Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Featured Report: 7 different federal definitions of telehealth

This Week's Healthcare Online News

Fierce Health IT
7 different federal definitions of telehealth
Apr,02,2014
by+Ashley Gold

Federal efforts to define and advance telehealth are certainly a work in progress as nationwide and state-based laws are developed. A new study in Telemedicine and e-Health explores seven unique definitions of telehealth in current use across the U.S. government.
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Fierce HealthPayer
Consumers usually win when they appeal claim denials
Apr,02,2014
by:+Dina Overland

When consumers challenge a healthcare service their insurer denied, they win about half the time, data from California insurance departments show. The Affordable Care Act allows all consumers to appeal any denied service to a third party, like a state insurance department. Before the reform law, no standard process for appealing an insurer's denial existed, reported Capital Public Radio.
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iHealthBeat
More States Want To Contain Health Costs With Online Tools
Mar,12,2014
by:+Staff

States increasingly are turning to online tools -- such as all-payer claims databases -- to try to curb rising health care costs. However, a report last year gave most states a failing grade for their efforts to make consumer health care cost data transparent. In an iHealthBeat audio report by Rachel Dornhelm, experts discussed the progress and challenges associated with state-based health care cost transparency efforts.
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Modern Healthcare
Community health centers brace for influx of newly insured
Mar,31,2014
by:+Andis Robeznieks

The nation's 9,000 community health center locations, serving some 22 million patients, are bracing for an influx of patients in the 26 states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Roughly 10,000 physicians make up about 60% of the community center clinical workforce; their work is supplemented by about 6,000 nurse practitioners and physician assistants, noted Dan Hawkins, policy director for the National Association of Community Health Centers. He is not sure if this will be enough for what he expects will be increased demand for services.
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