Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite HHS instituting waivers making tele-ICU services payable under Medicare, RICU says it has been unable to expand its services to more hospitals – because the agency disallows payment for critical-care telemedicine if the physician is located outside the United States. hospitals via telemedicine, has sued the U.S.

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Clear Arch Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

CMS released its 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in November 2023, signaling that FQHCs, RHCs and CHCs will be able to bill Medicare separately for RPM, thereby promoting greater access to remote patient monitoring for beneficiaries in underserved communities. However, change is in the air.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Medicare was the first to cover RPM. If the AMA approves the changes under consideration, and Medicare follows suit, which it usually does, then providers who make modifications and expand their RPM programs to fit the new codes will gain the most benefits for their patients and their clinics. However, the federal agency often does so.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These provisions allowed for Medicare coverage of telehealth visits regardless of geographic location and eliminated in-person visit requirements for certain services. Telehealth at a Crossroads: The Impact of Expiring Waiver During the public health emergency (PHE), telehealth benefited from temporary regulatory flexibilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid. They can receive care from their homes rather than traveling to a health care facility.

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eVisit

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

November 1, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) made a significant step in overcoming this obstacle. It announced its finalization of “ Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019 ”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In addition to the obvious need to reduce person-to-person contact during the pandemic and widespread access to broadband internet, he also points to the shifts at a local, state and federal level that have made it easier for patients to access virtual care.

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Clear Arch Health

APRIL 22, 2024

But, without a map to chart a clear course across this new and evolving expanse, healthcare professionals may find themselves adrift in a sea of complex rules, regulations and obstacles to providing care and being properly reimbursed.

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

The most concrete policy idea that Oz offered was limiting the number of procedures subject to prior auth in Medicare Advantage to 1,000, a steep reduction from ~15,000 today. ” Medicare Advantage was another big focal point. Prior auth topped the hit list. He promised to hit the problem head-on with an AI hammer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

" He added: "These waivers are all rooted in common sense and will go far to modernizing the Medicare program in keeping with technology and other advancements that have improved care delivery." There's no reason to revert back to the status quo just because patients may seek different avenues for treatment."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

" Siddiqi's goal was to effectively move more elements of in-person care into the home, including virtual check-ins, education and physical therapy. With effective digital and remote care via remote therapeutic monitoring, he has been able to solve more substantial problems.

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care innovations

JANUARY 16, 2019

It’s official: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2019 fee schedule is in effect as of January 1, 2019, bringing with it three new CPT codes that allow for expanded reimbursement for remote care services. The leading remote care delivery organizations will be well prepared for this service addition. ”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare average, by introducing telehealth services. The study found telehealth implementation and usage varied widely among internists and subspecialists, with a third of the 233 ACP members surveyed having used e-consulting, while nearly a quarter had deployed remote care management technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Virtual care solutions, currently underutilized as simply a replacement for in-person clinic visits, can be deployed more strategically and comprehensively to benefit both patients and clinicians. RPM addresses the needs of health workers, care teams and patients across the continuum of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We spoke with HIMSS Senior Director, Health Information Systems Rob Havasy about the data management challenges posed by remote care delivery. Virtual care poses distinct privacy and security risk factors that must be managed, with new tools and data streams to safeguard and new responsibilities on both the patient and provider side.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The technique involves finding data from public sources such as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare launched a payment system for in-home treatment during the pandemic, and now more than 200 hospitals have been approved by Medicare for the service. offering in-home treatment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Remote care clinicians have also broadened the treatments they offer, to include COVID-19 and other acute and chronic conditions, according to officials at the Salt Lake City-based health system. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come. THE LARGER TREND.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance."

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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.

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Digital Health Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

One of the biggest changes has been the willingness of CMS or Medicare to actually reimburse remote patient monitoring for chronic disease management. The post DHW Q&A: Bridging Gaps in Remote Care With Clear Arch Health appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2024

We interviewed Nissim to discuss diabetes treatment challenges, how RPM can help overcome some of these challenges, how AI can boost RPM technology when dealing with chronic illnesses, how adequately addressing diabetes can save taxpayers money, and what Nissim calls "the next generation of remote care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A frequently discussed consequence of the COVID-19 crisis is the uptick in reliance on telehealth, with both patients and clinicians pivoting quickly to virtual care in order to minimize in-person contact. COVID has relaxed a lot of regulations that have been [enacted] around telehealth," said Flannery.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Early detection of kidney disease may reduce Medicare costs associated with CKD by 74% or $63.2 We serve millions of people annually and partner with 100+ enterprise clients to power over 340 programs to close gaps in care and create diagnostics-driven solutions for health plans and employers.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule.

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Health Recovery Solutions

APRIL 13, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented acceleration of telehealth services, making remote care a standard practice. Healthcare providers increasingly recognize the benefits of telehealth, including increased access to care, reduced costs, and improved patient outcomes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

The spike has been attributed to a) the declaration of a state of emergency in March; b) introduction of Medicare/Medicaid coverage matching in-person visits; and c) encouragement from hospitals and medical practitioners. . These include senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, home care, home healthcare, or healthcare providers.

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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

At-home care is proven to raise patient satisfaction while decreasing the cost of care by 38%. Remote care reduces costs for transportation, readmission, and even Medicare penalties, too. Improvements in telehealth are making care more accessible and engaging for both healthcare professionals and patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Meanwhile, more than 60% of medical students believe AI will become an integral part of clinical care and aid in diagnoses, treatments and patient outcomes, according to the recent Clinician of the Future 2023: Education Edition report from Elsevier.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

As healthcare further shifts from a fee-for-service to a value-based care approach, care delivery is shifting from an in-clinic, episodic, reactive model of care to one that is continuous and proactive, and a blend of in-clinic and remote. What is the problem?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000. This is increasingly likely as a form of 24x7 remote care. or Addison Care from Electronic Caregiver. Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2025

A more holistic approach that works with Medicare and Medicaid, can better meet everyday health needs and improve access to care, especially by addressing the social determinants of health. Health equity is the driving force America needs to elevate its healthcare system to the next level. Oren Nissim, Co-Founder and CEO at Brook.ai

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