of health policy changes and the transition from emergency to permanent settings. "Rapid implementation of policy changes can increase risks to [the] effective and efficient delivery of public services," it explained.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Her passion for improving healthcare through the use of GIS technology is infectious. I had the chance to catch up with her at #ViVE2023 just after she presented with Dr. Benjamin Weston, Chief Health Policy Advisor and Director of Medical Services for Milwaukee County. We sat down with McSherry at #ViVE2023 to explore this.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers will also be touching upon cross-border health policy implementation, and the challenges and facilitators that have contributed to successful collaboration between territories. The session will also present insight on potential cross-border opportunities for the future.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As a best practice, to understand state-specific policies, providers can check the Center for Connected Health Policy State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. [ii]. It is also recommended to review individual payer websites for any changes in telehealth policies for 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2024

Implications for Policy and Industry Standards The findings from this study have significant implications for health policy and the standards governing EHR systems. It serves as a powerful argument for health systems and software developers to prioritize integration capabilities in the development of EHR technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In Ontario, the Virtuoso platform underpins the provinces digital-first health policy by supporting Ontario Health 811, a scalable portal that provides 24/7 health advice to 15 million users, reducing emergency care pressures while connecting patients to digital care. This system, with more than 1.2

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Reforms in national health policies and budget constraints will increase the appeal and appetite towards Opex business models. This development will also drive growth in virtual care. Up to 50 new deals are expected to lead to $2 billion spent on imaging solutions via enterprise-customer partnership models.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This is a humorous and informative way to talk about some of the nuances of healthcare and specifically healthcare policy. We decided to celebrate the holiday, that we’d share a few of the best ones we saw below. We hope you enjoy and get a good laugh.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mo formerly served in leadership roles for Cotiviti, FinThrive, and McKinsey & Company.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. The Consortium’s success is due to efficient processes, a data-driven approach backed by a technology platform, and a shared sense of purpose.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

’ Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare. It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. So it might be time to listen to Tadashi and shake things up. The following is their ideas.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Complementing this penalty, the Office of Health Policy within HHS released a report measuring the benefits of addressing SDoH in healthcare. The nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funded a roundtable on sharing SDoH data, organized and led by the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Taylor is a Japanese-African American physician focused on equitable access to high-quality health care through patient care, health care training, technology, and health systems development.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Whether you’re interested in learning more about state-by-state policies, the latest on healthcare cybersecurity, or how to attain financial independence working in this alternate career path, these telemedicine newsletters can keep you wired in. For Understanding Telemedicine Technology 5.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2025

About Ladd Wiley Ladd Wiley leads Public Policy at Epic and is a member of Epics Board of Directors. working in health policy and is an expert in the Senate confirmation process, having guided several cabinet-level and agency leaders through that process. Prior to joining Epic, Ladd was in private practice in Washington, D.C.,

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MARCH 31, 2023

Sarah collaborates with several teams at ReMedi , including leadership, data migration, chronic care management, and health policy. Using her extensive clinical experience, Sarah is dedicated to improving patient care by enhancing the quality of patient data for clinicians and providers.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. Healthcare IT can play a major role in M & A for providers.

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