Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Some consumers’ lacking or losing health insurance as ACA coverage eroded in the past two years, resulting in these patients having to self-insure and price-shop for health care services (see my post on the Gallup Poll here on Health Populi). Most employers’ adopting telehealth as a covered employee benefit.

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MedCerts

JULY 3, 2024

Regardless of the specifics, you’ll collaborate with other team members to streamline office tasks and ensure patients, medical professionals and insurance companies are on the same page. This program moves beyond the first program, teaching you about medical coding and reimbursement and how to verify insurance and file claims.

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 23, 2025

Most of their tasks involve handling patient records and managing insurance claims to ensure smooth dentist scheduling. The dental administrative assistant typically collaborates with members of the dental team behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of services. Quick Tip to Choose Between the Two: Think about what you like.

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Health Prime

MAY 23, 2024

When speaking with prospective medical coding partners, make sure to find out how they follow compliance rules. They should give you a list of compliance procedures they take as a company and how they ensure each employee is following rules and regulations. Most of them are above 98.5%. Reach out to us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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CollaborateMD

MARCH 20, 2025

Billing and Claims Management : Ensure smooth processes for medical billing , insurance claims, and payment collection. Task Automation : Simplify repetitive tasks such as sending reminders, generating reports, or follow-ups with automation. Is the data backed up on a mirrored out-of-state site?

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. People living in rural areas were least likely to use digital health techs.

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Health Populi

JULY 15, 2019

For context, this chapter follows two that explain how patients in the U.S. And yet…as the first chart illustrates from Aflac’s Workforces Survey , half of people want shopping for health insurance to feel like an Amazon experience, and another 20% like a retail store. friction-filled), and choice-suggested experience.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

This approach can free up internal resources, reduce time to market, and provide access to niche skills, especially in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Scalability Outsourced teams can flex up or down based on project phases.

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered. The prior authorization process acts as a bridge between healthcare providers and insurance companies, safeguarding the financial interests of both parties.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We meet George and Audrey in their open kitchen-dining room space, with George finishing up a conversation with his cardiologist via a tablet.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2022

In the convergence of voice and health, Teladoc announced a collaboration with Alexa, discussed in this press release. Imagine this announcement now in that outer ring, up and to the right, in this “foundation built to deliver what the market wants.” and Arlington where it already operates.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In collaboration with highly-qualified doctors and healthcare providers, we’ve built a digital health platform that is changing the way people talk about and receive the care they need.” Now consider GoodRx, linking up with HeyDoctor to help the prescription drug discounting platform expand telehealth services.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

A referral process involves obtaining patient information such as insurance details, and demographics; also scheduling appointments. It also helps to maintain the flow of data between healthcare providers, allowing for timely interventions, follow-up care, and medications.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage vs commercial insurance). Hospitals shouldn’t stick to the traditional “follow-up method” that prioritizes a high clean claim rate (claims submitted without internal edits) and instead recommend proactive denial prevention. As researched by OS Inc., “If

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered. The prior authorization process acts as a bridge between healthcare providers and insurance companies, safeguarding the financial interests of both parties.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

When a new technology or product starts to get used in a market, it follows a diffusion curve whose slope depends on the pace of adoption in that market. The first chart from the CDC illustrates that dramatic growth in the use of telehealth ratcheting up since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the U.S.

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Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the National Library of Medicine , integrated care management: “… views the multidisciplinary approaches to collaborating care delivery by activity, cost and quality, and using a process approach to problem- and outcome-based care delivery.

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Guideway Care

APRIL 23, 2024

The Shift To Bundled Payments: More Than Just a Trend Healthcare providers and insurance companies are increasingly adopting bundled payment models. By focusing on the entire care journey, from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, bundled payments encourage healthcare providers to optimize service delivery.

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CareerStep

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They’re used for billing and insurance reasons. Think of it as a simplified language for a patient’s medical history, because every doctor and insurance company in the U.S Checking patient insurance coverage and eligibility before billing. uses the same codes. But, what does a medical coder’s typical day look like?

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 14, 2024

I had spent most of my career being the squeaky wheel, speaking up even when it was unpopular. The biggest thing that pushed me to collaborate with the company was its mission, which completely aligned with mine. Most recently, Rebecca has set her sights on a significant issue: the insurance reimbursement of nursing services.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Doximity

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I use it regularly for faxing prior authorizations and clinical documents to insurance companies as well as calling patients when working remotely.” Jordan Orofino, PharmD, Chicago, IL To sum up, here are the benefits for U.S. This article was written in collaboration with Paria Sanaty Zadeh, PharmD. Need to set up Dialer?

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Centralized control streamlines workflows, fostering collaboration among staff and optimizing resource allocation. Reduced revenue or profitability can be the result of missed billing opportunities, inefficient billing processes , or changes in insurance reimbursement rates, among other things.

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Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) and other laws/regulations is mandatory. Getting on insurance panels (also known as insurance credentialing ) is an involved process that can sometimes take months and requires a lot of steps and paperwork. Your EHR software can help with this.

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Valant

MARCH 2, 2024

The up-front financial considerations include adequate staffing, suitable technology, and the necessary training. Rejected claims happen, but a software that simplifies claim creation, and that offers in-depth reporting features to back up the claims submitted, can reduce both claim denials the time spent on resubmitting or appealing denials.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Third-party billing Many IHS facilities generate additional revenue by billing private insurers for services provided to patients with coverage. Submit the application Follow the specific submission guidelines and meet all deadlines. These funds help supplement federal appropriations and support essential healthcare services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

At HIMSS19, there’s an entire day devoted to a Pharma Forum on Tuesday 12 February, focusing on pharma-provider-payor collaborations. Mashed with other patients’, prescription drug utilization data can combine with more data to be used for population health, cost-effectiveness, and other constructive research pursuits.

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Intercoast

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In California, counselors must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. Clients are more likely to open up about their struggles with addiction when they know that their personal information will remain confidential.

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Arkenea

MARCH 29, 2025

Covered Entities (CE): These are involved in transmitting, storing, and creating ePHI, so they must follow HIPAA compliance rules. Covered entities include health insurance companies, health plans, healthcare programs by the government, healthcare providers, and healthcare clearinghouses.

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MedAssistantEDU.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This number is expected to increase up to 19% by 2029. Owing to the diverse role, employers prefer hiring the medical assistant having the following traits- A medical assistant must have excellent communication skills to describe the medical terminology to relatives and patients in an effective way. in the year 2019.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

It is the insurance or payers’ way of controlling costs by approving or denying certain medications, procedures, or devices that may not usually be covered or is on a higher tier on the formulary. THE PAYER: Finally, this step of the process determines whether the previous roles’ collaborative efforts have been proven successful.

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ACMA Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Usually, these drugs are provided by hospitals or physicians’ offices who purchase the drugs directly from the wholesaler and bill the health insurance for the drug as well as the administration cost. Physician offices and hospital outpatient clinics are the primary sites of administration for separately paid, provider-administered drugs.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

Key Takeaways Bundled payment models promote collaborative healthcare and aim to improve care quality while controlling costs, but implementing these models can be challenging due to the need for enhanced coordination among providers. This personalized support enhances not only their health but also their overall well-being.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 20, 2025

For instance, Microsoft is developing many collaboration platforms and services to aid the telemedicine nursing business. These conveniences also open up opportunities for people to start and grow a business. Additionally, a telemedicine business can also coordinate with other insurance companies and handle customer billing.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It is the insurance or payers’ way of controlling costs by approving or denying certain medications, procedures, or devices that may not usually be covered or is on a higher tier on the formulary. THE PAYER: Finally, this step of the process determines whether the previous roles’ collaborative efforts have been proven successful.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Since healthcare software developers create a new application without collaborating with other application engineering teams, creating custom interfaces meant different languages and communication gaps. Typically, message events are of the following two forms: Flat Files- HL7 Version 2.4 Ultimately, it made compatibility impossible.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 28, 2023

I had spent most of my career being the squeaky wheel, speaking up even when it was unpopular. The biggest thing that pushed me to collaborate with the company was its mission, which completely aligned with mine. Most recently, Rebecca has set her sights on a significant issue, the insurance reimbursement of nursing services.

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