Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Behavior change in health is hard, especially when people don’t know the facts about the need to track chronic conditions and then feel empowered to make the changes to address those conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 5, 2021

The Future Health Index report found that healthcare leaders appear to be taking a three-step approach to digital transformation: by investing in telehealth in the shorter term. by collaborating with other private hospitals and health technology companies. by investing in AI in the longer term. About one-third of U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late. Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Note that the patient sample was limited to consumers who had seen a health care provider in the past two years and who also owned and used a personal wearable health device such as an Apple Watch or Fitbit.

Health Data 411

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

Among those folks who have embraced techquity in their organizations, they tend to support a specific group of people or a community – most notably, Medicare, Medicaid, rural geographies, and BIPOC communities.

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The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Public Health Health Technology Digital Health Mental health 68

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health. Today they’re used much more broadly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2021

Perhaps this preference for in-person is simply an acknowledgement that many health needs can’t be met by a telehealth visit," CareSide mentioned. Last week, the Australian federal government announced that it is subsidising two new Medicare items that will enable 20 minute or longer teleconsultations. THE LARGER TREND.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

" Challenges facing nursing homes serving primarily long-stay residents covered by Medicaid; workforce challenges , which are unlikely to dissipate; nursing home regulations; and the growing popularity of Medicare Advantage." 65 is the new 85 – Covid-19 cultivates elements of ageism.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2022

The new Medicare Benefits Schedule item on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will provide eligible COVID-19-positive patients with access to prescriptions of antiviral medications, which are required to be taken within five days following the onset of symptoms. Australia offers telehealth subsidy for COVID-19 antiviral prescription.

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EMR Telehealth Medicare Pharmaceuticals 156

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2024

In addition, it covers up to 60 million lives, representing 9 out of every 10 Medicare lives and partners with 5 of the Top 6 Medicare Advantage health plans. Innovaccer has helped its customers unify health records for more than 54 million people and generate over $1.5 billion in cumulative cost savings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 11, 2021

" The goal is to "help the health technology community and providers as they continue to refine their development of telehealth and enhance virtual care," he said. They're not submitting a telehealth claim to Medicare. " DME fraud has been around since Medicare started reimbursing for it, of course.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Consumers’ satisfaction with both health plan websites and information and communication. On the supply side, BDO surveyed 100 C-level leaders across the health care provider landscape in January 2021 to assess the executives’ views on digital health technology infrastructure and tools nearly one year into the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, said this past October that "obviously we need the expansion of broadband" to make that access happen. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., But it will take coverage parity too, she added. Otherwise telehealth won't work.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2020

"Especially hard hit have been safety-net clinics serving medically underserved and rural areas, many facing alarming drops in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements as a result of the drop in face-to-face consultations," wrote the report authors.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 22, 2024

LAS VEGAS—Oura, maker of the wearable Oura Ring, is broadening its ambitions with payers, seeing the potential to engage older seniors with digital health technology. |

Medicare 77

Medicare Digital Health Health Technology 77

Connected Health Initiative

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) appreciates the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for finalizing the Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway. These digital health technologies have been shown to improve patient care, prevent unnecessary hospital visits, and lower healthcare costs.

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Connected Health Medicare Digital Health Health Technology 64

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Megan Mahoney, clinical professor of medicine, primary care and population health at Stanford Health Care, in a statement provided to Healthcare IT News. "When designing telehealth interventions, we must ask ourselves, 'How can recent advances in health technology help achieve health equity in the populations we serve?'"

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Virtual care companies Access TeleCare and AvaSure have also joined as founding sponsors and will help advance CODE’s product development and support its goal to advance digital health technologies across different care settings.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With the urgent need to identify more efficient and lower-cost health care delivery models, we look to growing evidence for digital health technologies that support the Hospital at Home (HaH) model, considered in a new review article published in late February in npj Digital Medicine, The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects. (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

To optimize communication strategies for attracting Medicare Advantage enrollment , a Mid-Atlantic health plan studied the media and social consumption patterns for older people, learning that the target population was more tech-savvy than presumed.

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Public Health Medicare Health Technology Patient Experience 205

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 166

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

Bolstering the impact of digital health technologies — and particularly remote health monitoring and clinically-prescribed wearable tech — was the late December 2922 health policy news that telehealth provisions would be included in the FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+).

Health Technology 48

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these changes, which are crucial for healthcare providers.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 6, 2024

Beginning January 1, 2024, a significant change in Medicare billing practices greatly impacted Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

The pandemic exposed the need for the rapid adoption of increasingly innovative digital health technologies. Medicare currently doesn't reimburse federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) or rural health centers (RHCs) for RPM. Then COVID-19 hit.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

On behalf of the State, NYeC leads the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY), a network connecting healthcare providers statewide, develops policies and standards that support the utilization of health technologies, and assists healthcare providers in adopting and effectively using electronic health records.

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Digital Health Global

JUNE 3, 2024

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Ophthalmology — RadiusXR , a leading innovator in digital health technology, is proud to announce that it has received ISO 13485 certification and the enhanced Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) certification. PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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FHIR Digital Health EHR Medicare 88

Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

These partnerships demonstrate Oura's ability to cater to large organisations with specific health and wellness needs. Expansion into Healthcare: Essence Healthcare Partnership: Oura partnered with Essence Healthcare, a Medicare Advantage provider, to offer Oura Rings to some of its members.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 31, 2023

Prior to joining Good Measures, Donna most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Old Field Ventures, a digital health and services company focused on bringing digital health technologies and virtual care solutions to the market. s New England based companies.

Digital Health 88

Digital Health Leadership Medicare healthcare technology 88

Connected Health Initiative

JULY 14, 2021

New CHI Report Finds Digital Health Technologies Must Play a Critical Role in Shifting American Healthcare Away from Fee-For-Service and Toward More Equitable and Effective Care. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the need for an improved approach to advancing value-based care more urgent,” said Morgan Reed, executive director of CHI.

Digital Health 52

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added specific CPT codes to the list of teleaudiology and virtual speech pathology services eligible for reimbursement. Audiology-Specific Virtual Health Technologies.

Telemedicine 74

Telemedicine Medicare Telehealth Connected Health 74

Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. CHI tracked the many policy changes affecting connected health technology since the start of the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

News Among the proposals in the CMS 2025 Medicare OPPS and ASC payment system proposed rule is a one-year extension of the voluntary reporting of core clinical data elements. Digestive health technology vendor Cylinder named Jared Scharen as Chief Operations Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While the concept of providing acute care services at home is not entirely new, recent advancements in medical technologies, coupled with evolving healthcare policies and shifting patient preferences, are propelling the expansion of HaH solutions. with its introduction of the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver in 2020.

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