Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

"The future of mental health care requires omnichannel care where telehealth plays a role in a larger continuum of treatments," said Dr. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 2, 2022

It uses telehealth technology to connect specialists and clinicians to areas of need, help monitor patients' health status and behavior remotely, promote timely and efficient care, and help providers reach previously isolated populations of patients. million people in Suffolk County, New York. Accelerating adoption of the technology.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

"When the first wave of COVID-19 kind of died down, we met with all of our heads of departments, including cardiology, pulmonary and other key service lines, and we asked them about the limitation of that telehealth interaction," he recalled. "What we learned is that we needed data," he continued.

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NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) require services beyond those needed by children generally, yet they often face difficulties accessing high-quality health care. Of the over 15 million CYSHCN in the U.S., percent receive care in a well-functioning system, 1 and 44.6 Of the over 15 million CYSHCN in the U.S.,

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. These networks profit the people they serve. Strategically speaking.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits. Expediting treatment time. "The implementation of a telepsychiatry program expedites the treatment time for a patient presenting in the emergency department in crisis," he continued.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 24, 2021

The organization did so through the Virtual Care Innovation Network, a Kaiser Permanente-founded collaboration that aims to solve challenges associated with telehealth's implementation and sustainability. WHY IT MATTERS. The money is part of $2.37 THE LARGER TREND. And this gives you access to the best physicians on the planet."

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 13, 2023

Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, part of the national non-profit Cancer Support Community network, and Equiva Health, a digital patient engagement company, are partnering to provide stand-alone devices configured for at-home use as part of an oncology-specific initiative to address health disparities through discounted broadband funded by a $14.2

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

"Another problem was the lack of continuity of care," said William Manzie, administrative director of telehealth at Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Florida. At Memorial Healthcare System, telehealth has been a major help in addressing the issues of healthcare access during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So the organization had a solid foundation on which to build and improve its telehealth solution. "In 2016, we began exploring various telehealth workflows to meet those needs but hit many billing-related roadblocks due to the restrictive New York State and federal regulations.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2024

” The average grade is heavily weighted toward D-F with 57% of people granting one of these two grades for mental health care in America. While people in the U.S. In West Health’s words , three-quarters of Americans feel that, “mental health takes a back seat to physical health” in the U.S. .: adults 18 and older.

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NASHP

APRIL 3, 2023

They used these findings to inform their focus on telehealth, 988 implementation, and mobile crisis services in rural areas. State teams were composed of leaders in Medicaid, behavioral health agencies, rural health agencies, and other state officials involved in advancing cross-agency approaches.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2023

Direct service workers (DSWs) are essential in providing care to long-term services and support recipients who choose to age and live in their homes, especially those in underserved communities and rural areas. This model encourages a virtual, bidirectional exchange of information between peers and subject matter experts.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"Prior to COVID, we had very limited use of e-consults and asynchronous telehealth services to support patients' needs for certain specialty services," Silvestri noted. Pre-COVID, there were technologies available to support telehealth, but reimbursement was not uniform nor at parity with in-person or face-to-face visits.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Department of Justice tried to block the merger and is appealing the court approval Selux Diagnostics announced that its Next Generation Phenotyping System – a rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing platform – has been granted 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

What You Should Know: – MedStar Health has received a nearly $2 million telehealth research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to expand its research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare focused on telehealth access, safety, and equity.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country. THE PROBLEM. WVU Medicine had virtual care options, though with limited reimbursement.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Simplifying the funding application process. One way the government has responded to hospitals’ and health systems’ financial needs is by funding grants to close revenue gaps. Anish Sebastian, CEO and Co-founder, Babyscripts For a long time, healthcare providers in the U.S. And they require permanent solutions.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

That’s the promise, increasingly a reality, of telehealth. We are in the middle of Telehealth Awareness Week , an advocacy program launched by the ATA (American Telemedicine Association) whose mission I share — that #TelehealthIsHealth. Most of you will not know what I’m referring to with “Prodigy.”

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NASHP

JANUARY 24, 2022

To help build this capacity, the American Rescue Plan Act, among other resources to states, authorized a new Medicaid payment mechanism for Medicaid mobile crisis services, and awarded planning grants to twenty states to prepare for implementation. Essential crisis care principles and practices.

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NASHP

APRIL 24, 2023

State innovations in Medicaid (now the largest public payer of behavioral health care) along with strategic deployment of federal grants have provided a foundation for the behavioral health safety net. But the system remains fragmented and strained under the twin crises of mental illness and escalating overdose deaths.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2023

These startups are revolutionizing patient experiences and transforming the healthcare landscape from telehealth platforms to wearable devices and remote monitoring tools. Grants, funding programs, and venture capital investments fuel the growth and development of promising startups.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In response, new federal funds through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) are available to states to help expand and modernize the full continuum of crisis services so that individuals can be assessed, triaged, and diverted away from higher levels of care – including hospitalization, incarceration, and involuntary commitment.

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NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Behavioral health crisis care consists of a range of interventions for people at risk for acute behavioral health issues, experiencing crisis, and engaged in recovery. Where behavioral health resources that are tailored to meet the unique needs of local communities exist, they are often scattered and difficult to scale.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Simultaneously, states are receiving unprecedented short-term funding from the federal government and considering the most strategic use of such funds. High-quality primary care is foundational to a healthy society and well-functioning health care systems.

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Primary Care Nursing Prevention Hospitals 72

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Many states are looking to build on their community-based workforce and are looking for sustainable funding sources for CHWs. Many states are looking to build on their community-based workforce and are looking for sustainable funding sources for CHWs. CRF Coronavirus Relief Funding. engage with communities?and integrating?CHWs

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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Participants identified teledentistry, school-linked programs and new federal funding available under the American Rescue Plan Act as key opportunities to increase access to oral health care. Early on, dental providers faced office closures and lacked personal protective equipment (PPE). Teledentistry.

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Telehealth and health information technology. Researchers eager to work and learn at the forefront of quality and health equity have until January 31, 2024, to apply for the Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality and Equity Fellowship. The NCQA Torda Fellowship trains the next generation of quality leaders. Primary care. Preventive care.

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GoMoHealth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The innovative MyPlan program was initiated through grant funding from Dr. Venus Wong and Dr. Sarah Rosenbaum of the Clinical Excellence Research Center at Stanford University. USAging is inspired by the example they have set for others in the Aging Network.”

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 19, 2022

The partnership stems from a previous relationship between the two organizations, as Parker has awarded grants to VNAHG over the past three years. The grant funding was meant to fuel the growth and expansion of VNAHG’s Advanced Care Institute, which was established in 2015.

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NASHP

JULY 22, 2022

1] Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government expanded funding to states’ Medicaid HCBS programs, including a one-year, 10-percentage-point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for HCBS. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.

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Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The degree of autonomy granted to APPs varies by state. Finally, some states follow the independent practice model, which grants certain APPs full authority to engage in the practice of medicine. These groups also point to studies demonstrating positive health outcomes in states that grant greater APP autonomy. [1].

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NASHP

MARCH 4, 2022

Governors also mentioned their priorities for investing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Governors use their annual state-of-the-state addresses to showcase successes and accomplishments over the past year and to define their policy priorities for the year ahead. Below are highlights from key themes that the governors addressed.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry was slowly embracing telehealth as a new modality to deliver patient care. Horizon Health Alliance, based in Buffalo, New York, was watching the telehealth industry expand to meet the demand for patients. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Anticipated Medicaid reimbursement strategies: The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (Arizona’s Medicaid agency) intends to create a funding mechanism once the state has finalized a voluntary certification. Click here for survey questions. Medicaid Reimbursement. Medicaid Reimbursement.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

New Jersey’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services currently funds and supports 33 Self-Help Centers in the 21 counties across the state, all of which are consumer-operated. It emphasizes the person’s strengths, self-determination, and the potential for personal growth and well-being.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients. Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world.

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