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Championing the caregiver experience

Doctor in PPE
This special collection, which will be updated throughout the month, looks at what’s being done to ease the provider burden.

Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Protecting its patients from COVID-19, the 64-site health center moved from very limited telemedicine capabilities to wide-ranging virtual care supported by an FCC grant.

St. Joseph’s Health increased annual charges by $40M with new RCM tech

  Critical care building, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey
“A big contributing factor to this success was the creation of auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements,” said the health system’s CMIO.

Mayo Clinic COVID-19 patients likely had better outcomes thanks to RPM

The health system found that patients who received care at their facilities had lower observed mortality rates than the national average, and remote patient monitoring may have been one difference-maker.

Oscar lands $140M more as it prepares to scale in 2021

This raise follows a summer round of $225 million for the insurtech startup.

OCR issues guidance on disclosure of protected info using health information exchanges

  OCR Director Roger Severino (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights outlined several circumstances in which the disclosures of protected health information with public health authorities are permitted under HIPAA.

Pharmacy giants ramp up logistical assistance for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Walgreens, Costco, CVS and others said they would use existing IT systems to help customers track their vaccination dosage schedule.

Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

In lieu of permanent policy change, industry groups urged legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2021.

ATA applauds reforms to Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute

The American Telemedicine Association said the newly released final rules move the healthcare industry closer to a value-based care model.

Telehealth ICU tech helps Geisinger quickly expand capacity and enhance care

Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania health system implemented eICU support for more than 60 rooms within a week.