Telehealth boosts outcomes, spending, as regulatory flexibilities are in question

Published: Thu, 05/02/24

Updated: Thu, 05/02/24

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Telehealth boosts outcomes, spending, as regulatory flexibilities are in question

The rapid adoption of telehealth services, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a positive result on outcomes and resulted in a boost in healthcare spending, according to a report in Health Affairs. The researchers investigated the relationship between the adoption of telemedicine and its impact on costs and quality of care across various health systems.

Diagnosis Pitfalls to Look for When Seeking to Avoid Denials

A recent study from the healthcare solutions company Premier indicated that $19.7 billion is what hospitals and health systems are spending annually on handling and appealing denials. Yes, that is “billions,” with a “B.” There are several reasons claim denials can occur, including but not limited to medical necessity, claim edits, pre-authorization, and others...

Defenses Against AI-Based Medicare Audits: Part II

Legal scholars, practitioners, and other observers have grappled with the legal dimensions of artificial intelligence. As early as 1992, Solum discussed the case for considering AI to be a legal person. As of 2014, writers still were arguing that AI was unable to present “higher-order cognition” needed by the legal profession. But this time has passed. Today, particularly for routine matters, such as one might...

Emerging Legal Defenses Against AI-Assisted Medicare Audits: Part I

As we know, artificial intelligence is in the spotlight these days. It is being adopted in almost every sector of the economy. It is a commercial product, and the salespeople all argue that AI promises to yield almost incredible improvements in efficiency and accuracy in fields as diverse as supply chain management, screening candidates for HR departments, driving...

The IPPS Proposed Rule Demonstrates the Importance of SDoH

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule, through which it proposes to change the severity designation for several Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) ICD-10-CM codes. The SDoH generally continues to prove to be very important data element across...

Evolution of the International Classification of Diseases

The US is approaching a crossroads regarding the diagnostic coding system that is used in all patient records and information exchanges that support patient care, research, quality measurement, and payment. In 2022, the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11)¹ came into effect. In addition, the World Health Organization has...

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