Best Telehealth Benefits for Employer & Employee

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The long-overlooked solution to upend health care economics: Bringing the hospital home "The current incentive system is actually backwards. It favors services rendered in hospitals by reacting to illness instead of preventing it and creating wellness. With advanced technologies in place, once we align payment systems to focus on preventative and home-based care, we can build the powerful healthcare system of the future." more #homehealth Telethink #aginginplace

Is Telehealth Really Saving Money for Employers?   The health care system itself also benefits from virtual care, Paralkar said. "Telehealth programs help redirect care from ER and urgent care and drive improved diagnosis and health plan savings," she said. She points to a  study by Jefferson Health System   that calculated that "each avoided emergency department visit garnered cost savings ranging from $309 to more than $1,500."    When evaluating their own expenses, companies should look at both short- and long-term costs, Shao said. "If this isn't done, companies could be spending more money or moving expenses from one area to another, ultimately undermining their intention to provide solutions to their employees," he said. full article Telethink Virtual Care for Savings

  5 Predictions for Healthcare’s Future "In order to keep up, health systems will need to change their payment model, Tullman argued. Healthcare is the only industry where consumers don’t know what they owe until months after they receive the service, he pointed out." more  Telethink Health #directcare #subscriptionmodel

How algorithms are being used to deny health insurance claims in bulk Federal data shows that health insurance companies denied more than 49 million claims in 2021, but customers appealed less than 0.2 percent of them. Investigative journalists at ProPublica found that the  insurance company Cigna  is using an automated system to assess, and often deny, claims in bulk. Reporter Maya Miller joins Ali Rogin to discuss the findings.  more Telethink Health : no deductibles, no copays, no consultation fees, just health care when and where you need it for the whole family. AI to deny ins. claims.

  Telethink #virtualcare #agingwell "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs," reads the letter, issued by the nonprofit organization Future of Life, adding that "advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and should be planned for and managed with commensurate care and resources. more