Health Populi
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. Just over 1 in 4 people over 50 in the U.S. use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MARCH 19, 2020
But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. And further, when senior living companies were enabled to provide their own Medicare advantage plans , that piqued more interest in telehealth. and here’s home care. More when there’s more.
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 2, 2020
But since doctors are now being reimbursed as though the visit was in person, that has been clarified to enable Medicare reimbursement for telehealth during the ’30 day’ plan of care. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 9, 2019
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma has called for expansion of reimbursement for remote care, with CMS seeking to "make sure home health agencies can leverage innovation to provide state-of-the-art care ," she said. to deliver targeted, outcome-based therapies."
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MARCH 5, 2019
Medicare Advantage changes may revive tech-enabled home care services. A far-reaching change began in 2018 to expand benefits for the chronically ill -- resulting in the likelihood that in 2019 non-skilled in-home care services will be reimbursed under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which covers a third of Medicare beneficiaries.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JANUARY 23, 2020
Meanwhile, Medicare Advantage plans telemarket home nurse visits which provide an opportunity to assess risk scores , enabling them to boost insurer reimbursements from Medicare based on that assessment, independent of whether the insured has already been assessed at the doctor’s office. With persuasion? That’s 5 percent! Just saying.
Mend
JANUARY 4, 2021
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides clarity on changes to Medicare reimbursement that were included in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The claims will be processed in July when the Medicare claims processing system is updated with the new payment rate.
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