Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare average, by introducing telehealth services. Not only has the telehealth program helped improve patient adherence to health plans, but overall adherence to the telehealth program itself stands at 80 percent. HOW IT WORKS. " THE BIGGER TREND.

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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. Resources for other end-of-pandemic decisions are also provided.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2024

Healthcare providers in Australia have been "slow" in their uptake of remote care technologies, such as remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. Practitioners are also unlikely to recommend remote care due to dearth of reimbursement incentives.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. " None of that is a coincidence, of course. ATA was founded way back in 1993.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Expect more announcements moving forward, but matching reimbursement for telehealth with in-person visits was a big deal. Many other changes have been put in place, eliminating co-pays, adding coverage for telehealth for those without insurance, and many others many of them state-by-state (see Florida and California , for example).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

A number of companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies – including and in alphabetical order CareCentrix , CareTree , Ergo , Eversound , Outpatient , Ready Responders , VitalTech , and NurseCaller.

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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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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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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. " "It's really an issue of not being able to survive if they're delivering care for free. WHY IT MATTERS.

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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. THE LARGER TREND.

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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." THE LARGER TREND. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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Clear Arch Health

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The 2023 Becker’s Payer Issues Roundtable is the premier event for health insurance executives and patient care decision-makers to explore, examine, and execute solutions to the challenges facing healthcare plans today. Ask about our remote care programs, specially designed for Medicare Advantage plans !

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Medicare was the first to cover RPM. Numerous commercial payers also cover RPM, sometimes within their telehealth coverage policies. Providers soon may be able to bill for much more remote patient monitoring. These have been the four most common general RPM codes for a few years now. However, the federal agency often does so.

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eVisit

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

One of the main barriers reported by HCPs for not embracing the powerful tool of telehealth has been the lack of reimbursement. November 1, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) made a significant step in overcoming this obstacle.

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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Though telehealth implementation necessitates an initial time and money investment, the long-term benefits far outweigh these. But to make the most of these benefits, staff must be on-board with telehealth. Telehealth implementation is, at its core, digital transformation. Strategically Implementing New Technology in Telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

And while telehealth, a key component of this, has received much of the focus and spend, RPM has been gaining traction since the beginning of the pandemic. RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients are able to receive the quality, continuous care their condition requires. Then COVID-19 hit. Then came COVID-19.

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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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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. Please expand on this.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Individuals and insurance companies will see the value of telehealth as, in some ways, replacing the house call of olden days, which was an important aspect of medicine.

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Clear Arch Health

APRIL 22, 2024

From reorienting to a more value-based care approach (propelled by remote patient monitoring and similar forms of telehealth/telemedicine), to embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with all its implications and promises for facilitating efficient and reliable patient care, innovations are rampant.

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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. to deliver targeted, outcome-based therapies."

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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. 2019 CMS Fee Schedule Changes: Potential Is High; Awareness Is Low.

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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 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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

In addition, telehealth usage has skyrocketed, with virtual doctor visits expected by Forrester Research to top 1 billion by years end. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” Next generation: What are the dimensions of remote care technology?

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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

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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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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care innovations

JANUARY 23, 2019

There are a number of good reasons why experts are predicting that 2019 will be a “tipping point” for telehealth — in other words, the year to see virtual and remote care services gain even more widespread acceptance in health plan networks, practices and facilities throughout the United States.

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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. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

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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 2, 2019

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. Get more details here. January 18, 2018.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 26, 2025

The partnership will leverage connected devices, telehealth, and innovative diagnostics addressing cardiovascular disparities in Person County, N.C. Enhanced access to telehealth consultations with cardiologists will reduce cardiovascular complications and hospitalizations and improve rural residents’ overall quality of life.

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care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry.

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