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2018 Mid-Year Digital Health Report: Focus on Medicare
Monday, July 30, 2018 Where Things Stood Understanding the impact of what we have seen so far this year first requires an understanding of where we were…
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H.R.6502 – RUSH Act of 2018
[pdf-embedder url=”https://drmiltie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H.R.6502-RUSH-Act-of-2018.pdf” title=”H.R.6502 – RUSH Act of 2018″] [Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6502 Introduced in House (IH)] 115th CONGRESS…
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CMS Makes a ‘Landmark Change’ in RPM, Telehealth Reimbursement
Digital health expert Nathaniel Lacktman breaks down CMS’ proposed 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, examining how it should boost support for services like remote…
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CMS physician payment proposal nudges open the door for telehealth
by Evan Sweeney | Jul 16, 2018 2:10pm CMS estimated that reimbursing for virtual check-ins would reach an estimated 19 million visits per year. Telehealth advocates are…
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Virtual care reimbursement proposed by Medicare: 5 things to know
Written by Julie Spitzer | July 17, 2018 | CMS made a series of suggestions to expand telehealth in its latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program,…
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Telehealth Advocates Respond to CMS ‘Virtual Visit’ Proposal
July 16, 2018 by David Raths To get around legal restrictions on telehealth reimbursement, CMS expands its definition of ‘communication technology–based services’ Among all the proposed changes…
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Federal Regulatory Developments Brewing in Telehealth
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Two federal agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) – announced separate initiatives last…
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Telehealth Reimbursement May Be Coming: CMS Proposes Payment for Virtual Visits and Review of Pre-Recorded Images
Virtual Visits for Established Patients The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for the first time, has proposed payment for virtual visits to established patients regardless…
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Telehealth Gets a Boost in Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
Some very good news for the telehealth community can be found amidst the more than 1,400 pages of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 (“Proposed Rule”) issued…
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New CMS Incentives for Remote Patient Monitoring and Patient Access
By Jodi G. Daniel and Maya Uppaluru on July 13, 2018 Posted in Digital Health CMS has issued its 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, containing…
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FCC Eyes Support for Telehealth, RPM Projects Serving Rural America
The FCC’s proposed $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program would focus on telehealth, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring projects to help low-income Americans, especially veterans and those…
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CMS proposes to overhaul Medicare billing standards, pay for telehealth
By Virgil Dickson | July 12, 2018 (Updated at 7 p.m. ET) The CMS on Thursday proposed paying doctors for virtual visits and overhauling Medicare billing standards it…
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CMS proposes rule to pay for telehealth, lower Part B add-on, allow MA risk to replace MIPS
CMS is also removing 34 process measures from MIPS as these measures are topped out, meaning physicians are already performing highly in these areas. Susan Morse, Senior…
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Medicare Billing Overhaul to Transform E&M Documentation, Expand Telehealth
By Steven Porter | July 13, 2018 The changes were proposed Thursday with updates to the Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program for 2019. For more than…
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CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Date 2018-07-12 Title CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship Contact press@cms.hhs.gov CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Modernize Medicare and Restore the…
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