Mobi Health News
MAY 8, 2023
According to an audit by the Office of the Inspector General, Medicare improperly paid for $580 million of psychotherapy care, including $348 million of telehealth services, during the first year of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished version of the final calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule final rule | Digital therapeutics, telehealth, rural heath clinics and opioid treatment programs all got updates in the final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule, (..)
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 12, 2020
introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. " "Access to telehealth has become more than just a convenience, but rather a critical necessity in America," said Butterfield in a statement.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By March 2020, telehealth channels were replacing visits to doctors and emergency departments as shown in the first chart from the CDC’s report on the early pandemic period. Welcome to Telehealth Awareness Week , a campaign mounted by the ATA to remind us that #TelehealthIsHealth. 34% used telehealth for preventive care.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 30, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Telehealth was critical for providing services to Medicare beneficiaries during the first year of the pandemic," read the report.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
In its comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the draft CY2025 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS), the American Medical Association badgered CMS on its pro | The American Medical Association submitted its comment letter to CMS on its draft CY2025 Medicare physician fee schedule.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 29, 2024
The American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to preserve pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities that it says are responsible for improving access to healthcare across the U.S. Maintain coverage for audio-only services.
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