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Framing Effect: Unveiling the Hidden Influence on Your Health Choices
From minor daily choices to life-altering decisions, have you ever wondered why you sometimes make different choices when the same information is presented differently? The answer lies in the fascinating power of the framing effect. Discover how this cognitive bias impacts decision making and l
The Ultimate Guide to Billing CPT® Code 99457 for Remote Patient Monitoring: Tips and Best Practices from Vianova
In this edition, we want to highlight the most important things you need to know about billing CPT® code 99457, which covers the time your clinical team spends monitoring patients and delivering remote care and patient education. Who Can Order 99457 and Provide Clinical Monitoring Services? Li
Harnessing FOMO to Cultivate Healthy Habits: A Behavioral Economics Perspective
In today’s fast-paced and hyper-connected world, the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) has become a pervasive phenomenon. While FOMO is often associated with missing out on a good time with friends, its influence can also extend into various aspects of our lives, including healthcare and the for
The Key Points to Keep in Mind When Billing CPT® Code 99458 for Remote Patient Monitoring
CPT® code 99458 covers the additional time your clinical team (or outsourced team) invests in monitoring patients after the 99457 time requirements have been met. Here are the most important things you need to know to bill CPT® Code 99458 correctly using Vianova’s RPM platform. Who Can
Bridging the Empathy Gap: Nudging Towards Healthy Decisions in Healthcare
In the realm of healthcare, making healthy decisions and developing sustainable habits is crucial for maintaining overall well-being. However, human behavior is often influenced by emotional states, leading to what is known as the empathy gap or emotion gap. This article explores the concept of
Building Healthy Habits: The Behavioral Economics of Duration Heuristics in Healthcare
In healthcare, building healthy habits is key to achieving optimal physical and mental health. From eating a balanced diet to getting enough exercise, forming positive habits can have a profound impact on one’s wellbeing. However, the process of building healthy habits is often easier sai
Mastering Your Health Goals: The Power of Commitment Devices
Behavioral economics is a field that recognizes the complexity of human decision-making and how we often struggle to follow through on our intentions. One of the most powerful tools in behavioral economics is the commitment device, which can help us bridge the gap between our intentions and our
The Power of Default Options: How Choice Architecture Shapes Decision Making
We make countless decisions every day, from what to wear in the morning to what to eat for dinner. Some decisions are trivial, while others can have a significant impact on our health, finances, and overall well-being. But did you know that the way choices are presented to us can greatly influe
Tips for Successful Onboarding
If you are using Vianova as your RPM solution or considering implementing Vianova, there are specific features and functionalities that can enhance patient engagement and adherence. Here are some tips for using Vianova to set your patients up for success: Utilize Vianova’s interactive onb
Vianova’s Successful RPM Onboarding
Launching and growing your RPM program requires successful patient onboarding, and Vianova understands the importance of this process. Many practices face challenges in effectively onboarding patients due to various reasons, such as limited staff capacity, lack of training on RPM benefits, diff
Billing CPT Code 99454 for Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become an increasingly popular method of providing healthcare services to patients in the comfort of their own homes. With RPM, providers can remotely monitor patients’ physiological data and provide timely interventions, leading to improved patient out
Vianova’s Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM): Billing and Best Practices for CPT Code 99453
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has become an essential tool for healthcare providers to monitor patients’ health remotely, especially for chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and congestive heart failure. To bill for RPM services, providers use speci
Navigating Cognitive Biases for Healthy Decision Making: Understanding How Our Minds Influence Our Health Choices
When it comes to making healthy decisions, our brains play a crucial role. However, our brains are not always as rational as we think, and cognitive biases can impact our choices related to health and wellness. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of cognitive biases in the context of
Maximizing Reimbursement with Remote Patient Monitoring: A Comprehensive Guide to CPT Codes 99453 and 99454
In this series, we will delve into the world of RPM and explore the different CPT codes that are relevant to providers looking to develop their own remote monitoring programs. RPM programs have gained significant traction in recent years, driven by factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, technol
Breaking Free from the Familiar: The Ambiguity Effect and Making Bold Choices for Your Health
We all want to make healthy choices, but sometimes, the missing information about the outcome of a particular choice can make it seem unpredictable. This uncertainty can lead us to avoid making decisions altogether or choose options that are less healthy for us. This phenomenon is known as the
“Vianova’s Gamified RTM Platform: A Comprehensive Solution for Enhancing Remote Care”
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the healthcare landscape and highlighted the importance of remote care. Telehealth has become a crucial tool in ensuring continuity of care while minimizing the risk of exposure to the virus. This has led to the adoption of RPM and RTM codes to f
“Getting Back on the Habit Horse: How to Reignite Your Daily Routine with Behavioral Economics and Behavior Design”
Habits are essential for achieving long-term goals, but even the most dedicated of us sometimes find it difficult to maintain our daily habits. Whether it’s due to unforeseen circumstances, a change in routine, or simply losing motivation, stopping a habit can be a frustrating setback.&nb
“Revolutionizing Nephrology Care: Gamified RPM and CCM Platform for Improved Patient Outcomes”
Vianova’s gamified, behavior-based RPM and CCM platform for nephrology practices is designed to improve patient outcomes while driving revenue through new Medicare CPT codes. By incorporating care coordination initiatives, practices can stay connected to patients’ health outside of
The Habit Prep with Forrest Gump
🎉🧠Welcome to the Wonderful World of Behavior Design!🧠🎉 Hey there, habit heroes! Are you ready to dive into the fabulous realm of behavior design? In this edition, we’re talking all about the pre-habit prep that’s essential for ensuring success. 🚀🏆 We’ll be dr
Revolutionizing Remote Healthcare: How Vianova’s Gamified RTM Platform Improves Patient Engagement and Outcomes
In recent years, Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) has become an essential tool for healthcare providers to track patients’ health outside the traditional clinical setting. However, patient engagement and adherence to treatment plans remain significant challenges in RTM. To address t
The human brain is not a clock. It’s a pattern machine.
We are wired to recognize patterns. Our brains are constantly processing information from the world around us, looking for familiar patterns and making predictions about what will happen next. This ability to recognize and create patterns is not just something that happens in our heads
Origami Habits
Hey fellow humans, it’s time to get our fold on and talk about the connection between origami and behavior design! You might be wondering, “what on earth do paper cranes have to do with shaping human behavior?” And to that, I say, “Oh my dear reader, just you wait
Being Specific on Goals or Habits Alone do not lead to Success
Many people believe that if they want to successfully form a habit, they need to be specific about what they want to achieve. While having a clear and specific goal can be helpful, it is not enough on its own. In fact, one of the most common misunderstandings about habit formation is that being
Empowering Patients and Improving Outcomes: Vianova’s Platform for Managing Diabetes
Endocrinology is the study of the endocrine system, which is responsible for regulating various bodily functions through the secretion of hormones. One of the most common endocrine disorders is diabetes, which affects millions of people worldwide. Diabetes is a chronic condition characterized b
Transforming Chronic Disease Management with Behavioral-Based Remote Patient Monitoring: The Revolutionary Approach of Vianova
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is an innovative healthcare technology that has shown great potential in improving patient outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and increasing patient satisfaction. With the rise of chronic diseases and an aging population, the need for effective RPM solutions ha
Food as Medicine: A Promising Future for Healthcare
In recent years, the concept of “food as medicine” has gained a lot of attention in the healthcare industry. This movement emphasizes the use of healthy food as a medical intervention for certain chronic and diet-related diseases. Multiple federal agencies, major organizations, a
Want better Habits? hire an interior Behavior Designer. YOU
Habits and behavior design may seem like two completely different things, but they actually have a lot in common. They’re like siblings who may look and act different, but they’re still family. They both involve a series of steps or actions that, when taken consistently over
Maximizing Reimbursements:Essential Guide to Billing CPT® Code 99454 for RPM
Remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) is an increasingly popular tool used by healthcare providers to monitor their patients’ health conditions remotely. CPT® code 99454 is used to bill for the service of automated data transmission from a patient’s device to the practice’s RPM
The Mistake of Information Overload
This week I wanted to dive a little deeper into the concept that information does not lead to action. Wendy Wood, a world renowned psychologist and researcher, has spent years researching behavior change and how information influences changes. Wood and her colleagues conducted an experi
Information Does Not Lead to Action
Recently, I wrote about the myth of motivation, and how motivation does not lead to action. Another one of the greatest myths in healthcare is that information leads to action, or in other words, that education leads to change. After speaking to 450 physicians and clinicians, we re
The lifehack that isn’t a hack
Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round for the ultimate guide to behavior design! You may have heard of BJ Fogg and his tiny habits method, but let me tell you, it’s like the secret sauce of habit formation. So, what is it? Well, it’s all about starting small. Like, really small.
Manage Congestive Heart Failure with Vianova’s Behavioral-Based RPM Platform
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a debilitating condition that affects millions of people globally. It is characterized by a progressive decline in heart function, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and fluid buildup. CHF can be managed through medication, lifestyle chan
Motivation Does Not Lead To Action
“Motivation does NOT lead to action, rather action LEADs to motivation” – Jeff Haden According to The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden, motivation can be unpredictable and unreliable, and relying on its fluctuating, flailing nature as one’s sole driving force can lead to failure. This
Show Up
Showing up is the foundation upon which all other habits and behaviors are built. It is key to every accomplishment we achieve, every change we make, and is especially important when we are rewriting our story. In a recent podcast between Brene Brown and James Clear, author of Atomi
Vianova’s RPM platform for diabetic patients
Vianova’s RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) platform is a game-changer for people living with diabetes. This innovative technology allows individuals to closely track their blood sugar levels, medication usage, and other important health metrics from the comfort of their own homes. T
Why Breaking Bad Habits Are So Hard
Breaking bad habits is like trying to quit smoking while standing in a room full of ashtrays. No matter how hard you try, the temptation is always there, staring you in the face. But why is it so darn hard to break a bad habit? Well, according to the behavior design methodology, habits are form
Fizzling Goals but I want them to Sparkle
Are you tired of setting big, bold, and totally unrealistic goals for yourself, only to watch them fizzle out faster than a sparkler on a rainy day? Well, you’re not alone, my friend! It turns out that the road to building lasting habits and achieving our wildest dreams is a little m
Infinite Option Menu From Hell
Imagine that you’re hanging out with some good friends, when one of them tells you about an amazing new restaurant that just opened up. You immediately open up your Yelp app and see over a thousand 5 star reviews, so you make a note to check it out when you have a chance. The next
The Weight Of Goals
Happy New Year! Every January, we feel the energy of new possibilities, and many of us set out to begin a journey towards a better version of ourselves. Most of us inevitably begin by setting new goals or resolutions.. But let’s take a step back and learn from our previous attempts at c
Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is an important concept in psychology that refers to a person’s belief in their ability to successfully perform a task or achieve a goal. It is closely related to motivation and self-confidence, and is thought to play a major role in determining whether or not we attempt to
Vianova’s Digital Nutrition App
Vianova’s gamified digital nutrition app helps users make healthier food choices by turning meal planning and tracking into a fun and engaging game. The app uses a points system to motivate users to make healthier choices and track their progress, as well as providing personalized nutrition r
Convenient and Cost-Effective: The Advantages of Remote Veterinary Services
Remote veterinary care and the use of technology are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners and veterinarians alike. With the help of companies like Vianova, pet owners can now access expert veterinary advice from the comfort of their own homes, using telemedicine tools and other advanc
How Remote Care Technology is Transforming Hair Transplantation
The field of hair transplantation has seen significant advancements in recent years, thanks in large part to the growing use of remote care technology. With the help of telemedicine, patients can now consult with hair transplant specialists from the comfort of their own homes, receiving persona
Vianova: Leading the Way in Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Healthcare
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, new technologies are emerging that have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach patient care. One of these technologies is blockchain, the underlying technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. But blockchain isn’t jus
The Impact of Vianova’s Chatbot, Rita
Technology has always been at the forefront of medical care, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the field. One of the latest examples of this is Vianova’s chatbot, Rita. Rita is a revolutionary tool that is helping patients to improve their health in a number of w
CMS Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Codes
The Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes are a family of five codes created by the CPT Editorial Panel in October 2020 and valued by the RVS Update Committee (RUC) at its January 2021 meeting. The RTM family includes three practice expense (PE)-only codes and two codes that include p
The fresh start effect
What if we started viewing our lives like a tv-sitcom where every day starts fresh like a new episode? Behavior change experts talk a lot about developing a routine, so this may seem counterintuitive. How can you build a solid habit if you are starting fresh every morning? G
Supervillain Expectations
When we imagine the hurdles or obstacles that get in the way of our dreams and aspirations, we usually think something is actively preventing us from being able to achieve them. Think Lex Luthor with Kryptonite in hand standing in the way of Superman saving the world. More often than not,
Patient Experience
When is something worth the wait? Whether it’s at the grocery store check out, or the latest ride at Disney, there are times we all have to stand in line. But some lines can be particularly agonizing, like the wait at a doctor’s office. So what makes waiting a doctor’s o
Setting up for success
In a recently republished New York Time Article, a challenge was issued to readers called “How to Build Healthy Habits”. The key message at the core of this challenge is to set ourselves up for success. The biggest stumbling block to achieving our New Year’s Resolutions and personal
Case Study: IP Petrol
Gamified behavior apps- the future of retail and customer loyalty Many of our clients want to provide their customers with an enhanced, app based experience, but often struggle with how to successfully develop an app that encourages sustained engagement over a long period of time. At Vianova,
What are aspirations?
If you were asked what your aspirations are, what would you say? According to a poll conducted in 2015, the top three answers were: Starting a family or spending time with family Being happy Being debt free But what are aspirations? Most of us would probably answer that they are so
Aspiration vs Expectation
In his Netflix special, 23 Hours to Kill, Jerry Seinfeld spoke about how everything we plan in life may fail to live up to expectations, and in the end we will feel that the experience either “sucked” or was “great”. As Seinfeld states “sucks and great are pretty close.”
RPM for neurological care
Vianova’s Remote Patient Monitoring platform provides the ability to diagnose, treat and monitor patients who are facing neurological diseases. Diseases such as: Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy require intervention and specific attention from healthcare professionals, b
NEW RTM CODES FOR 2022
In 2022, CMS released five new Remote Therapeutic Monitoring code categories, effective January 1, 2022. These new RTM codes expanded the quantity and quality of Medicare reimbursements; going above and beyond the current Remote Patient Monitoring codes. The latest RTM code updates
New Codes for Care Management
According to the latest research, 6 out of 10 adults suffer from at least one chronic disease, while 4 out of 10 suffer from two or more chronic diseases. This explosion of chronic disease led to the development of several Medicare-based programs including Chronic Care Management (CCM), P
Augmented Intelligence
At Vianova, we spent years exploring the idea of using artificial intelligence to support our users through the process of behavior change. After working with thousands of users, we realized that what is missing from artificial intelligence was basic human connection. When we launc
How to Launch A Remote Patient monitoring platform
Setting up a Remote Patient Monitoring Practice is a great way to engage your patients every day and keep their health on track. The market is now flooded with many RPM programs and it can be difficult to find a solid program that will actually help your patients. Here are a few tips on what [&
Choice Architecture
Have you ever gone grocery shopping when you’re hungry? Doesn’t the candy section in the checkout line become just a little more tempting than it normally would be? This is by design. No one is making you buy that chocolate bar, but its placement has an influence on you. Choice Archit
Choice overload and decision fatigue
Are you tired of constantly having to choose something? Has a small part of you ever wished for a coffee shop that offers only three types of coffee, or a restaurant with a simple menu that offers minimal options? Every day we are bombarded with having to make decision after decisi
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