Where are Seniors More Receptive to Telemedicine?
The Covid-19 pandemic led to a sea change in the popularity of telemedicine services. As the pandemic took root in March and April of 2020, many Medicare beneficiaries turned to telemedicine when their doctors’ practices stopped providing office visits or restricted services to those their highest risk patients. Many beneficiaries chose to avoid in-person visits to reduce their exposure. On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded reimbursement and loosened regulations for telemedicine services. Volumes increased sharply in April. We estimate that 54% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries used telemedicine during the first nine months of the pandemic.
How COVID Has Influenced the Way Medicare Beneficiaries Use Telemedicine
The Covid-19 pandemic led to a sea change in the popularity of telemedicine services. As the pandemic took root in March and April of 2020, many Medicare beneficiaries turned to telemedicine when their doctors’ practices stopped providing office visits or restricted services to those their highest risk patients. Many beneficiaries chose to avoid in-person visits to reduce their exposure. On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded reimbursement and loosened regulations for telemedicine services. Volumes increased sharply in April. We estimate that 54% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries used telemedicine during the first nine months of the pandemic.
3 Surprising Trends in Seniors’ Telemedicine Use During the Pandemic
The explosive growth in telemedicine has been hailed by some as an important “silver lining” of the Covid pandemic, if such a thing can exist for such a vast tragedy. In the first terrifying weeks of the pandemic, most people did not go to their doctors’ offices for medical care and telemedicine quickly evolved from […]
New Research Explores Immuno-oncology Effectiveness for Lung Cancer in Medicare Population
05.21.21 Findings from HDAI and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Real-world Evidence Study of 20,000 Medicare Patients Shows Shorter Survival Times than Observed in Clinical Trials BOSTON, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) – an innovator in healthcare AI solutions – and researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today announced publication of findings exploring the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition for […]
New AI Analysis Pinpoints COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Medicare Population
Distributed by PRNewswire Findings from Study of 28 Million People Identifies 61 Percent Increase in Deaths Due to COVID-19, Reinforcing the Importance of Reducing Exposure and Expanded Vaccination for this Population. BOSTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) – an innovator in healthcare AI solutions – and the Department of Outcomes Research at Cleveland Clinic’s Anesthesiology Institute today […]
What’s Next for Virtual Care?
By Josh Gray As is now well known, COVID has ignited the telemedicine industry, packing 5 – 10 years of industry growth into three weeks. As the pandemic picked up steam in March, many people relied exclusively on telemedicine for care. Medicare removed obstacles that had long limited growth, relaxing regulations that prohibited the provision of telemedicine across […]
Health Care is Not Getting Back to Normal
By Josh Gray In the first month of the COVID-19 epidemic, I regularly heard the phrase “when things get back to normal.” I don’t hear that any more. In health care, more people are realizing that we will “get over” the coronavirus epidemic in gradual increments lasting years and that the health care system we […]
Health Data Analytics Institute Nabs $16 million for AI Platform that Predicts Outcomes
AI excels at making sense of data. Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) is a case in point — its AI-powered platform analyzes over a billion patient encounters to improve health care outcomes. After several years of operating quietly under the radar, the company today revealed that it has raised $16 million, which it will use to launch […]
Health Data Analytics Institute Announces an Advanced Suite of Predictors and a Series of Strategic Collaborations with Leading Healthcare Organizations
PRESS RELEASE BOSTON, Mass. – March 3, 2020 – Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) — a startup focused on delivering insights that transform patient care — today introduced an application programming interface (API) that provides access to their platform for predicting clinical complications, avoidable hospital admissions, and other outcomes. HDAI is collaborating with Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist, […]
Data Analytics Startup Launches with Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist Partnerships
Health Data Analytics Institute, a startup using artificial intelligence to build patient risk profiles to support clinical decision-making, came out of stealth mode with the launch of a new application programming interface on March 3.