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In a session Monday at the American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show titled "The Telemedicine Value Proposition: ROI & Sustainability," Watson laid out the numbers, so far, for UPMC's forays into virtual care since 2009.
A panel of telemedicine industry executives took on the topic of user-friendly design Monday afternoon at the American Telemedicine Association's18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show. Their conclusion: Healthcare needs to design new methods of care delivery that appeal to the consumer.
The American Telemedicine Association's finance and operations track during its annual meeting in Austin, Texas, sets out to give conference attendees a better understanding of telemedicine's return on investment and efficiencies.
Getting uninsured Americans covered by insurance is not just a goal of the federal government's. It has also become a goal of the American Hospital Association's and at its annual membership meeting in April, a panel discussion focused on how to reach that goal.
When it comes to paying for new procedures or new ways of delivering care, private insurers often keep their eyes on payment policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If CMS begins compensation for a service, the private payers will likely follow. But that rule of thumb may not apply in the new world of reimbursing for telemedicine and telehealth services.
Venture capital funding is alive and well in the digital health sector, according to the experts. But that doesn't mean every Tom, Dick and Harriet with a telehealth proposal is going to get it.
Electronic health records, when used correctly, produce more accurate documentation leading to more complete coding, and ultimately, more accurate reimbursement claims, according to Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance of the American Health Information Management Association.
U.S. medical schools are on track to increase their enrollment 30 percent by 2017, according to results of the annual Medical School Enrollment Survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Workforce Studies, released Thursday.
On Wednesday, insurer and managed care company Humana Inc. reported a significant increase in earnings for the first quarter of 2013 based on lower utilization of medical services and out performance by virtually all sectors of the company's business.
Cigna Corp. announced its net earnings fell to $57 million or 20 cents per share in the first quarter 2013 down from $371 million or $1.28 per share last year, largely the result of a previously announced $507 million charge from its Febraury reinsurance deal with Berkshire Hathaway.