Tag: Digital Health

Healthcare Leaders Identify top digital transformation priorities for healthcare

Healthcare Leaders Identify top digital transformation priorities for healthcare

  A new Lumeon survey lists improving patient access, team coordination, and improving care quality as top wishes, but inadequate budgets, data silos, and inflexible EHRs remain as barriers. While the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how huge a role technology can play in making the care process more efficient and convenient, simply revving up patient engagement […]
8 Big Trends For Healthcare in 2021

8 Big Trends For Healthcare in 2021

As organizations adjust to new treatment types, resource needs, and customer demands, payers and providers are looking for ways to minimize costs, enhance care, create awareness, and broaden relationships. Here are the top eight trends businesses can currently track into 2021: The future of healthcare will be marked by the re-engineering of clinical care and […]
CPT Codes Recognize EM Work That Happens Online

CPT® 2020 Digital Health Code Updates: Expanding E-Visit Reimbursement

Much attention has been given to the landmark overhaul of Evaluation and Management (E/M) office visit codes that took effect in 2021, aimed at streamlining documentation requirements for physicians. However, significant groundwork was already laid on January 1, 2020, with updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set — changes that recognized the rapid […]
Urgent Need for New Revenue Streams will Shape Providers Strategies

Urgent Need for New Revenue Streams will Shape Providers Strategies

Building alternative revenue streams source will play a bigger role in healthcare providers’ strategies, according to a new study. Ninety percent of hospital and health system executives surveyed indicated that new revenue streams were an urgent priority expected to yield a return in the next three years, a new study from Boston-based Partners Health Care […]